Could LAB return as top Scottish party at the general election? – politicalbetting.com
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Well, you don't get the clap by staying locked down with your partner.turbotubbs said:
How?eristdoof said:
I'm probably 3 years too slow, but I have just realised that "the Clap for the NHS" was surely breaking the UK lockdown rules.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. kinabalu, I'm a monarchist, but have no intention of talking to the television.
Then again, I was also firmly against the clap for the NHS nonsense, so it might just be that I loathe outward demonstrations of that nature generally.3 -
Senior moment from OGH.ohnotnow said:The header says "The Scots Tories and Greens are on the decline" but the poll image has the greens going from 1% in 2019 to 3% voting intention now and no mention of them in the post itself? Am I missing something? (I don't especially care - just puzzled)
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Depends on what your partner has been doingeristdoof said:
Well, you don't get the clap by staying locked down with your partner.turbotubbs said:
How?eristdoof said:
I'm probably 3 years too slow, but I have just realised that "the Clap for the NHS" was surely breaking the UK lockdown rules.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. kinabalu, I'm a monarchist, but have no intention of talking to the television.
Then again, I was also firmly against the clap for the NHS nonsense, so it might just be that I loathe outward demonstrations of that nature generally.
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It's only time wasting if you accept at face value the pathetic justification given for introducing it in the first place. It has in fact been very effective in putting in place some quite high additional and selective hurdles for 2 million people to jump through in order to vote, so high that all but the most clueed up and politically engaged will have failed to try to get over them in time to exercise their vote. And that was their real purpose. Judged according to their true purpose, the ID restrictions seem to have been very effective given the risibly small number of voter identification certificates actually issued.junius said:This morning, I took a selection of my outdated passports to my Polling Station as my ID in order to vote. The Poll clerk accepted the photo in my cancelled UK Visitor's Passport valid from 1985 to 1986. That photo was taken 38 years ago. I have since changed significantly. My hair in the photo was almost black - and it is now totally white. So I wore a cap, and the colour of my hair couldn't be seen. I was given a ballot paper and voted. What a time wasting nonsense this this having to produce ID is.
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I humble myself before God, and there the list ends.kinabalu said:
Understandable. But there'd be nobody looking if you do it in private. And you do 'take the knee' occasionally, I'd imagine?Morris_Dancer said:Mr. kinabalu, I'm a monarchist, but have no intention of talking to the television.
Then again, I was also firmly against the clap for the NHS nonsense, so it might just be that I loathe outward demonstrations of that nature generally.1 -
Ah, but whoever wins, you do get to smugly say "Don't blame me, I didn't vote for that fecker"FeersumEnjineeya said:
That only makes sense if you are standing as a candidate yourself. Otherwise someone will end up representing you, and you have given up the opportunity to influence who that might be.squareroot2 said:
Nobody deserves my vote so they won't be getting it . First time I have abstained in over 50 yearsSean_F said:I voted for two independents, who were the only people who bothered to leaflet my house.
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A member of my family has managed to get hold of a German passport even though he's British because a relative was born in Königsberg in the 1920s. I'm not sure whether I'd be able to do the same thing. Interesting idea.Roger said:
I wouldn't be surprised. The Tory Party in its present incarnation is vile. I just received a text from an old friend saying she had just received her Austrian passport. Her late father was an Austrian refugee and apparently that entitles her and her whole family- children included -to an Austrian (EU) passport.Heathener said:The Scotland shift, which began two or three years ago and long before the SNP woes, is very interesting and increases my confidence in a Labour landslide.
Meanwhile I voted by post in today's locals. I voted for 3 LibDems and 1 Labour because I'm in a Lib-Con marginal and I will do anything to vote out the tories.
The next General Election will be more of an anti-tory vote than most people on here recognise.
There seems to be quite a scramble in London in particular to look for for loopholes that will get people EU passports. How ridiculous that people are having to go through hoops to get what we all had by right before this Tory/UKIP government took power1 -
Apparently, polling stations now need a separate private room available with a mirror (for reattaching veils etc).Selebian said:
What was the policy towards voting while wearing a niqab, burka, or indeed a balaclava? Was it permitted before? Is it permitted now? How does that square with 'verifying' photo ID?junius said:This morning, I took a selection of my outdated passports to my Polling Station as my ID in order to vote. The Poll clerk accepted the photo in my cancelled UK Visitor's Passport valid from 1985 to 1986. That photo was taken 38 years ago. I have since changed significantly. My hair in the photo was almost black - and it is now totally white. So I wore a cap, and the colour of my hair couldn't be seen. I was given a ballot paper and voted. What a time wasting nonsense this this having to produce ID is.
ETA: Or, indeed, face masks of the type popular (or, at least, prevalent) during Covid
Quite apart from whether it's deliberate voter suppression, what an utterly absurd waste of money to address an imaginary problem.4 -
Bit rude.Muesli said:
Senior moment from OGH.ohnotnow said:The header says "The Scots Tories and Greens are on the decline" but the poll image has the greens going from 1% in 2019 to 3% voting intention now and no mention of them in the post itself? Am I missing something? (I don't especially care - just puzzled)
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Ridiculous. I might have a go at doing this with an old passport.junius said:This morning, I took a selection of my outdated passports to my Polling Station as my ID in order to vote. The Poll clerk accepted the photo in my cancelled UK Visitor's Passport valid from 1985 to 1986. That photo was taken 38 years ago. I have since changed significantly. My hair in the photo was almost black - and it is now totally white. So I wore a cap, and the colour of my hair couldn't be seen. I was given a ballot paper and voted. What a time wasting nonsense this this having to produce ID is.
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That's not strictly true.eristdoof said:
Well, you don't get the clap by staying locked down with your partner.turbotubbs said:
How?eristdoof said:
I'm probably 3 years too slow, but I have just realised that "the Clap for the NHS" was surely breaking the UK lockdown rules.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. kinabalu, I'm a monarchist, but have no intention of talking to the television.
Then again, I was also firmly against the clap for the NHS nonsense, so it might just be that I loathe outward demonstrations of that nature generally.0 -
That will do. Happy with that. I see the Cons getting around 33%. This being the sum of 2 groups: Those who always vote Tory. Plus those who always really want to vote Tory and will unless there's something unconscionable like a Truss situation going on. I reckon Sunak will penetrate this far but no further.Malmesbury said:
Yes. From what I see, it isn't a hatethon, as much as the Twitter types would like it to be. It's more - "The Tories again? No, not them" - a quiet, definite kind of thing.WhisperingOracle said:
Indeed ; that's what John Curtice seems to think, aswell.Heathener said:The Scotland shift, which began two or three years ago and long before the SNP woes, is very interesting and increases my confidence in a Labour landslide.
Meanwhile I voted by post in today's locals. I voted for 3 LibDems and 1 Labour because I'm in a Lib-Con marginal and I will do anything to vote out the tories.
The next General Election will be more of an anti-tory vote than most people on here recognise.0 -
When Joe Amsler and co. kidnapped Frank Sinatra junior, he later remarked "it was just as well the cops caught me before Frank's friends did."Malmesbury said:
Ian Paisley was apparently very effective at stopping harassment of Catholics in his constituency.Foxy said:
TBF, does it matter much at council level. Are they going to stop flytipping and fix the potholes?SandyRentool said:
A very brave choice.Sean_F said:I voted for two independents, who were the only people who bothered to leaflet my house.
Marxists? Fascists? Who can tell?
The BNP councillors were quite effective in Coalville some years ago. Apparently very good at sorting out problem neighbours with a personal visit.
It brings to mind the Frank Sinatra joke
Frank Sinatra saved my life. The Mob guys were beating me in an alley. Frank came out and said 'You can stop now'.0 -
Off topic, but as Turing Test fails go it amused me.
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I don't think Morris does that either. We'll ask him.Malmesbury said:
I humble myself before God, and there the list ends.kinabalu said:
Understandable. But there'd be nobody looking if you do it in private. And you do 'take the knee' occasionally, I'd imagine?Morris_Dancer said:Mr. kinabalu, I'm a monarchist, but have no intention of talking to the television.
Then again, I was also firmly against the clap for the NHS nonsense, so it might just be that I loathe outward demonstrations of that nature generally.
I actually like the idea of humbling myself before something but it's a matter of finding something suitable.1 -
"Can I take a photo of my dog inside the polling station?"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-654113510 -
Perhaps Just Stop Oil should glue themselves to the luxury yachts ?Malmesbury said:
Quite. What about giving the nurses holidays on the confiscated yachts?Taz said:
And they say nurses have it tough.Malmesbury said:
Well, Wogers friends lost their yachts, apparently.TimS said:
In large boats?Sean_F said:
Every day, thousands of refugees flee this country for the Continent.Roger said:
I wouldn't be surprised. The Tory Party in its present incarnation is vile. I just received a text from an old friend saying she had just received her Austrian passport. Her late father was an Austrian refugee and apparently that entitles her and her whole family- children included -to an Austrian (EU) passport.Heathener said:The Scotland shift, which began two or three years ago and long before the SNP woes, is very interesting and increases my confidence in a Labour landslide.
Meanwhile I voted by post in today's locals. I voted for 3 LibDems and 1 Labour because I'm in a Lib-Con marginal and I will do anything to vote out the tories.
The next General Election will be more of an anti-tory vote than most people on here recognise.
There seems to be quite a scramble in London in particular to look for for loopholes that will get people EU passports. How ridiculous that people are having to go through hoops to get what we all had by right before this Tory/UKIP government took power
We'd need to chip in for the diesel - running those things is murder....1 -
Wow, so the state of the relationship is not all our fault after all !Nigelb said:
New EU envoy recognises ‘willingness to rebuild relationship’ between UK and EUMalmesbury said:
don't think Europe has been this united in a long time. Even the hard core "Must punish the UK over Brexit" types are extending olive branches. Sweden and Finland joining NATO....Foxy said:
I think the Russian trolls have been quite successful. Despite the naked aggression and genocidal imperialism, Putin has significant support from the US right, and to a lesser extent parts of the European far right and far left. There is a lot of Putin support too in Africa, Middle East and Asia.JosiasJessop said:
"seem all to have been against Russia rather than by Russia"Westie said:So far, the spectacular or otherwise symbolic attacks in this war (Kerch bridge, assassination of Dugin's daughter, drones over Kremlin) seem all to have been against Russia rather than by Russia. A possible exception being Nordstream in the event it was Russia that did it which I reckon is low-probability.
Could this change or doesn't the Russian command care about this stuff because the assessment is they've got the population with them and the pendulum is swinging towards autarky anyway?
A few years ago Russia had a strong internet psywar capability. What happened?
That's because Russia's attacks are so massed that they don't seem to be spectacular or symbolic. A well-known Russian gets assassinated; everyone takes notice. Russia assassinates many Ukraine-leaning people in the occupied territories, and no-one blinks. The Russians send missiles to blow up residential blocks; yawn. A Russian bridge gets blown up, and it's a spectacular.
"A few years ago Russia had a strong internet psywar capability. What happened?"
IMV two things:
1) Much of their psywar capacity is not being aimed at western nations, but at explaining their 'position' to the developing world; countries that might be prepared to aid them.
2) Their attacks in previous years had caused us to strengthen our systems. It's now much harder for them to create chaos (though it is still possible).
Yes, Hungary, but Orban and chums were always like that.
And, as a counterpoint, the complete, utter defeat of East Politics in Germany.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/04/new-eu-envoy-recognises-willingness-to-rebuild-relationship-between-uk-and-eu0 -
Go for it. Apparently you end up with an EU and a British passport. So when one runs out you can use the other.Andy_JS said:
A member of my family has managed to get hold of a German passport even though he's British because a relative was born in Königsberg in the 1920s. I'm not sure whether I'd be able to do the same thing. Interesting idea.Roger said:
I wouldn't be surprised. The Tory Party in its present incarnation is vile. I just received a text from an old friend saying she had just received her Austrian passport. Her late father was an Austrian refugee and apparently that entitles her and her whole family- children included -to an Austrian (EU) passport.Heathener said:The Scotland shift, which began two or three years ago and long before the SNP woes, is very interesting and increases my confidence in a Labour landslide.
Meanwhile I voted by post in today's locals. I voted for 3 LibDems and 1 Labour because I'm in a Lib-Con marginal and I will do anything to vote out the tories.
The next General Election will be more of an anti-tory vote than most people on here recognise.
There seems to be quite a scramble in London in particular to look for for loopholes that will get people EU passports. How ridiculous that people are having to go through hoops to get what we all had by right before this Tory/UKIP government took power0 -
L&G to close modular housing factory in Selby.
Never made money, not huge demand.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/l-g-shuts-modular-housing-factory-with-loss-of-450-jobs/ar-AA1aJat0?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=59b9db807f30417aae43b4997d3a46f9&ei=130 -
Miles of lorries queuing to get into Switzerland this morning
Your man on the spot .., etc0 -
"Expired photo ID can be used to vote ‘as long as it still looks like you’
Voters can use an expired ID at polling stations as long as it still looks like them, the Electoral Commission’s director of communications has said."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/05/04/local-elections-polls-latest-starmer-sunak-labour-tories/0 -
Yes, I shall have a crack at this too.Andy_JS said:
Ridiculous. I might have a go at doing this with an old passport.junius said:This morning, I took a selection of my outdated passports to my Polling Station as my ID in order to vote. The Poll clerk accepted the photo in my cancelled UK Visitor's Passport valid from 1985 to 1986. That photo was taken 38 years ago. I have since changed significantly. My hair in the photo was almost black - and it is now totally white. So I wore a cap, and the colour of my hair couldn't be seen. I was given a ballot paper and voted. What a time wasting nonsense this this having to produce ID is.
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Relationships, good or bad, are by definition not one sided.Taz said:
Wow, so the state of the relationship is not all our fault after all !Nigelb said:
New EU envoy recognises ‘willingness to rebuild relationship’ between UK and EUMalmesbury said:
don't think Europe has been this united in a long time. Even the hard core "Must punish the UK over Brexit" types are extending olive branches. Sweden and Finland joining NATO....Foxy said:
I think the Russian trolls have been quite successful. Despite the naked aggression and genocidal imperialism, Putin has significant support from the US right, and to a lesser extent parts of the European far right and far left. There is a lot of Putin support too in Africa, Middle East and Asia.JosiasJessop said:
"seem all to have been against Russia rather than by Russia"Westie said:So far, the spectacular or otherwise symbolic attacks in this war (Kerch bridge, assassination of Dugin's daughter, drones over Kremlin) seem all to have been against Russia rather than by Russia. A possible exception being Nordstream in the event it was Russia that did it which I reckon is low-probability.
Could this change or doesn't the Russian command care about this stuff because the assessment is they've got the population with them and the pendulum is swinging towards autarky anyway?
A few years ago Russia had a strong internet psywar capability. What happened?
That's because Russia's attacks are so massed that they don't seem to be spectacular or symbolic. A well-known Russian gets assassinated; everyone takes notice. Russia assassinates many Ukraine-leaning people in the occupied territories, and no-one blinks. The Russians send missiles to blow up residential blocks; yawn. A Russian bridge gets blown up, and it's a spectacular.
"A few years ago Russia had a strong internet psywar capability. What happened?"
IMV two things:
1) Much of their psywar capacity is not being aimed at western nations, but at explaining their 'position' to the developing world; countries that might be prepared to aid them.
2) Their attacks in previous years had caused us to strengthen our systems. It's now much harder for them to create chaos (though it is still possible).
Yes, Hungary, but Orban and chums were always like that.
And, as a counterpoint, the complete, utter defeat of East Politics in Germany.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/04/new-eu-envoy-recognises-willingness-to-rebuild-relationship-between-uk-and-eu0 -
Looking at the figures for 2021, German exports to Ukraine were higher than to Russia relative to the size of the respective economies.Nigelb said:
Yes, it's more of encouragement of Ukraine's Westenpolitik from their point of view.Malmesbury said:
I think you are stretching it is say that Germany's policy to Ukraine is Ostpolitik II or something.Foxy said:Malmesbury said:
don't think Europe has been this united in a long time. Even the hard core "Must punish the UK over Brexit" types are extending olive branches. Sweden and Finland joining NATO....Foxy said:
I think the Russian trolls have been quite successful. Despite the naked aggression and genocidal imperialism, Putin has significant support from the US right, and to a lesser extent parts of the European far right and far left. There is a lot of Putin support too in Africa, Middle East and Asia.JosiasJessop said:
"seem all to have been against Russia rather than by Russia"Westie said:So far, the spectacular or otherwise symbolic attacks in this war (Kerch bridge, assassination of Dugin's daughter, drones over Kremlin) seem all to have been against Russia rather than by Russia. A possible exception being Nordstream in the event it was Russia that did it which I reckon is low-probability.
Could this change or doesn't the Russian command care about this stuff because the assessment is they've got the population with them and the pendulum is swinging towards autarky anyway?
A few years ago Russia had a strong internet psywar capability. What happened?
That's because Russia's attacks are so massed that they don't seem to be spectacular or symbolic. A well-known Russian gets assassinated; everyone takes notice. Russia assassinates many Ukraine-leaning people in the occupied territories, and no-one blinks. The Russians send missiles to blow up residential blocks; yawn. A Russian bridge gets blown up, and it's a spectacular.
"A few years ago Russia had a strong internet psywar capability. What happened?"
IMV two things:
1) Much of their psywar capacity is not being aimed at western nations, but at explaining their 'position' to the developing world; countries that might be prepared to aid them.
2) Their attacks in previous years had caused us to strengthen our systems. It's now much harder for them to create chaos (though it is still possible).
Yes, Hungary, but Orban and chums were always like that.
And, as a counterpoint, the complete, utter defeat of East Politics in Germany.
Sure, it is a minority in Europe sympathetic to Putin, but present in the far left and right, including in the UK.
I think Germanys Ostpolitik extends to Ukraine now, which is going to be a major market for German exports.
Those advocating Ostpolitik have been comprehensively and utterly defeated in German politics.
The policy towards Ukraine is something new - not outreach to a *foreign* country, but an embrace of a country that is very actively seeking to be European in every sense.0 -
It is perfectly acceptable to use an expired photo ID, so there isn’t really anything for you to have a crack at.Foxy said:
Yes, I shall have a crack at this too.Andy_JS said:
Ridiculous. I might have a go at doing this with an old passport.junius said:This morning, I took a selection of my outdated passports to my Polling Station as my ID in order to vote. The Poll clerk accepted the photo in my cancelled UK Visitor's Passport valid from 1985 to 1986. That photo was taken 38 years ago. I have since changed significantly. My hair in the photo was almost black - and it is now totally white. So I wore a cap, and the colour of my hair couldn't be seen. I was given a ballot paper and voted. What a time wasting nonsense this this having to produce ID is.
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Not necessarily - hard to say without further digging - depends which Greens (could be E&W) or on which Parliament. For the SGs Holyrood is important, Westminster irrelevant effectively with its FPTP system.Muesli said:
Senior moment from OGH.ohnotnow said:The header says "The Scots Tories and Greens are on the decline" but the poll image has the greens going from 1% in 2019 to 3% voting intention now and no mention of them in the post itself? Am I missing something? (I don't especially care - just puzzled)
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Bait for my shark fishing - sounds good.Taz said:
Perhaps Just Stop Oil should glue themselves to the luxury yachts ?Malmesbury said:
Quite. What about giving the nurses holidays on the confiscated yachts?Taz said:
And they say nurses have it tough.Malmesbury said:
Well, Wogers friends lost their yachts, apparently.TimS said:
In large boats?Sean_F said:
Every day, thousands of refugees flee this country for the Continent.Roger said:
I wouldn't be surprised. The Tory Party in its present incarnation is vile. I just received a text from an old friend saying she had just received her Austrian passport. Her late father was an Austrian refugee and apparently that entitles her and her whole family- children included -to an Austrian (EU) passport.Heathener said:The Scotland shift, which began two or three years ago and long before the SNP woes, is very interesting and increases my confidence in a Labour landslide.
Meanwhile I voted by post in today's locals. I voted for 3 LibDems and 1 Labour because I'm in a Lib-Con marginal and I will do anything to vote out the tories.
The next General Election will be more of an anti-tory vote than most people on here recognise.
There seems to be quite a scramble in London in particular to look for for loopholes that will get people EU passports. How ridiculous that people are having to go through hoops to get what we all had by right before this Tory/UKIP government took power
We'd need to chip in for the diesel - running those things is murder....1 -
You can't get a usual mortgage for houses of atypical construction. There are specialist firms that offer it, but by definition they are limited to nice middle-class people with the money and the time to navigate the bureaucracy, so it;s definitely niche. The numbers are non-zero - selfbuilds etc and I think some houses in Scotland use SIPs (structural insulated panels) - but as a rule of thumb outside of wartime damage reconstruction if it doesn't involve brick or stone, you be dead (dunno about breeze blocks).Taz said:L&G to close modular housing factory in Selby.
Never made money, not huge demand.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/l-g-shuts-modular-housing-factory-with-loss-of-450-jobs/ar-AA1aJat0?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=59b9db807f30417aae43b4997d3a46f9&ei=13
Modular factory-built housing in as a mass market solution in the UK is simply a dead end. Grand Designs: yes. Coronation Street/Brookside: no.0 -
ISW on the Kremlin drone incident.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-3-2023
...Russia likely staged this attack in an attempt to bring the war home to a Russian domestic audience and set conditions for a wider societal mobilization. Several indicators suggest that the strike was internally conducted and purposefully staged. Russian authorities have recently taken steps to increase Russian domestic air defense capabilities, including within Moscow itself, and it is therefore extremely unlikely that two drones could have penetrated multiple layers of air defense and detonated or been shot down just over the heart of the Kremlin in a way that provided spectacular imagery caught nicely on camera. Geolocated imagery from January 2023 shows that Russian authorities have been placing Pantsir air defense systems near Moscow to create air defense circles around the city.[4] A strike that avoided detection and destruction by such air defense assets and succeeded in hitting as high-profile of a target as the Kremlin Senate Palace would be a significant embarrassment for Russia. The Kremlin’s immediate, coherent, and coordinated response to the incident suggests that the attack was internally prepared in such a way that its intended political effects outweigh its embarrassment. The Kremlin immediately accused Ukraine of conducting a terror attack, and Russian official responses coalesced rapidly around this accusation.[5] If the drone attack had not been internally staged it would have been a surprise event. It is very likely that the official Russian response would initially have been much more disorganized as Russian officials scrambled to generate a coherent narrative and offset the rhetorical implications of a clear informational embarrassment. The Kremlin has notably failed to generate a timely and coherent informational response to other military humiliations not of its own making, including the falls of Balakliya and Kherson City in September and November 2022...2 -
Labour can not rely too much on Wales - The total number of seats is being cut from 40 to 32 - so while Conservatives will take a huge hit losing at least 12 of their 14 seats - Labour will only gain around 5 seats taking their total to 27 (assuming Plaid keep 3 of their current 4 seats). A nice bonus but hardly a game changerlondonpubman said:LAB should be optimistic of getting at least 20 Scotland seats now. Still around 100 gains needed in England and Wales though for the overall majority.
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Just voted, but not without difficulty. Bear with me. Mrs Al and I got married 11 years ago. In due course, she decided to change her surname to mine, and did so bit by bit. But yes, you guessed it, one thing she didn't get round to changing was the name on her driving licence, which as a result didn't match her name on the electoral register. She had no other ID with her. Luckily, there was no queue, so protracted negotiations weren't a problem. They wouldn't, of course, accept the polling card. Eventually they did accept our word backed up by a load of 'official' emails on her phone showing her current name.
Technically, they should have made her go home to fetch her passport, and refused to let her vote, because she didn't have any acceptable ID. To their credit, they didn't. But what a farce.7 -
The game is to have the oldest one that is accepted.RobD said:
It is perfectly acceptable to use an expired photo ID, so there isn’t really anything for you to have a crack at.Foxy said:
Yes, I shall have a crack at this too.Andy_JS said:
Ridiculous. I might have a go at doing this with an old passport.junius said:This morning, I took a selection of my outdated passports to my Polling Station as my ID in order to vote. The Poll clerk accepted the photo in my cancelled UK Visitor's Passport valid from 1985 to 1986. That photo was taken 38 years ago. I have since changed significantly. My hair in the photo was almost black - and it is now totally white. So I wore a cap, and the colour of my hair couldn't be seen. I was given a ballot paper and voted. What a time wasting nonsense this this having to produce ID is.
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Not very chummy of you....Malmesbury said:
Bait for my shark fishing - sounds good.Taz said:
Perhaps Just Stop Oil should glue themselves to the luxury yachts ?Malmesbury said:
Quite. What about giving the nurses holidays on the confiscated yachts?Taz said:
And they say nurses have it tough.Malmesbury said:
Well, Wogers friends lost their yachts, apparently.TimS said:
In large boats?Sean_F said:
Every day, thousands of refugees flee this country for the Continent.Roger said:
I wouldn't be surprised. The Tory Party in its present incarnation is vile. I just received a text from an old friend saying she had just received her Austrian passport. Her late father was an Austrian refugee and apparently that entitles her and her whole family- children included -to an Austrian (EU) passport.Heathener said:The Scotland shift, which began two or three years ago and long before the SNP woes, is very interesting and increases my confidence in a Labour landslide.
Meanwhile I voted by post in today's locals. I voted for 3 LibDems and 1 Labour because I'm in a Lib-Con marginal and I will do anything to vote out the tories.
The next General Election will be more of an anti-tory vote than most people on here recognise.
There seems to be quite a scramble in London in particular to look for for loopholes that will get people EU passports. How ridiculous that people are having to go through hoops to get what we all had by right before this Tory/UKIP government took power
We'd need to chip in for the diesel - running those things is murder....0 -
Just voted. Nobody had forgotten their voter ID so far. (Although they did have a good hard look at my driving licence, the photo taken when I was a couple of stone heavier....)0
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Good afternoon PB and happy Star Wars AND local elections day.
I hear polling is "BRISK"...
May The 4th Be With You !!!0 -
It's a hammerhead to crack a nut.MarqueeMark said:
Not very chummy of you....Malmesbury said:
Bait for my shark fishing - sounds good.Taz said:
Perhaps Just Stop Oil should glue themselves to the luxury yachts ?Malmesbury said:
Quite. What about giving the nurses holidays on the confiscated yachts?Taz said:
And they say nurses have it tough.Malmesbury said:
Well, Wogers friends lost their yachts, apparently.TimS said:
In large boats?Sean_F said:
Every day, thousands of refugees flee this country for the Continent.Roger said:
I wouldn't be surprised. The Tory Party in its present incarnation is vile. I just received a text from an old friend saying she had just received her Austrian passport. Her late father was an Austrian refugee and apparently that entitles her and her whole family- children included -to an Austrian (EU) passport.Heathener said:The Scotland shift, which began two or three years ago and long before the SNP woes, is very interesting and increases my confidence in a Labour landslide.
Meanwhile I voted by post in today's locals. I voted for 3 LibDems and 1 Labour because I'm in a Lib-Con marginal and I will do anything to vote out the tories.
The next General Election will be more of an anti-tory vote than most people on here recognise.
There seems to be quite a scramble in London in particular to look for for loopholes that will get people EU passports. How ridiculous that people are having to go through hoops to get what we all had by right before this Tory/UKIP government took power
We'd need to chip in for the diesel - running those things is murder....1 -
I'm worried I won't be able to get home in time tonight to draw on my cock & balls.
But, I will make sure I vote first.4 -
Is it to their credit? If someone else has a similar story but gets sent away, and is therefore unable to vote, is that fair?Northern_Al said:Just voted, but not without difficulty. Bear with me. Mrs Al and I got married 11 years ago. In due course, she decided to change her surname to mine, and did so bit by bit. But yes, you guessed it, one thing she didn't get round to changing was the name on her driving licence, which as a result didn't match her name on the electoral register. She had no other ID with her. Luckily, there was no queue, so protracted negotiations weren't a problem. They wouldn't, of course, accept the polling card. Eventually they did accept our word backed up by a load of 'official' emails on her phone showing her current name.
Technically, they should have made her go home to fetch her passport, and refused to let her vote, because she didn't have any acceptable ID. To their credit, they didn't. But what a farce.1 -
It was probably the presence of the bear that made them back down in the end.Northern_Al said:Just voted, but not without difficulty. Bear with me. Mrs Al and I got married 11 years ago. In due course, she decided to change her surname to mine, and did so bit by bit. But yes, you guessed it, one thing she didn't get round to changing was the name on her driving licence, which as a result didn't match her name on the electoral register. She had no other ID with her. Luckily, there was no queue, so protracted negotiations weren't a problem. They wouldn't, of course, accept the polling card. Eventually they did accept our word backed up by a load of 'official' emails on her phone showing her current name.
Technically, they should have made her go home to fetch her passport, and refused to let her vote, because she didn't have any acceptable ID. To their credit, they didn't. But what a farce.11 -
There are already accounts on Twitter and in the Guardian of people being turned away from polling booths.
What a disgrace.
Reason #456 for why the Tories need booting out, they are not fit to govern.5 -
I only said 'to their credit' because they saved us the hassle of going home to fetch the passport. Of course you're right - it's not fair, and they should have refused her. But my final three words (what a farce) was meant to convey that. Voting should not of course be at the discretion of whoever happens to be checking one's ID. My little story illustrates edge cases, of which I suspect there will be many.kamski said:
Is it to their credit? If someone else has a similar story but gets sent away, and is therefore unable to vote, is that fair?Northern_Al said:Just voted, but not without difficulty. Bear with me. Mrs Al and I got married 11 years ago. In due course, she decided to change her surname to mine, and did so bit by bit. But yes, you guessed it, one thing she didn't get round to changing was the name on her driving licence, which as a result didn't match her name on the electoral register. She had no other ID with her. Luckily, there was no queue, so protracted negotiations weren't a problem. They wouldn't, of course, accept the polling card. Eventually they did accept our word backed up by a load of 'official' emails on her phone showing her current name.
Technically, they should have made her go home to fetch her passport, and refused to let her vote, because she didn't have any acceptable ID. To their credit, they didn't. But what a farce.1 -
You mean a German Passport. There is no such thing as an EU passport.Roger said:
Go for it. Apparently you end up with an EU and a British passport. So when one runs out you can use the other.Andy_JS said:
A member of my family has managed to get hold of a German passport even though he's British because a relative was born in Königsberg in the 1920s. I'm not sure whether I'd be able to do the same thing. Interesting idea.Roger said:
I wouldn't be surprised. The Tory Party in its present incarnation is vile. I just received a text from an old friend saying she had just received her Austrian passport. Her late father was an Austrian refugee and apparently that entitles her and her whole family- children included -to an Austrian (EU) passport.Heathener said:The Scotland shift, which began two or three years ago and long before the SNP woes, is very interesting and increases my confidence in a Labour landslide.
Meanwhile I voted by post in today's locals. I voted for 3 LibDems and 1 Labour because I'm in a Lib-Con marginal and I will do anything to vote out the tories.
The next General Election will be more of an anti-tory vote than most people on here recognise.
There seems to be quite a scramble in London in particular to look for for loopholes that will get people EU passports. How ridiculous that people are having to go through hoops to get what we all had by right before this Tory/UKIP government took power0 -
I’d love an EU passport.
My brother has managed to finagle a Belgian one.
I’m well gel.2 -
Excellent!FeersumEnjineeya said:
It was probably the presence of the bear that made them back down in the end.Northern_Al said:Just voted, but not without difficulty. Bear with me. Mrs Al and I got married 11 years ago. In due course, she decided to change her surname to mine, and did so bit by bit. But yes, you guessed it, one thing she didn't get round to changing was the name on her driving licence, which as a result didn't match her name on the electoral register. She had no other ID with her. Luckily, there was no queue, so protracted negotiations weren't a problem. They wouldn't, of course, accept the polling card. Eventually they did accept our word backed up by a load of 'official' emails on her phone showing her current name.
Technically, they should have made her go home to fetch her passport, and refused to let her vote, because she didn't have any acceptable ID. To their credit, they didn't. But what a farce.
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No, he is right. The figure of 1% reflects the fact that the Greens only stood in 1 or possibly 2 constituencies at the last GE. Optimists who think that 1% was evidence of improved mental health in Scotland would be deluding themselves. Green support has been declining more generally in recent Scottish polls but since most of them already voted SNP in the general it really shouldn't matter.Muesli said:
Senior moment from OGH.ohnotnow said:The header says "The Scots Tories and Greens are on the decline" but the poll image has the greens going from 1% in 2019 to 3% voting intention now and no mention of them in the post itself? Am I missing something? (I don't especially care - just puzzled)
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Indeed.GIN1138 said:Good afternoon PB and happy Star Wars AND local elections day.
I hear polling is "BRISK"...
May The 4th Be With You !!!
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No shit Sherlock.
Todd Boehly admits he is yet to 'figure it out' at Chelsea
Chelsea co-owner appears to admit that he is only now coming to terms with the way football transfers work
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/05/04/todd-boehly-chelsea-transfers-figure-it-out/0 -
Just like most places, to launch nuclear weapons would require US agreement so the question is would that be a US decision to go to a (nuclear) war over Taiwan.Malmesbury said:
Within a day or 2 of a Chinese blockade going into effect, Taiwan would announce its possession of nuclear weapons.Nigelb said:(FPT)
That is a very good demonstration of the true meaning of begging the question.TOPPING said:
China blockades Taiwan and to do so destroys the US fleet and then does the US proceed to war with China as a result.Nigelb said:.
No, it's rather whether the US responds to China proceeding to war. It's not going to be the other way around.TOPPING said:
Yes and yes. The calculus is whether the US proceeds to war over Taiwan.Pulpstar said:
A proper blockade would be an act of war would it not ? It'd certainly wreck the world economically.rcs1000 said:
I can see China blockading Taiwan, but launching an invasion over 150 miles of Ocean against a very well equipped opponent would be very brave.TOPPING said:Update from the trenches, or rather from a trencherman over dinner last night. An old China hand, actually, spent the past 30+ years in HK and was deported/singled out by the authorities there for his outspokenness.
Very pessimistic/realistic about China and Taiwan. Gives it 3-5 years before they try to retake and doesn't think The West will do much about it. Even if China sinks the US pacific fleet which I think is a bit of a stretch but I suppose you pays your money on this one and it's what Xi thinks not what I think.
Like Japan, they are very careful to adhere to the NPT. They have a large quality of plutonium from the reactors they have. Almost certainly tritium.
They have a variety of advanced missiles to carry a weapon - including supersonic, stealthy cruise missiles.
The engineering to create a nuclear weapons is, in modern terms, quite simple, for a single stage device. They would probably go straight to the 2 point systems, with air gaps. Boosting (tritium injection) would be next up.
Because of the accuracy of modern guidance systems, the probable yields of such devices - say 100Kt - would be all that would be needed.
The largest single stager ever built was the American Mk18 - 500Kt. But that required enriched uranium and was a very expensive and rather dangerous design. IIRC the French managed 150Kt+ from plutonium in a single stage, but details are scarce on that.0 -
Is he going to move on to learning about managers next? Top tip is not Frank.TheScreamingEagles said:No shit Sherlock.
Todd Boehly admits he is yet to 'figure it out' at Chelsea
Chelsea co-owner appears to admit that he is only now coming to terms with the way football transfers work
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/05/04/todd-boehly-chelsea-transfers-figure-it-out/1 -
Looks like Harlan Wolf paid for Clarence Thomas’s great nephew to go to private school.
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I know people here frequently bemoan the state of modern music so it's worth pointing out that the likely no 1 and no 2 albums on the UK album chart this week are both absolute belters. The Lottery Winners' Anxiety Replacement Therapy is a great piece of indie pop with a cameo appearance by Shaun Ryder. I went to see them last week and they are a really watchable live act with a very enthusiastic following. I fell a bit in love with their bassist. And Jessie Ware's That! Feels Good! is a very danceable to slice of disco - witty and fresh sounding despite it's retro styling. Jessie Ware lives round the corner from us and put in a guest performance at a carol concert at the church a few years ago - I was honoured to be one of her backing singers! - and is a lovely person devoid of airs and graces despite being a bone fide pop star.
Anyway, some great new music to celebrate.0 -
I didn't realise that about the mortgages. Presumably that is the same as a Park Home which are predominantly bought by the mortgage free.viewcode said:
You can't get a usual mortgage for houses of atypical construction. There are specialist firms that offer it, but by definition they are limited to nice middle-class people with the money and the time to navigate the bureaucracy, so it;s definitely niche. The numbers are non-zero - selfbuilds etc and I think some houses in Scotland use SIPs (structural insulated panels) - but as a rule of thumb outside of wartime damage reconstruction if it doesn't involve brick or stone, you be dead (dunno about breeze blocks).Taz said:L&G to close modular housing factory in Selby.
Never made money, not huge demand.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/l-g-shuts-modular-housing-factory-with-loss-of-450-jobs/ar-AA1aJat0?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=59b9db807f30417aae43b4997d3a46f9&ei=13
Modular factory-built housing in as a mass market solution in the UK is simply a dead end. Grand Designs: yes. Coronation Street/Brookside: no.
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Isn't it illegal to have the wrong name on your driving licence?Northern_Al said:Just voted, but not without difficulty. Bear with me. Mrs Al and I got married 11 years ago. In due course, she decided to change her surname to mine, and did so bit by bit. But yes, you guessed it, one thing she didn't get round to changing was the name on her driving licence, which as a result didn't match her name on the electoral register. She had no other ID with her. Luckily, there was no queue, so protracted negotiations weren't a problem. They wouldn't, of course, accept the polling card. Eventually they did accept our word backed up by a load of 'official' emails on her phone showing her current name.
Technically, they should have made her go home to fetch her passport, and refused to let her vote, because she didn't have any acceptable ID. To their credit, they didn't. But what a farce.0 -
Careful. Braverman can now deport him at will!Gardenwalker said:I’d love an EU passport.
My brother has managed to finagle a Belgian one.
I’m well gel.1 -
Star Trek, Star Wars, and Stargate in a single post. Bravo.TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed.GIN1138 said:Good afternoon PB and happy Star Wars AND local elections day.
I hear polling is "BRISK"...
May The 4th Be With You !!!0 -
My fingers go like that. Bloody arthritis!TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed.GIN1138 said:Good afternoon PB and happy Star Wars AND local elections day.
I hear polling is "BRISK"...
May The 4th Be With You !!!0 -
On topic, whilst it is possible my money would be on no. The position remains that a significant number of Scots, at least 40%, want independence and will vote for the party that reflects that. Unless the SNP break up they will inherit the bulk of that support. This makes Labour's task very difficult. I would expect the SNP to retain a plurality of Scottish seats, albeit significantly less than they have now.0
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The Coronation is not well timed for viewers in the Americas, including many no doubt loyal subjects in Canada and the Caribbean.
They should have kept the Lord’s flummery, and moved the time slot to “prime time”, which would probably be something like 7pm UK.
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Lime Garden, Yard Act, Dry Cleaning and Young Fathers are all worth looking out for too.OnlyLivingBoy said:I know people here frequently bemoan the state of modern music so it's worth pointing out that the likely no 1 and no 2 albums on the UK album chart this week are both absolute belters. The Lottery Winners' Anxiety Replacement Therapy is a great piece of indie pop with a cameo appearance by Shaun Ryder. I went to see them last week and they are a really watchable live act with a very enthusiastic following. I fell a bit in love with their bassist. And Jessie Ware's That! Feels Good! is a very danceable to slice of disco - witty and fresh sounding despite it's retro styling. Jessie Ware lives round the corner from us and put in a guest performance at a carol concert at the church a few years ago - I was honoured to be one of her backing singers! - and is a lovely person devoid of airs and graces despite being a bone fide pop star.
Anyway, some great new music to celebrate.2 -
Obviously not expecting as many viewers as the footie which is always an 8pm kick off.Gardenwalker said:The Coronation is not well timed for viewers in the Americas, including many no doubt loyal subjects in Canada and the Caribbean.
They should have kept the Lord’s flummery, and moved the time slot to “prime time”, which would probably be something like 7pm UK.
(2pm US; 7am NZ etc)0 -
One letter at a time?Northern_Al said:Just voted, but not without difficulty. Bear with me. Mrs Al and I got married 11 years ago. In due course, she decided to change her surname to mine, and did so bit by bit.
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I voted for one of the two independents who had also bothered to leaflet my house. Leaflets received: Independents - 2 Labour 2 Green (incumbent) - 1 - after the postal ballot had gone in - LD/Con: 0Sean_F said:I voted for two independents, who were the only people who bothered to leaflet my house.
Voted accordingly.0 -
I have zero desire for an EU passport, and if I did Belgium would be near the bottom of my list.
I'd be more interested in a Swiss, Canadian or US work/residential visa. But I'm not particularly bothered by those either.1 -
As NZ passport holders, Braverman can already deport us at will. We are second class citizens in the UK, that is understood.Foxy said:
Careful. Braverman can now deport him at will!Gardenwalker said:I’d love an EU passport.
My brother has managed to finagle a Belgian one.
I’m well gel.0 -
It also needs renewing every 10 years.TOPPING said:
Isn't it illegal to have the wrong name on your driving licence?Northern_Al said:Just voted, but not without difficulty. Bear with me. Mrs Al and I got married 11 years ago. In due course, she decided to change her surname to mine, and did so bit by bit. But yes, you guessed it, one thing she didn't get round to changing was the name on her driving licence, which as a result didn't match her name on the electoral register. She had no other ID with her. Luckily, there was no queue, so protracted negotiations weren't a problem. They wouldn't, of course, accept the polling card. Eventually they did accept our word backed up by a load of 'official' emails on her phone showing her current name.
Technically, they should have made her go home to fetch her passport, and refused to let her vote, because she didn't have any acceptable ID. To their credit, they didn't. But what a farce.0 -
My dog has a Belgian passport. I've twice offered him mussels and chips, telling him he needs to make some effort to fit in, but he only eats the chips.Casino_Royale said:I have zero desire for an EU passport, and if I did Belgium would be near the bottom of my list.
I'd be more interested in a Swiss, Canadian or US work/residential visa. But I'm not particularly bothered by those either.0 -
Well they should have thought about that in 1776! Too late now.Gardenwalker said:The Coronation is not well timed for viewers in the Americas, including many no doubt loyal subjects in Canada and the Caribbean.
They should have kept the Lord’s flummery, and moved the time slot to “prime time”, which would probably be something like 7pm UK.
(2pm US; 7am NZ etc)4 -
It can be slightly painful process, but get a US work visa, move over here and double your salary. The anti-woke forces will appreciate another recruit.Casino_Royale said:I have zero desire for an EU passport, and if I did Belgium would be near the bottom of my list.
I'd be more interested in a Swiss, Canadian or US work/residential visa. But I'm not particularly bothered by those either.0 -
When the only context provided to a statement that “the Greens are on the decline” is a bar chart showing the opposite, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to assume that a mistake has been made.DavidL said:
No, he is right. The figure of 1% reflects the fact that the Greens only stood in 1 or possibly 2 constituencies at the last GE. Optimists who think that 1% was evidence of improved mental health in Scotland would be deluding themselves. Green support has been declining more generally in recent Scottish polls but since most of them already voted SNP in the general it really shouldn't matter.Muesli said:
Senior moment from OGH.ohnotnow said:The header says "The Scots Tories and Greens are on the decline" but the poll image has the greens going from 1% in 2019 to 3% voting intention now and no mention of them in the post itself? Am I missing something? (I don't especially care - just puzzled)
I never thought I’d see the day a dodgy bar chart-related claim or a Scottish sub-sample would feature on this website. I am shocked to my very core.1 -
Full of oligarch's cash?IanB2 said:Miles of lorries queuing to get into Switzerland this morning
Your man on the spot .., etc0 -
Isn't there a session being questioned by Matt Walsh and Ben Shapiro before a visa is granted?Gardenwalker said:
It can be slightly painful process, but get a US work visa, move over here and double your salary. The anti-woke forces will appreciate another recruit.Casino_Royale said:I have zero desire for an EU passport, and if I did Belgium would be near the bottom of my list.
I'd be more interested in a Swiss, Canadian or US work/residential visa. But I'm not particularly bothered by those either.0 -
Americans seem to consume more royal news than I remember being exposed to in the UK.DavidL said:
Well they should have thought about that in 1776! Too late now.Gardenwalker said:The Coronation is not well timed for viewers in the Americas, including many no doubt loyal subjects in Canada and the Caribbean.
They should have kept the Lord’s flummery, and moved the time slot to “prime time”, which would probably be something like 7pm UK.
(2pm US; 7am NZ etc)
Not monarchism so much as an insatiable love of celebrity in any form.0 -
Er… if Taiwan is ditching the NPT, they won’t be asking permission from anyone about anything. They will be in full Fuck You Mode.TOPPING said:
Just like most places, to launch nuclear weapons would require US agreement so the question is would that be a US decision to go to a (nuclear) war over Taiwan.Malmesbury said:
Within a day or 2 of a Chinese blockade going into effect, Taiwan would announce its possession of nuclear weapons.Nigelb said:(FPT)
That is a very good demonstration of the true meaning of begging the question.TOPPING said:
China blockades Taiwan and to do so destroys the US fleet and then does the US proceed to war with China as a result.Nigelb said:.
No, it's rather whether the US responds to China proceeding to war. It's not going to be the other way around.TOPPING said:
Yes and yes. The calculus is whether the US proceeds to war over Taiwan.Pulpstar said:
A proper blockade would be an act of war would it not ? It'd certainly wreck the world economically.rcs1000 said:
I can see China blockading Taiwan, but launching an invasion over 150 miles of Ocean against a very well equipped opponent would be very brave.TOPPING said:Update from the trenches, or rather from a trencherman over dinner last night. An old China hand, actually, spent the past 30+ years in HK and was deported/singled out by the authorities there for his outspokenness.
Very pessimistic/realistic about China and Taiwan. Gives it 3-5 years before they try to retake and doesn't think The West will do much about it. Even if China sinks the US pacific fleet which I think is a bit of a stretch but I suppose you pays your money on this one and it's what Xi thinks not what I think.
Like Japan, they are very careful to adhere to the NPT. They have a large quality of plutonium from the reactors they have. Almost certainly tritium.
They have a variety of advanced missiles to carry a weapon - including supersonic, stealthy cruise missiles.
The engineering to create a nuclear weapons is, in modern terms, quite simple, for a single stage device. They would probably go straight to the 2 point systems, with air gaps. Boosting (tritium injection) would be next up.
Because of the accuracy of modern guidance systems, the probable yields of such devices - say 100Kt - would be all that would be needed.
The largest single stager ever built was the American Mk18 - 500Kt. But that required enriched uranium and was a very expensive and rather dangerous design. IIRC the French managed 150Kt+ from plutonium in a single stage, but details are scarce on that.0 -
I was serious about the coronation timing, by the way.
If the royals want to keep the remaining realms outside Britain, they need to think of these things.
I hope Charles has a tour to Canada and the Caribbean planned v soon.0 -
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 prompted a transatlantic airplane race between major US television networks, as they rushed to deliver the newsreels from the UK for broadcast across North America. Both CBS and NBC had promised to be the first, aiming to broadcast the evening of the Coronation instead of a day later as originally planned.
https://www.oag.com/blog/coronation-how-flying-changed-since-1950s1 -
You do have to give over your social media profiles. Luckily, outside of PB, my social footprint is exceedingly limited and anodyne.TOPPING said:
Isn't there a session being questioned by Matt Walsh and Ben Shapiro before a visa is granted?Gardenwalker said:
It can be slightly painful process, but get a US work visa, move over here and double your salary. The anti-woke forces will appreciate another recruit.Casino_Royale said:I have zero desire for an EU passport, and if I did Belgium would be near the bottom of my list.
I'd be more interested in a Swiss, Canadian or US work/residential visa. But I'm not particularly bothered by those either.0 -
Seems fairly anecdotal so far, and I'm a bit skeptical of Twitter moaners who may have an agenda rather than representing actuality on the ground, but accounts do seem to be suggesting it is (mostly) older voters falling foul of the rules.Gardenwalker said:There are already accounts on Twitter and in the Guardian of people being turned away from polling booths.
What a disgrace.
Reason #456 for why the Tories need booting out, they are not fit to govern.0 -
One to file away for the next thread about Joe Biden. Law of averages says it’ll be along anytime soon.Eabhal said:
Bit rude.Muesli said:
Senior moment from OGH.ohnotnow said:The header says "The Scots Tories and Greens are on the decline" but the poll image has the greens going from 1% in 2019 to 3% voting intention now and no mention of them in the post itself? Am I missing something? (I don't especially care - just puzzled)
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Try mayonnaise rather than moules ...IanB2 said:
My dog has a Belgian passport. I've twice offered him mussels and chips, telling him he needs to make some effort to fit in, but he only eats the chips.Casino_Royale said:I have zero desire for an EU passport, and if I did Belgium would be near the bottom of my list.
I'd be more interested in a Swiss, Canadian or US work/residential visa. But I'm not particularly bothered by those either.0 -
Personally, I thought demonstrating with the election of Donald J Trump that an elected head of state is not necessarily better was going a little too far.Gardenwalker said:
Americans seem to consume more royal news than I remember being exposed to in the UK.DavidL said:
Well they should have thought about that in 1776! Too late now.Gardenwalker said:The Coronation is not well timed for viewers in the Americas, including many no doubt loyal subjects in Canada and the Caribbean.
They should have kept the Lord’s flummery, and moved the time slot to “prime time”, which would probably be something like 7pm UK.
(2pm US; 7am NZ etc)
Not monarchism so much as an insatiable love of celebrity in any form.1 -
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You have been a critic of this Government. Repent or you won't get one at the GE either. Behave yourself and we might reconsider.ydoethur said:Incidentally, should I have had a polling card? Because I haven't had one.
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How long would it take them to make a nuclear weapon? We have been looking at/waiting for Iran for some time.Malmesbury said:
Er… if Taiwan is ditching the NPT, they won’t be asking permission from anyone about anything. They will be in full Fuck You Mode.TOPPING said:
Just like most places, to launch nuclear weapons would require US agreement so the question is would that be a US decision to go to a (nuclear) war over Taiwan.Malmesbury said:
Within a day or 2 of a Chinese blockade going into effect, Taiwan would announce its possession of nuclear weapons.Nigelb said:(FPT)
That is a very good demonstration of the true meaning of begging the question.TOPPING said:
China blockades Taiwan and to do so destroys the US fleet and then does the US proceed to war with China as a result.Nigelb said:.
No, it's rather whether the US responds to China proceeding to war. It's not going to be the other way around.TOPPING said:
Yes and yes. The calculus is whether the US proceeds to war over Taiwan.Pulpstar said:
A proper blockade would be an act of war would it not ? It'd certainly wreck the world economically.rcs1000 said:
I can see China blockading Taiwan, but launching an invasion over 150 miles of Ocean against a very well equipped opponent would be very brave.TOPPING said:Update from the trenches, or rather from a trencherman over dinner last night. An old China hand, actually, spent the past 30+ years in HK and was deported/singled out by the authorities there for his outspokenness.
Very pessimistic/realistic about China and Taiwan. Gives it 3-5 years before they try to retake and doesn't think The West will do much about it. Even if China sinks the US pacific fleet which I think is a bit of a stretch but I suppose you pays your money on this one and it's what Xi thinks not what I think.
Like Japan, they are very careful to adhere to the NPT. They have a large quality of plutonium from the reactors they have. Almost certainly tritium.
They have a variety of advanced missiles to carry a weapon - including supersonic, stealthy cruise missiles.
The engineering to create a nuclear weapons is, in modern terms, quite simple, for a single stage device. They would probably go straight to the 2 point systems, with air gaps. Boosting (tritium injection) would be next up.
Because of the accuracy of modern guidance systems, the probable yields of such devices - say 100Kt - would be all that would be needed.
The largest single stager ever built was the American Mk18 - 500Kt. But that required enriched uranium and was a very expensive and rather dangerous design. IIRC the French managed 150Kt+ from plutonium in a single stage, but details are scarce on that.0 -
Good afternoonGardenwalker said:I was serious about the coronation timing, by the way.
If the royals want to keep the remaining realms outside Britain, they need to think of these things.
I hope Charles has a tour to Canada and the Caribbean planned v soon.
Jamaica has just announced it is seeking a referendum on becoming a republic in 2024
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Point of order: shouldn't you have voted Labour on that basis?CarlottaVance said:
I voted for one of the two independents who had also bothered to leaflet my house. Leaflets received: Independents - 2 Labour 2 Green (incumbent) - 1 - after the postal ballot had gone in - LD/Con: 0Sean_F said:I voted for two independents, who were the only people who bothered to leaflet my house.
Voted accordingly.
Leaflets received:
Lab 2
Ind A 1
Ind B 1
Green 1
LD 0
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So did you fess up to PB? What could/would they have done to find out if you had kept quiet about it?Gardenwalker said:
You do have to give over your social media profiles. Luckily, outside of PB, my social footprint is exceedingly limited and anodyne.TOPPING said:
Isn't there a session being questioned by Matt Walsh and Ben Shapiro before a visa is granted?Gardenwalker said:
It can be slightly painful process, but get a US work visa, move over here and double your salary. The anti-woke forces will appreciate another recruit.Casino_Royale said:I have zero desire for an EU passport, and if I did Belgium would be near the bottom of my list.
I'd be more interested in a Swiss, Canadian or US work/residential visa. But I'm not particularly bothered by those either.0 -
I can outdo that.RobD said:
Star Trek, Star Wars, and Stargate in a single post. Bravo.TheScreamingEagles said:
Indeed.GIN1138 said:Good afternoon PB and happy Star Wars AND local elections day.
I hear polling is "BRISK"...
May The 4th Be With You !!!
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ECB increases rates by 25 basis points0
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@RobertL02984137
HMS Star, I've mentioned this before but as it's May 4th I will point out again that this is technically an Imperial Star Destroyer
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Are only Belgian breeds allowed one?IanB2 said:
My dog has a Belgian passport. I've twice offered him mussels and chips, telling him he needs to make some effort to fit in, but he only eats the chips.Casino_Royale said:I have zero desire for an EU passport, and if I did Belgium would be near the bottom of my list.
I'd be more interested in a Swiss, Canadian or US work/residential visa. But I'm not particularly bothered by those either.0 -
Hopefully you had your Conservative Party membership card in your wallet. That should have done the trick.MarqueeMark said:Just voted. Nobody had forgotten their voter ID so far. (Although they did have a good hard look at my driving licence, the photo taken when I was a couple of stone heavier....)
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https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-school-tuition-scotusGardenwalker said:Looks like Harlan Wolf paid for Clarence Thomas’s great nephew to go to private school.
Oddly, he declared a smaller payment from someone else towards the child's* education, but not the $100k plus from Crow.
Basically he doesn't take disclose seriously. Not fit to be a federal employee, let alone a Supreme Court judge.
*Not just a random nephew:
Thomas had taken legal custody of Martin when he was 6 years old and had recently told an interviewer he was “raising him as a son.”..
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Does anyone know how facial recognition works when someone has a heavy beard and moustache compared to a photo that was taken when they were clean shaven?0
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The working assumption of the Chinese government has been that they will eventually get hold of Taiwan without firing a shot.
They may be wrong about that, of course.0 -
I did not.TOPPING said:
So did you fess up to PB? What could/would they have done to find out if you had kept quiet about it?Gardenwalker said:
You do have to give over your social media profiles. Luckily, outside of PB, my social footprint is exceedingly limited and anodyne.TOPPING said:
Isn't there a session being questioned by Matt Walsh and Ben Shapiro before a visa is granted?Gardenwalker said:
It can be slightly painful process, but get a US work visa, move over here and double your salary. The anti-woke forces will appreciate another recruit.Casino_Royale said:I have zero desire for an EU passport, and if I did Belgium would be near the bottom of my list.
I'd be more interested in a Swiss, Canadian or US work/residential visa. But I'm not particularly bothered by those either.
I’m sure my email address on here is in some data leak somewhere and they could figure it out if they really wanted to.
My pro-terror posts on here are vanishingly slight, though. And only occasionally have I called for the liquidation of the over 70s.
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Mako 'f it what you will.Foxy said:
It's a hammerhead to crack a nut.MarqueeMark said:
Not very chummy of you....Malmesbury said:
Bait for my shark fishing - sounds good.Taz said:
Perhaps Just Stop Oil should glue themselves to the luxury yachts ?Malmesbury said:
Quite. What about giving the nurses holidays on the confiscated yachts?Taz said:
And they say nurses have it tough.Malmesbury said:
Well, Wogers friends lost their yachts, apparently.TimS said:
In large boats?Sean_F said:
Every day, thousands of refugees flee this country for the Continent.Roger said:
I wouldn't be surprised. The Tory Party in its present incarnation is vile. I just received a text from an old friend saying she had just received her Austrian passport. Her late father was an Austrian refugee and apparently that entitles her and her whole family- children included -to an Austrian (EU) passport.Heathener said:The Scotland shift, which began two or three years ago and long before the SNP woes, is very interesting and increases my confidence in a Labour landslide.
Meanwhile I voted by post in today's locals. I voted for 3 LibDems and 1 Labour because I'm in a Lib-Con marginal and I will do anything to vote out the tories.
The next General Election will be more of an anti-tory vote than most people on here recognise.
There seems to be quite a scramble in London in particular to look for for loopholes that will get people EU passports. How ridiculous that people are having to go through hoops to get what we all had by right before this Tory/UKIP government took power
We'd need to chip in for the diesel - running those things is murder....1 -
I imagine there will be all sorts of lies put out there about this. The fact that it is largely elderly who may need to return home for ID also gives the lie to the cynical divisive arguments put forward by Labour. If it is the elderly being turned away, then it is more likely to damage the Tories, or, as seems likely to me, have zero effect whatsoever.OldBasing said:
Seems fairly anecdotal so far, and I'm a bit skeptical of Twitter moaners who may have an agenda rather than representing actuality on the ground, but accounts do seem to be suggesting it is (mostly) older voters falling foul of the rules.Gardenwalker said:There are already accounts on Twitter and in the Guardian of people being turned away from polling booths.
What a disgrace.
Reason #456 for why the Tories need booting out, they are not fit to govern.
I forgot a document I needed for something yesterday. It was important enough to me for me to return to my house to get it. Too lazy or too stupid to bring ID? Not taking democracy seriously. Just like the Labour Party0
