Indictment has impacted Trump among primary voters, but not enough to change outcome. Currently.
Its not going to change. 25% of the GOP electorate are hardcore Trump nutters. Another 30% or so like someone strong who will stick it to the libs. Anyone that tries to go up against Trump gets eviscerated by him and looks weak.
Whoever wins, this is a brilliant advert for Bazball and for Test circket. They said they wanted it to be entertaining and this has served that up in spades. Well done to both England and Australia.
Whoever wins, this is a brilliant advert for Bazball and for Test circket. They said they wanted it to be entertaining and this has served that up in spades. Well done to both England and Australia.
Absolutely, a fantastic advert for this form of the sport. Very well played by both teams, no matter what the result.
Whoever wins, this is a brilliant advert for Bazball and for Test circket. They said they wanted it to be entertaining and this has served that up in spades. Well done to both England and Australia.
Absolutely, a fantastic advert for this form of the sport. Very well played by both teams, no matter what the result.
Hate to harp on it, but it did end up the difference, and it's not as though it put them under pressure on that first day. It was that glorious treading of the line of boldness and recklessness. Still keep the same attitude, just don't feel the need to always trie to 'shock' people.
Hate to harp on it, but it did end up the difference, and it's not as though it put them under pressure on that first day. It was that glorious treading of the line of boldness and recklessness. Still keep the same attitude, just don't feel the need to always trie to 'shock' people.
The chances are very high that without that declaration the match would have been a boring draw. I would take this match and its result - even though the Aussies won - absolutely any day over the 'normal' test cricket
Well done to both teams (with a special well done to the Aussies for the win) for making it one of the great, memorable test matches.
Nah. England were honest, inventive and halfway competent. Australia sure were duller, mind.
I think Australia stepped up to the mark very well in the entertainment stakes. And everyone - including all the Aussie commentators - are enthused about this sort of Test Cricket. Even the long time critics of England like Langer and Ponting are enthusiastic about it.
Hate to harp on it, but it did end up the difference, and it's not as though it put them under pressure on that first day. It was that glorious treading of the line of boldness and recklessness. Still keep the same attitude, just don't feel the need to always trie to 'shock' people.
The chances are very high that without that declaration the match would have been a boring draw. I would take this match and its result - even though the Aussies won - absolutely any day over the 'normal' test cricket
Well done to both teams (with a special well done to the Aussies for the win) for making it one of the great, memorable test matches.
Great test match. I too think the declaration was an error. But I think the turning point was Root's dismissal in the second innings - stumped following a bizarre rush down the wicket and a swish across the line. Most uncharacteristic for a doughty Yorkshireman. Finally, you can only have one MotM and it had to be Khawaja, despite Cummins's heroics.
Can people please stop adding 20-30 runs plus extra time onto our first innings total and pretend that everything that followed after would be identical? It would change the course of every subsequent innings, and Australia may well have batted longer and slower and for a draw at the end.
We want the opposition to play for the win and fall short by taking the draw off the table as the safe route. We timed things well and it took a brilliant 9th wicket partnership to win the game for Australia.
Well played to them, and to England. No need for recriminations after such a brilliant first Test.
Nah. England were honest, inventive and halfway competent. Australia sure were duller, mind.
I think Australia stepped up to the mark very well in the entertainment stakes. And everyone - including all the Aussie commentators - are enthused about this sort of Test Cricket. Even the long time critics of England like Langer and Ponting are enthusiastic about it.
Just a tad over three an over both innings? Several long periods of turgid batting. England's bizarre fields and quirky bowling changes kept it interesting.
If England had put another 30 on instead of declaring we'd probably have won
We never looked like getting a wicket after the drop. The only difference was the time. England have addressed one of their problems IE slow scoring. We still struggle to get the tail out.
If England had put another 30 on instead of declaring we'd probably have won
We never looked like getting a wicket after the drop. The only difference was the time. England have addressed one of their problems IE slow scoring. We still struggle to get the tail out.
To clarify if they needed another 50 we wouldn't have got it
If England had put another 30 on instead of declaring we'd probably have won
We never looked like getting a wicket after the drop. The only difference was the time. England have addressed one of their problems IE slow scoring. We still struggle to get the tail out.
Need someone with a bit more pace. 4 bowlers at 80ish didn't provide enough variety.
Mind you, Jimmy will be retiring immediately if he has to play on pitches like that forever more.
Australia traded at a high of 19.5 with thousands traded around 11 (or 10/1 in old money).
England reached a low of 1.21.
Sadly, it's usually a good strategy to bet against the patriotic choice, as people like to bet on what they want to happen...
Good advice about 30 years ago but very much out of date. Cricket match odds markets are set nearly entirely by the Indian market. Football match odds by the Asian/Chinese market.
If England had put another 30 on instead of declaring we'd probably have won
That if is doing some work. Another 30 would have taken 6 overs out the game. Which means they'd have shut up shop.
It may well have been a draw. But Root and Robinson could have got England well past 400. The Australians would have been quite happy when England declared. And you should always do what the opposition don’t want you to do.
The decline in the Scots Nats, if sustained, will also significantly reduce the chance of a hung Parliament, with all the weakness and instability that entails. Of course, getting rid of the Northern Irish would reduce it much further, as well as saving the English taxpayer a fortune, but sadly there is no hope of that at the moment.
It's one of those things that a lot of people curiously regard as inevitable ('tis an island you know, so it's only right it be unified), but also seems far off given the glacified politics at play there.
I fully expect Westminster to betray the DUP and Stormont at some point. Labour has never been keen on keeping NI, it was always the Tories to whom Unionism looked for support. Now the Tories are barking mad thanks to Brexit Purity and throwing NI to their more rabid supporters would probably be popular.
They could say "Let's get rid of N.I. and save £millions per week and spend it on mortgage interest relief"
It would look great on the side of a bus...
Starmer has made clear he will campaign to keep NI in the UK and you can't throw people there who want to stay in the UK under the bus, for starters people in the North and Midlands and South are far more in need of mortgage interest relief in absolute numbers than NI.
Brexit has been done and NI stayed in the UK, we will never betray our Protestant brothers in Ulster!
Scotland 1-0 up against Georgia already but taken off the pitch which is currently unplayable. I hope England can show the same level of consistency in due course.
The decline in the Scots Nats, if sustained, will also significantly reduce the chance of a hung Parliament, with all the weakness and instability that entails. Of course, getting rid of the Northern Irish would reduce it much further, as well as saving the English taxpayer a fortune, but sadly there is no hope of that at the moment.
It's one of those things that a lot of people curiously regard as inevitable ('tis an island you know, so it's only right it be unified), but also seems far off given the glacified politics at play there.
I fully expect Westminster to betray the DUP and Stormont at some point. Labour has never been keen on keeping NI, it was always the Tories to whom Unionism looked for support. Now the Tories are barking mad thanks to Brexit Purity and throwing NI to their more rabid supporters would probably be popular.
They could say "Let's get rid of N.I. and save £millions per week and spend it on mortgage interest relief"
It would look great on the side of a bus...
Starmer has made clear he will campaign to keep NI in the UK and you can't throw people there who want to stay in the UK under the bus, for starters people in the North and Midlands and South are far more in need of mortgage interest relief in absolute numbers than NI.
Brexit has been done and NI stayed in the UK, we will never betray our Protestant brothers in Ulster!
Surely any kind of help with mortgages is going to disproportionately benefit the south?
I'd be interested to see figures for mortgage lending by region.
The decline in the Scots Nats, if sustained, will also significantly reduce the chance of a hung Parliament, with all the weakness and instability that entails. Of course, getting rid of the Northern Irish would reduce it much further, as well as saving the English taxpayer a fortune, but sadly there is no hope of that at the moment.
It's one of those things that a lot of people curiously regard as inevitable ('tis an island you know, so it's only right it be unified), but also seems far off given the glacified politics at play there.
I fully expect Westminster to betray the DUP and Stormont at some point. Labour has never been keen on keeping NI, it was always the Tories to whom Unionism looked for support. Now the Tories are barking mad thanks to Brexit Purity and throwing NI to their more rabid supporters would probably be popular.
They could say "Let's get rid of N.I. and save £millions per week and spend it on mortgage interest relief"
It would look great on the side of a bus...
Starmer has made clear he will campaign to keep NI in the UK and you can't throw people there who want to stay in the UK under the bus, for starters people in the North and Midlands and South are far more in need of mortgage interest relief in absolute numbers than NI.
Brexit has been done and NI stayed in the UK, we will never betray our Protestant brothers in Ulster!
Good job Boris is no longer PM then. If there’d been a deal he really fancied which involved selling the UU’s (whatever colour they were) down the river he’d have done it!
The decline in the Scots Nats, if sustained, will also significantly reduce the chance of a hung Parliament, with all the weakness and instability that entails. Of course, getting rid of the Northern Irish would reduce it much further, as well as saving the English taxpayer a fortune, but sadly there is no hope of that at the moment.
It's one of those things that a lot of people curiously regard as inevitable ('tis an island you know, so it's only right it be unified), but also seems far off given the glacified politics at play there.
I fully expect Westminster to betray the DUP and Stormont at some point. Labour has never been keen on keeping NI, it was always the Tories to whom Unionism looked for support. Now the Tories are barking mad thanks to Brexit Purity and throwing NI to their more rabid supporters would probably be popular.
They could say "Let's get rid of N.I. and save £millions per week and spend it on mortgage interest relief"
It would look great on the side of a bus...
Starmer has made clear he will campaign to keep NI in the UK and you can't throw people there who want to stay in the UK under the bus, for starters people in the North and Midlands and South are far more in need of mortgage interest relief in absolute numbers than NI.
Brexit has been done and NI stayed in the UK, we will never betray our Protestant brothers in Ulster!
Surely any kind of help with mortgages is going to disproportionately benefit the south?
I'd be interested to see figures for mortgage lending by region.
Benefit mostly mortgage holders in the South, and prop up house prices for owners without a mortgage too.
However worst hit will be employed renters in the South, who have to pay extra tax to sub their landlords and drive up the price of houses they want to buy, as per usual.
As repulsive a class war post from you too, there are search and rescue boats involved in both and Canada and the US where the Titanic sub rescue is taking place is not even on the same continent as greece either
The decline in the Scots Nats, if sustained, will also significantly reduce the chance of a hung Parliament, with all the weakness and instability that entails. Of course, getting rid of the Northern Irish would reduce it much further, as well as saving the English taxpayer a fortune, but sadly there is no hope of that at the moment.
It's one of those things that a lot of people curiously regard as inevitable ('tis an island you know, so it's only right it be unified), but also seems far off given the glacified politics at play there.
I fully expect Westminster to betray the DUP and Stormont at some point. Labour has never been keen on keeping NI, it was always the Tories to whom Unionism looked for support. Now the Tories are barking mad thanks to Brexit Purity and throwing NI to their more rabid supporters would probably be popular.
They could say "Let's get rid of N.I. and save £millions per week and spend it on mortgage interest relief"
It would look great on the side of a bus...
Starmer has made clear he will campaign to keep NI in the UK and you can't throw people there who want to stay in the UK under the bus, for starters people in the North and Midlands and South are far more in need of mortgage interest relief in absolute numbers than NI.
Brexit has been done and NI stayed in the UK, we will never betray our Protestant brothers in Ulster!
Good job Boris is no longer PM then. If there’d been a deal he really fancied which involved selling the UU’s (whatever colour they were) down the river he’d have done it!
Hate to harp on it, but it did end up the difference, and it's not as though it put them under pressure on that first day. It was that glorious treading of the line of boldness and recklessness. Still keep the same attitude, just don't feel the need to always trie to 'shock' people.
The chances are very high that without that declaration the match would have been a boring draw. I would take this match and its result - even though the Aussies won - absolutely any day over the 'normal' test cricket
Well done to both teams (with a special well done to the Aussies for the win) for making it one of the great, memorable test matches.
Exactly. The whole point of what McCullum and Stokes are doing is to make Test cricket more entertaining by playing for a result, not settling for draws. That means changing the distribution of outcomes, so there will be fewer draws, more losses, but hopefully marginally more wins.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating obviously, but everything we've seen so far since McCullum and Stokes have taken over has been very encouraging. The whole England team looks a hell of a lot happier than they have in many years, and they are playing good and entertaining cricket.
One of the things I hate love about the Aussies is that they always give it a go. When it comes to sport — any sport — Aussies never phone it in. I am loving England playing in a similar fashion.
Are they? Rescue op for the refugees was at least three days and included 6 coastguard vessels, a frigate, a military transport plane, an air force helicopter, several private vessels and a drone from the EU border protection agency, Frontex.
The decline in the Scots Nats, if sustained, will also significantly reduce the chance of a hung Parliament, with all the weakness and instability that entails. Of course, getting rid of the Northern Irish would reduce it much further, as well as saving the English taxpayer a fortune, but sadly there is no hope of that at the moment.
It's one of those things that a lot of people curiously regard as inevitable ('tis an island you know, so it's only right it be unified), but also seems far off given the glacified politics at play there.
I fully expect Westminster to betray the DUP and Stormont at some point. Labour has never been keen on keeping NI, it was always the Tories to whom Unionism looked for support. Now the Tories are barking mad thanks to Brexit Purity and throwing NI to their more rabid supporters would probably be popular.
They could say "Let's get rid of N.I. and save £millions per week and spend it on mortgage interest relief"
It would look great on the side of a bus...
Starmer has made clear he will campaign to keep NI in the UK and you can't throw people there who want to stay in the UK under the bus, for starters people in the North and Midlands and South are far more in need of mortgage interest relief in absolute numbers than NI.
Brexit has been done and NI stayed in the UK, we will never betray our Protestant brothers in Ulster!
More Nationalist than Unionist MPs elected in 2019.
The decline in the Scots Nats, if sustained, will also significantly reduce the chance of a hung Parliament, with all the weakness and instability that entails. Of course, getting rid of the Northern Irish would reduce it much further, as well as saving the English taxpayer a fortune, but sadly there is no hope of that at the moment.
It's one of those things that a lot of people curiously regard as inevitable ('tis an island you know, so it's only right it be unified), but also seems far off given the glacified politics at play there.
I fully expect Westminster to betray the DUP and Stormont at some point. Labour has never been keen on keeping NI, it was always the Tories to whom Unionism looked for support. Now the Tories are barking mad thanks to Brexit Purity and throwing NI to their more rabid supporters would probably be popular.
They could say "Let's get rid of N.I. and save £millions per week and spend it on mortgage interest relief"
It would look great on the side of a bus...
Starmer has made clear he will campaign to keep NI in the UK and you can't throw people there who want to stay in the UK under the bus, for starters people in the North and Midlands and South are far more in need of mortgage interest relief in absolute numbers than NI.
Brexit has been done and NI stayed in the UK, we will never betray our Protestant brothers in Ulster!
More Nationalist than Unionist MPs elected in 2019.
The Alliance were created as a soft Unionist party
The decline in the Scots Nats, if sustained, will also significantly reduce the chance of a hung Parliament, with all the weakness and instability that entails. Of course, getting rid of the Northern Irish would reduce it much further, as well as saving the English taxpayer a fortune, but sadly there is no hope of that at the moment.
It's one of those things that a lot of people curiously regard as inevitable ('tis an island you know, so it's only right it be unified), but also seems far off given the glacified politics at play there.
I fully expect Westminster to betray the DUP and Stormont at some point. Labour has never been keen on keeping NI, it was always the Tories to whom Unionism looked for support. Now the Tories are barking mad thanks to Brexit Purity and throwing NI to their more rabid supporters would probably be popular.
They could say "Let's get rid of N.I. and save £millions per week and spend it on mortgage interest relief"
It would look great on the side of a bus...
Starmer has made clear he will campaign to keep NI in the UK and you can't throw people there who want to stay in the UK under the bus, for starters people in the North and Midlands and South are far more in need of mortgage interest relief in absolute numbers than NI.
Brexit has been done and NI stayed in the UK, we will never betray our Protestant brothers in Ulster!
More Nationalist than Unionist MPs elected in 2019.
The Alliance were created as a soft Unionist party
The decline in the Scots Nats, if sustained, will also significantly reduce the chance of a hung Parliament, with all the weakness and instability that entails. Of course, getting rid of the Northern Irish would reduce it much further, as well as saving the English taxpayer a fortune, but sadly there is no hope of that at the moment.
It's one of those things that a lot of people curiously regard as inevitable ('tis an island you know, so it's only right it be unified), but also seems far off given the glacified politics at play there.
I fully expect Westminster to betray the DUP and Stormont at some point. Labour has never been keen on keeping NI, it was always the Tories to whom Unionism looked for support. Now the Tories are barking mad thanks to Brexit Purity and throwing NI to their more rabid supporters would probably be popular.
They could say "Let's get rid of N.I. and save £millions per week and spend it on mortgage interest relief"
It would look great on the side of a bus...
Starmer has made clear he will campaign to keep NI in the UK and you can't throw people there who want to stay in the UK under the bus, for starters people in the North and Midlands and South are far more in need of mortgage interest relief in absolute numbers than NI.
Brexit has been done and NI stayed in the UK, we will never betray our Protestant brothers in Ulster!
More Nationalist than Unionist MPs elected in 2019.
The Alliance were created as a soft Unionist party
As repulsive a class war post from you too, there are search and rescue boats involved in both and Canada and the US where the Titanic sub rescue is taking place is not even on the same continent as greece either
It is not a joking matter to joke about human beings trapped at the bottom of the ocean in a tin can with oxygen running out and what their families are going through any more than it would be about migrants at risk of drowning if their boat sank.
The decline in the Scots Nats, if sustained, will also significantly reduce the chance of a hung Parliament, with all the weakness and instability that entails. Of course, getting rid of the Northern Irish would reduce it much further, as well as saving the English taxpayer a fortune, but sadly there is no hope of that at the moment.
It's one of those things that a lot of people curiously regard as inevitable ('tis an island you know, so it's only right it be unified), but also seems far off given the glacified politics at play there.
I fully expect Westminster to betray the DUP and Stormont at some point. Labour has never been keen on keeping NI, it was always the Tories to whom Unionism looked for support. Now the Tories are barking mad thanks to Brexit Purity and throwing NI to their more rabid supporters would probably be popular.
They could say "Let's get rid of N.I. and save £millions per week and spend it on mortgage interest relief"
It would look great on the side of a bus...
Starmer has made clear he will campaign to keep NI in the UK and you can't throw people there who want to stay in the UK under the bus, for starters people in the North and Midlands and South are far more in need of mortgage interest relief in absolute numbers than NI.
Brexit has been done and NI stayed in the UK, we will never betray our Protestant brothers in Ulster!
More Nationalist than Unionist MPs elected in 2019.
The Alliance were created as a soft Unionist party
Now they are more progressive than conservative.
They are not Nationalist
When was the last election that Nationalists were elected to half of NI's seats?
Are they? Rescue op for the refugees was at least three days and included 6 coastguard vessels, a frigate, a military transport plane, an air force helicopter, several private vessels and a drone from the EU border protection agency, Frontex.
And we knew where the Greece ship was at all times, and if we didn't specialised kit for finding stuff 4 kilometres down is a bit irrelevant to things on the surface, and the parties supplying SAR for the submarine are on the whole non-UK, commercial operations who are big and grown up enough to decide what to do with their own kit.
This is Spartism at its finest, it's like watching a particularly fine production of Hamlet and saying yebbut what about the life expectancy of the average peasant in contemporary Denmark?
The decline in the Scots Nats, if sustained, will also significantly reduce the chance of a hung Parliament, with all the weakness and instability that entails. Of course, getting rid of the Northern Irish would reduce it much further, as well as saving the English taxpayer a fortune, but sadly there is no hope of that at the moment.
It's one of those things that a lot of people curiously regard as inevitable ('tis an island you know, so it's only right it be unified), but also seems far off given the glacified politics at play there.
I fully expect Westminster to betray the DUP and Stormont at some point. Labour has never been keen on keeping NI, it was always the Tories to whom Unionism looked for support. Now the Tories are barking mad thanks to Brexit Purity and throwing NI to their more rabid supporters would probably be popular.
They could say "Let's get rid of N.I. and save £millions per week and spend it on mortgage interest relief"
It would look great on the side of a bus...
Starmer has made clear he will campaign to keep NI in the UK and you can't throw people there who want to stay in the UK under the bus, for starters people in the North and Midlands and South are far more in need of mortgage interest relief in absolute numbers than NI.
Brexit has been done and NI stayed in the UK, we will never betray our Protestant brothers in Ulster!
More Nationalist than Unionist MPs elected in 2019.
The Alliance were created as a soft Unionist party
Whoever wins, this is a brilliant advert for Bazball and for Test circket. They said they wanted it to be entertaining and this has served that up in spades. Well done to both England and Australia.
Absolutely, a fantastic advert for this form of the sport. Very well played by both teams, no matter what the result.
Yawwwwnnnnn
But someone threw a ball towards some sticks and then someone with a different stick sometimes hit the ball away from the sticks. Sometimes someone else threw the ball back at the original sticks.
Great test match. Australia did remarkably well, at times they seemed beatable, they were not.
But, I fear that the Ashes series is gone. England just have too many frailties against a better team. They came close this time, but lost. Not 5-0, but 3-1?
Batsmen: plenty; fast bowlers: plenty; spinners? wicket keeper? you tell me.
A test where the cheap dismissals of two or three great/very good batsmen, and where Root's late superb catch, failed to win the match tells us something.
As repulsive a class war post from you too, there are search and rescue boats involved in both and Canada and the US where the Titanic sub rescue is taking place is not even on the same continent as greece either
It is not a joking matter to joke about human beings trapped at the bottom of the ocean in a tin can with oxygen running out and what their families are going through any more than it would be about migrants at risk of drowning if their boat sank.
You should be ashamed of yourself for that post
The thing imploded days ago.
There's a debate to be had as to whether carbon fibre is reliable enough to make bicycle frames out of. Submersibles is just silly. We won't be finding this thing any time soon.
What it is about the Titanic richness of Schrodinger's submariners that makes it news?
Tbh I think it's more the continuing ghoulish fascination with the Titanic rather than the wealth of the victims. There was loads of media fuss, more than over the migrant boat disaster, before we knew for sure who was on it.
What it is about the Titanic richness of Schrodinger's submariners that makes it news?
Rose's Mum: "Will the lifeboats be seated according to class? I hope they're not too crowded." Rose: "Oh mother, shut up! Don't you understand? The water is freezing and there aren't enough boats. Not enough by half. Half the people on this ship are going to die." Cal Hockley: "Not the better half!"
Great test match. Australia did remarkably well, at times they seemed beatable, they were not.
But, I fear that the Ashes series is gone. England just have too many frailties against a better team. They came close this time, but lost. Not 5-0, but 3-1?
Batsmen: plenty; fast bowlers: plenty; spinners? wicket keeper? you tell me.
A test where the cheap dismissals of two or three great/very good batsmen, and where Root's late superb catch, failed to win the match tells us something.
We need a spin bowler with fingers
If Ali wants to play again in this series then he needs to toughen his up with a red ball in county cricket for the next few weeks
What it is about the Titanic richness of Schrodinger's submariners that makes it news?
Tbh I think it's more the continuing ghoulish fascination with the Titanic rather than the wealth of the victims. There was loads of media fuss, more than over the migrant boat disaster, before we knew for sure who was on it.
Trapped and dying is a story which always sells. The Kursk sailors and the Copiapó miners were not billionaires.
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Post Office bosses told to repay mistaken bonuses
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65963710
Sure it's unlikely - but that unlikely?
Only 8 overs to go. And 7pm.
Worth remembering if we'd had DRS for that match Aus would have won.
And Lyon has just put matters beyond doubt.
Although the bookies would look askance at that outcome.
AUS deserve the win by chasing 280.
Getting out the tail remains a problem for us.
We can come back!
England reached a low of 1.21.
England = Tories
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/shaun-bailey-london-mayor-peerage-boris-johnson-partygate-video-aides-b1088962.html
England were honest, inventive and halfway competent.
Australia sure were duller, mind.
Well done to both teams (with a special well done to the Aussies for the win) for making it one of the great, memorable test matches.
Another 30 would have taken 6 overs out the game.
Which means they'd have shut up shop.
We want the opposition to play for the win and fall short by taking the draw off the table as the safe route. We timed things well and it took a brilliant 9th wicket partnership to win the game for Australia.
Well played to them, and to England. No need for recriminations after such a brilliant first Test.
Several long periods of turgid batting.
England's bizarre fields and quirky bowling changes kept it interesting.
What an outstanding exhibit for Test cricket being among the finest of sporting spectacles
I'm gutted we didn't win, but so excited for the rest of this series
Mind you, Jimmy will be retiring immediately if he has to play on pitches like that forever more.
One Day Cricket -> Figaro
The Hundred -> Cats
The difference from 1992 is Major still led Kinnock as preferred PM, whereas Starmer now leads Sunak as preferred PM
Absolutely torrential rain, they really should suspend play, what's that you say, 1-0, marvellous decision to soldier on..
Brexit has been done and NI stayed in the UK, we will never betray our Protestant brothers in Ulster!
I'd be interested to see figures for mortgage lending by region.
Edit: As in South England. Not Ireland!
'@pollytoynbee
Searching rather harder for five millionaires' missing sub than for small boats sinking with hundreds of families and children on board?'
https://twitter.com/pollytoynbee/status/1671182571793686528?s=20
However worst hit will be employed renters in the South, who have to pay extra tax to sub their landlords and drive up the price of houses they want to buy, as per usual.
https://twitter.com/damiennerice/status/1671196384060489728?s=61&t=s0ae0IFncdLS1Dc7J0P_TQ
The proof of the pudding is in the eating obviously, but everything we've seen so far since McCullum and Stokes have taken over has been very encouraging. The whole England team looks a hell of a lot happier than they have in many years, and they are playing good and entertaining cricket.
One of the things I
hatelove about the Aussies is that they always give it a go. When it comes to sport — any sport — Aussies never phone it in. I am loving England playing in a similar fashion.https://twitter.com/Grandadgreg1/status/1671197115085729793
Are they? Rescue op for the refugees was at least three days and included 6 coastguard vessels, a frigate, a military transport plane, an air force helicopter, several private vessels and a drone from the EU border protection agency, Frontex.
https://twitter.com/peterkyle/status/1671077159077572608?s=20
You should be ashamed of yourself for that post
This is Spartism at its finest, it's like watching a particularly fine production of Hamlet and saying yebbut what about the life expectancy of the average peasant in contemporary Denmark?
Based on that someone got some numbers.
It's gripping.
But, I fear that the Ashes series is gone. England just have too many frailties against a better team. They came close this time, but lost. Not 5-0, but 3-1?
Batsmen: plenty; fast bowlers: plenty; spinners? wicket keeper? you tell me.
A test where the cheap dismissals of two or three great/very good batsmen, and where Root's late superb catch, failed to win the match tells us something.
There's a debate to be had as to whether carbon fibre is reliable enough to make bicycle frames out of. Submersibles is just silly. We won't be finding this thing any time soon.
Rose: "Oh mother, shut up! Don't you understand? The water is freezing and there aren't enough boats. Not enough by half. Half the people on this ship are going to die."
Cal Hockley: "Not the better half!"
If Ali wants to play again in this series then he needs to toughen his up with a red ball in county cricket for the next few weeks
We can't carry him again