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Punters agree with Farage – politicalbetting.com

SystemSystem Posts: 12,360
edited 5:57AM in General
Punters agree with Farage – politicalbetting.com

But I still think punters are wrong, if Labour look like being eclipsed by Reform then I’d expect Sir Keir Starmer to stand down before the election and let somebody from the Labour side to take over.

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  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,208
    edited 4:11AM
    First unlike Isack Hadjar.

    Anthony Hamilton is a class act.
  • DecrepiterJohnLDecrepiterJohnL Posts: 29,648
    Starmer will (imo) follow Wilson in retiring early, regardless of the polls. If so, the next Prime Minister will be Labour.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,031
    Chaotic two laps in Aus...
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,208
    edited 5:44AM
    Ferrari's strategy continues to be fucking shit for yet another season.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,031
    Hamilton: 8th -> 1st -> 9th

    Not happy with the pit wall....
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,208

    Hamilton: 8th -> 1st -> 9th

    Not happy with the pit wall....

    The last few years have shown Ferrari couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.
  • JosiasJessopJosiasJessop Posts: 44,882
    From the threader:
    "if Labour look like being eclipsed by Labour" ?
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,031

    Hamilton: 8th -> 1st -> 9th

    Not happy with the pit wall....

    The last few years have shown Ferrari couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.
    ...at a teen disco
  • JosiasJessopJosiasJessop Posts: 44,882
    The "anti-woke" movement shows its true colours:

    "Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans"

    https://taskandpurpose.com/news/arlington-cemetery-scrubs-website-dei/
  • scampi25scampi25 Posts: 41
    Reports that the government has caved over PIP cuts. So who runs the government and how do they pay for the defence plans? More borrowing? Who's in charge?
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 62,308
    Good morning, everyone.

    It's 6.24am, and I've been up for three hours. Not a fan of that.

    Entertaining race, though.
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 62,308
    Also, Piastri can be laid at 6 for the Drivers'. Some may recall I repeatedly mentioned him at 14. if you backed that but didn't hedge (9, I think) at the time, might want to do that now. Or not.
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 62,308
    For what it's worth, if you've backed Piastri each way then I'd hold onto that. Certainly for now. Maybe hedge before Spain when the flexi-wing rule changes.
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 50,834
    edited 7:28AM
    Last we heard from Cummo, he thought the Tories were beyond hope and needed killing off.

    Anyhow it sounds like Kemi is in for a fun year:

    “We’ll get her out sharpish,” one plotter said. “More and more MPs realise she’s doomed. A grid is coming together to bury her in disaster from the locals, keep the pressure on, then f*** [up] conference,” the party’s annual get-together in October. If that does not force Badenoch out, many think the final straw could be the Welsh elections in the spring of 2026, which polls currently suggest Reform will win.
  • JohnLilburneJohnLilburne Posts: 6,484
    scampi25 said:

    Reports that the government has caved over PIP cuts. So who runs the government and how do they pay for the defence plans? More borrowing? Who's in charge?

    Scrapping an inflationary uplift (which is what Sky says it was) would have saved 1.7%. Not sure that is a lot. And the sort of quick and dirty approach we saw with WFA.

    The entire benefit system needs change, it simultaneously leaves some people destitute while making others comfortably off and with no need to think about work.
  • BattlebusBattlebus Posts: 562
    edited 7:47AM

    scampi25 said:

    Reports that the government has caved over PIP cuts. So who runs the government and how do they pay for the defence plans? More borrowing? Who's in charge?

    Scrapping an inflationary uplift (which is what Sky says it was) would have saved 1.7%. Not sure that is a lot. And the sort of quick and dirty approach we saw with WFA.

    The entire benefit system needs change, it simultaneously leaves some people destitute while making others comfortably off and with no need to think about work.
    Where do you start? It's a very long list (only goes up to 1999!!). And to add to it are the various HoL/Supreme Court tinkerings with it.

    https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmsocsec/56/9112407.htm

    Probably needs something ongoing like the Law Commission to weed out redundant parts

  • StuartinromfordStuartinromford Posts: 18,060

    IanB2 said:

    Last we heard from Cummo, he thought the Tories were beyond hope and needed killing off.

    Anyhow it sounds like Kemi is in for a fun year:

    “We’ll get her out sharpish,” one plotter said. “More and more MPs realise she’s doomed. A grid is coming together to bury her in disaster from the locals, keep the pressure on, then f*** [up] conference,” the party’s annual get-together in October. If that does not force Badenoch out, many think the final straw could be the Welsh elections in the spring of 2026, which polls currently suggest Reform will win.

    At some point, supporters of the Conservative Party have to realise that constantly electing and deposing leaders is not a winning strategy… not that the plotters described in that article are supporters of the Conservative Party.
    Given the sentiment, the language and the journalist, it's presumably Dom talking.

    The underlying problem- a RefCon deal would lead to quite a bit of flaking on the left and the right of that alliance- still needs an awful lot of finessing. More than even the Dogshit Puppet Master can manage.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 75,244
    South Korean company Hanwha, producer of K9 howitzers, intends to build, in two years, an armaments factory in Romania, with the prospect of it becoming a regional hub for components, maintenance and repairs, said Michael Coulter, CEO of Hanwha Global Defense, during a meeting with Romanian journalists
    https://x.com/AlexandruC4/status/1900863717459276214
  • FishingFishing Posts: 5,405

    Starmer will (imo) follow Wilson in retiring early, regardless of the polls. If so, the next Prime Minister will be Labour.

    Possibly, but Wilson resigned after more than 13 years as Labour leader, five general elections and four years of a Heath interregnum.

    So if he follows Wilson exactly, the next PM might not be Labour after all.
  • nico67nico67 Posts: 4,831
    The backtrack on PIP is being inflated to be some huge climb down when it’s a tiny sop to Labour MPs and won’t stop the more fundamental and devastating changes to PIP.

    The move is designed as a life raft for Labour MPs to say the government listened to their concerns.
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 72,864
    Fishing said:

    Starmer will (imo) follow Wilson in retiring early, regardless of the polls. If so, the next Prime Minister will be Labour.

    Possibly, but Wilson resigned after more than 13 years as Labour leader, five general elections and four years of a Heath interregnum.

    So if he follows Wilson exactly, the next PM might not be Labour after all.
    Wilson was a lot younger than Starmer. He was leader at 47 and retired at 60.
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 37,090

    IanB2 said:

    Last we heard from Cummo, he thought the Tories were beyond hope and needed killing off.

    Anyhow it sounds like Kemi is in for a fun year:

    “We’ll get her out sharpish,” one plotter said. “More and more MPs realise she’s doomed. A grid is coming together to bury her in disaster from the locals, keep the pressure on, then f*** [up] conference,” the party’s annual get-together in October. If that does not force Badenoch out, many think the final straw could be the Welsh elections in the spring of 2026, which polls currently suggest Reform will win.

    At some point, supporters of the Conservative Party have to realise that constantly electing and deposing leaders is not a winning strategy… not that the plotters described in that article are supporters of the Conservative Party.
    At some point the current Tory party might realise that constantly electing and deposing leaders who are neither Conservative nor Unionist is not a path to success.

    I hope they figure that out before the party dies completely
  • algarkirkalgarkirk Posts: 13,671
    Do punters really 'agree with Farage' that there is a good chance of him being next PM? They reckon there's an 81% chance that he won't.

    I think that is generous by the way. The current chances reflect the fact that no-one has a clue - so backing the horses will have the same fate as I did in Cheltenham week, complete oblivion - and that Farage is in a unique position so his bit of the iceberg peers above the waterline.

    IMO Streeting might be value. But I am not going there.
  • bondegezoubondegezou Posts: 13,074
    “President Donald Trump said Friday that he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours — and even before he even took office.

    “Trump was asked about the vow he repeatedly made on the campaign trail during an interview for the “Full Measure” television program as his administration is still trying to broker a solution 54 days into his second term.

    ““Well, I was being a little bit sarcastic when I said that," Trump said in a clip released ahead of the episode airing Sunday. “What I really mean is I’d like to get it settled and, I’ll, I think, I think I’ll be successful.””

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-being-bit-sarcastic-014900811.html
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 75,244
    ydoethur said:

    Fishing said:

    Starmer will (imo) follow Wilson in retiring early, regardless of the polls. If so, the next Prime Minister will be Labour.

    Possibly, but Wilson resigned after more than 13 years as Labour leader, five general elections and four years of a Heath interregnum.

    So if he follows Wilson exactly, the next PM might not be Labour after all.
    Wilson was a lot younger than Starmer. He was leader at 47 and retired at 60.
    60 is the new 47 ?
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 75,244

    “President Donald Trump said Friday that he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours — and even before he even took office.

    “Trump was asked about the vow he repeatedly made on the campaign trail during an interview for the “Full Measure” television program as his administration is still trying to broker a solution 54 days into his second term.

    ““Well, I was being a little bit sarcastic when I said that," Trump said in a clip released ahead of the episode airing Sunday. “What I really mean is I’d like to get it settled and, I’ll, I think, I think I’ll be successful.””

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-being-bit-sarcastic-014900811.html

    Was he being a lot sarcastic when he said he'll make America great ?
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 72,864
    Nigelb said:

    “President Donald Trump said Friday that he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours — and even before he even took office.

    “Trump was asked about the vow he repeatedly made on the campaign trail during an interview for the “Full Measure” television program as his administration is still trying to broker a solution 54 days into his second term.

    ““Well, I was being a little bit sarcastic when I said that," Trump said in a clip released ahead of the episode airing Sunday. “What I really mean is I’d like to get it settled and, I’ll, I think, I think I’ll be successful.””

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-being-bit-sarcastic-014900811.html

    Was he being a lot sarcastic when he said he'll make America great ?
    He was being more sarcastic when he said he'd end corruption.
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 72,864
    Just watching my recording of Albert Park.

    More spins than a New Labour press release.

    As Mr Dancer says, quite entertaining.
  • StuartinromfordStuartinromford Posts: 18,060
    Nigelb said:

    ydoethur said:

    Fishing said:

    Starmer will (imo) follow Wilson in retiring early, regardless of the polls. If so, the next Prime Minister will be Labour.

    Possibly, but Wilson resigned after more than 13 years as Labour leader, five general elections and four years of a Heath interregnum.

    So if he follows Wilson exactly, the next PM might not be Labour after all.
    Wilson was a lot younger than Starmer. He was leader at 47 and retired at 60.
    60 is the new 47 ?
    To an very large extent, yes. And whilst that is clearly a good thing at a human level, it underpins a lot of the problems we have as a society.
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 62,308
    ydoethur said:

    Just watching my recording of Albert Park.

    More spins than a New Labour press release.

    As Mr Dancer says, quite entertaining.

    Given how many spins, I was mildly surprised there was no huge pileup. It was just half a dozen solo efforts.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,031

    “President Donald Trump said Friday that he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours — and even before he even took office.

    “Trump was asked about the vow he repeatedly made on the campaign trail during an interview for the “Full Measure” television program as his administration is still trying to broker a solution 54 days into his second term.

    ““Well, I was being a little bit sarcastic when I said that," Trump said in a clip released ahead of the episode airing Sunday. “What I really mean is I’d like to get it settled and, I’ll, I think, I think I’ll be successful.””

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-being-bit-sarcastic-014900811.html

    There was no "sarcasm" from Trump. Hyperbole maybe.

    Or him just being a lying [fill in as appropriate].
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 75,244
    I didn't realise that the cybertruck was just glued together.
    Badly, of course.

    Elon Musk’s Tesla reportedly halts Cybertruck deliveries as owners complain of metal sides falling off
    https://fortune.com/2025/03/14/elon-musk-tesla-cybertruck-delivery-halt-owners-complain-of-metal-sides-falling-off/
  • algarkirkalgarkirk Posts: 13,671
    An update on a top 10 PB favourite subject, the use of cash payments, which is on the rise.

    One anecdote: A Cumberland hairdresser, very busy, popular and long established, has recently put a sign up saying 'Cash is King'.

    https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/mar/16/uk-high-street-chains-restaurants-cash-payments
  • Dura_AceDura_Ace Posts: 14,165
    Scott_xP said:

    IanB2 said:

    Last we heard from Cummo, he thought the Tories were beyond hope and needed killing off.

    Anyhow it sounds like Kemi is in for a fun year:

    “We’ll get her out sharpish,” one plotter said. “More and more MPs realise she’s doomed. A grid is coming together to bury her in disaster from the locals, keep the pressure on, then f*** [up] conference,” the party’s annual get-together in October. If that does not force Badenoch out, many think the final straw could be the Welsh elections in the spring of 2026, which polls currently suggest Reform will win.

    At some point, supporters of the Conservative Party have to realise that constantly electing and deposing leaders is not a winning strategy… not that the plotters described in that article are supporters of the Conservative Party.
    At some point the current Tory party might realise that constantly electing and deposing leaders who are neither Conservative nor Unionist is not a path to success.
    Neither is having KB as leader, so what do they do?

    The big mistake was indulging in woke virtue signalling instead of selecting a leader who actually acts as if they want to win a GE. They still have time, 12-18 months out from a GE is probably the optimal time to switch because KB can then be the sin eater for as many fuck ups as possible while giving the new Scum in Chief time to get their fizzog on QT, etc.
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 72,864
    Nigelb said:

    I didn't realise that the cybertruck was just glued together.
    Badly, of course.

    Elon Musk’s Tesla reportedly halts Cybertruck deliveries as owners complain of metal sides falling off
    https://fortune.com/2025/03/14/elon-musk-tesla-cybertruck-delivery-halt-owners-complain-of-metal-sides-falling-off/

    The wheels are coming off due to a lack of sense in planning.

    Metaphor for DOGE?
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,031
    Nigelb said:

    I didn't realise that the cybertruck was just glued together.
    Badly, of course.

    Elon Musk’s Tesla reportedly halts Cybertruck deliveries as owners complain of metal sides falling off
    https://fortune.com/2025/03/14/elon-musk-tesla-cybertruck-delivery-halt-owners-complain-of-metal-sides-falling-off/

    He could offer to put it right out of his own pocket. If he hadn't just lost $103 billion.
  • MattWMattW Posts: 25,752
    edited 8:27AM
    Good morning everyone.

    On CASH, this was in one of my local chip shops this week. Does anyone have any information on how much fees have been going up?
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,031
    ydoethur said:

    Fishing said:

    Starmer will (imo) follow Wilson in retiring early, regardless of the polls. If so, the next Prime Minister will be Labour.

    Possibly, but Wilson resigned after more than 13 years as Labour leader, five general elections and four years of a Heath interregnum.

    So if he follows Wilson exactly, the next PM might not be Labour after all.
    Wilson was a lot younger than Starmer. He was leader at 47 and retired at 60.
    He was also already seriously debilitated by his onset of dementia at 60.
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 72,864
    MattW said:

    Good morning everyone.

    On CASH, this was in one of my local chip shops this week. Does anyone have any information on how much fees have been going up?

    My butcher down in Chadsmoor was saying they were 2.5% plus the cost of hiring the machine (plus broadband, which he doesn't have) which is why he doesn't have card.

    Meanwhile, if he has a bank with a nightsafe nearby, it's free to use cash.
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 72,864

    ydoethur said:

    Fishing said:

    Starmer will (imo) follow Wilson in retiring early, regardless of the polls. If so, the next Prime Minister will be Labour.

    Possibly, but Wilson resigned after more than 13 years as Labour leader, five general elections and four years of a Heath interregnum.

    So if he follows Wilson exactly, the next PM might not be Labour after all.
    Wilson was a lot younger than Starmer. He was leader at 47 and retired at 60.
    He was also already seriously debilitated by his onset of dementia at 60.
    And, unlike a Certain 78 Year Old, had enough wits left to realise it.
  • algarkirkalgarkirk Posts: 13,671
    MattW said:

    Good morning everyone.

    On CASH, this was in one of my local chip shops this week. Does anyone have any information on how much fees have been going up?

    The fees for small businesses was the issue which led to the 'Cash is King' notice in a Cumberland hairdresser, noted above.

    Realistically small businesses are in the hands of massive plutocratic outfits for card services which can do as they like once established.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 75,244
    Interesting he's saying it out loud.

    https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1901041200599364008
    New statement made by Macron:

    “Those who buy Patriot systems should be offered the new generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Those who buy F-35s should be offered Rafale."

    The statement was made after news about both Canada and Portugal potentially moving away from buying F-35s.

  • MattWMattW Posts: 25,752
    IanB2 said:

    Last we heard from Cummo, he thought the Tories were beyond hope and needed killing off.

    Anyhow it sounds like Kemi is in for a fun year:

    “We’ll get her out sharpish,” one plotter said. “More and more MPs realise she’s doomed. A grid is coming together to bury her in disaster from the locals, keep the pressure on, then f*** [up] conference,” the party’s annual get-together in October. If that does not force Badenoch out, many think the final straw could be the Welsh elections in the spring of 2026, which polls currently suggest Reform will win.

    The Headless Chickens are still in control?
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 50,450

    ydoethur said:

    Fishing said:

    Starmer will (imo) follow Wilson in retiring early, regardless of the polls. If so, the next Prime Minister will be Labour.

    Possibly, but Wilson resigned after more than 13 years as Labour leader, five general elections and four years of a Heath interregnum.

    So if he follows Wilson exactly, the next PM might not be Labour after all.
    Wilson was a lot younger than Starmer. He was leader at 47 and retired at 60.
    He was also already seriously debilitated by his onset of dementia at 60.
    I literally bumped into Harold and Mary Wilson on a street in Westminster about 1985. He was shuffling and bewildered. Very sad to see.
  • algarkirkalgarkirk Posts: 13,671
    Nigelb said:

    I didn't realise that the cybertruck was just glued together.
    Badly, of course.

    Elon Musk’s Tesla reportedly halts Cybertruck deliveries as owners complain of metal sides falling off
    https://fortune.com/2025/03/14/elon-musk-tesla-cybertruck-delivery-halt-owners-complain-of-metal-sides-falling-off/

    This feels like it needs a modern Laurel and Hardy treatment.
  • BattlebusBattlebus Posts: 562
    Has anyone tried to bank cash?

    Went into my local HSBC a few weeks ago with all the shrapnel (bagged of course) collected over a couple of years. In the couple of years since my last visit to that branch, all the tellers have gone to be replaced by machines and soft chairs. Take it to the Post Office they stated - a Post Office that closed a few years ago and moved a few miles away to a Supermarket.

    Cash is very difficult to handle unless the (current) facilities are close by.
  • Dura_AceDura_Ace Posts: 14,165
    Nigelb said:

    I didn't realise that the cybertruck was just glued together.
    Badly, of course.

    Elon Musk’s Tesla reportedly halts Cybertruck deliveries as owners complain of metal sides falling off
    https://fortune.com/2025/03/14/elon-musk-tesla-cybertruck-delivery-halt-owners-complain-of-metal-sides-falling-off/

    Structural adhesive is very common in car manufacture now. It's cheaper and lighter than mechanical fasteners and is also good at bonding dissimilar materials. Polestar, in particular, use it a lot.

    When I converted my E36 M3 to a slicktop (no sunroof), I drilled out all of the spot welds, removed the roof panel and glued a brand new panel on. The new owner is either dead in a crash caused by compromised chassis integrity or completely satisfied because I never heard anything from him.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 50,450
    algarkirk said:

    Do punters really 'agree with Farage' that there is a good chance of him being next PM? They reckon there's an 81% chance that he won't.

    I think that is generous by the way. The current chances reflect the fact that no-one has a clue - so backing the horses will have the same fate as I did in Cheltenham week, complete oblivion - and that Farage is in a unique position so his bit of the iceberg peers above the waterline.

    IMO Streeting might be value. But I am not going there.

    Not Streeting. The selectorate will want something a bit more red in tooth and claw.

    If Labour want a second term they have to motivate their voters to turn out, not offer a pastel shade of Reform policies. That's the lesson of the 2017 GE campaign.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 75,244
    Dura_Ace said:

    Scott_xP said:

    IanB2 said:

    Last we heard from Cummo, he thought the Tories were beyond hope and needed killing off.

    Anyhow it sounds like Kemi is in for a fun year:

    “We’ll get her out sharpish,” one plotter said. “More and more MPs realise she’s doomed. A grid is coming together to bury her in disaster from the locals, keep the pressure on, then f*** [up] conference,” the party’s annual get-together in October. If that does not force Badenoch out, many think the final straw could be the Welsh elections in the spring of 2026, which polls currently suggest Reform will win.

    At some point, supporters of the Conservative Party have to realise that constantly electing and deposing leaders is not a winning strategy… not that the plotters described in that article are supporters of the Conservative Party.
    At some point the current Tory party might realise that constantly electing and deposing leaders who are neither Conservative nor Unionist is not a path to success.
    Neither is having KB as leader, so what do they do?

    The big mistake was indulging in woke virtue signalling instead of selecting a leader who actually acts as if they want to win a GE. They still have time, 12-18 months out from a GE is probably the optimal time to switch because KB can then be the sin eater for as many fuck ups as possible while giving the new Scum in Chief time to get their fizzog on QT, etc.
    Virtue signalling, or just a poor choice from a substandard list ?

    Also no one cares about the fuckups; that's the problem. They don't even register with most voters.

    They need a competent leader asap.
    The competence is the problem, not the timing.
  • DopermeanDopermean Posts: 850

    Nigelb said:

    I didn't realise that the cybertruck was just glued together.
    Badly, of course.

    Elon Musk’s Tesla reportedly halts Cybertruck deliveries as owners complain of metal sides falling off
    https://fortune.com/2025/03/14/elon-musk-tesla-cybertruck-delivery-halt-owners-complain-of-metal-sides-falling-off/

    He could offer to put it right out of his own pocket. If he hadn't just lost $103 billion.
    Sharp edges and loose or falling off panels must be a safety issue serious enough to have them taken off the road surely? Even in the US.
  • stodgestodge Posts: 14,298
    Battlebus said:

    Has anyone tried to bank cash?

    Went into my local HSBC a few weeks ago with all the shrapnel (bagged of course) collected over a couple of years. In the couple of years since my last visit to that branch, all the tellers have gone to be replaced by machines and soft chairs. Take it to the Post Office they stated - a Post Office that closed a few years ago and moved a few miles away to a Supermarket.

    Cash is very difficult to handle unless the (current) facilities are close by.

    Anecdotally, it's very variable. Here in downtown East Ham, we still have banks and building society counters with tellers as, to be blunt, some who live round here have only basic English and don't know how to use the machines so they prefer to interact with a human being. It's also fair to say some older people "struggle with" the machines and prefer to deal with a person.

    As a result, paying in cash isn't a problem as long as you don't mind queuing but then if you're British, why would you?
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 50,450
    Nigelb said:

    Dura_Ace said:

    Scott_xP said:

    IanB2 said:

    Last we heard from Cummo, he thought the Tories were beyond hope and needed killing off.

    Anyhow it sounds like Kemi is in for a fun year:

    “We’ll get her out sharpish,” one plotter said. “More and more MPs realise she’s doomed. A grid is coming together to bury her in disaster from the locals, keep the pressure on, then f*** [up] conference,” the party’s annual get-together in October. If that does not force Badenoch out, many think the final straw could be the Welsh elections in the spring of 2026, which polls currently suggest Reform will win.

    At some point, supporters of the Conservative Party have to realise that constantly electing and deposing leaders is not a winning strategy… not that the plotters described in that article are supporters of the Conservative Party.
    At some point the current Tory party might realise that constantly electing and deposing leaders who are neither Conservative nor Unionist is not a path to success.
    Neither is having KB as leader, so what do they do?

    The big mistake was indulging in woke virtue signalling instead of selecting a leader who actually acts as if they want to win a GE. They still have time, 12-18 months out from a GE is probably the optimal time to switch because KB can then be the sin eater for as many fuck ups as possible while giving the new Scum in Chief time to get their fizzog on QT, etc.
    Virtue signalling, or just a poor choice from a substandard list ?

    Also no one cares about the fuckups; that's the problem. They don't even register with most voters.

    They need a competent leader asap.
    The competence is the problem, not the timing.
    The problem is that no one likes Badenoch, not even her own party.

    They have a very shallow Parliamentary party to fish in for a replacement though.
  • StillWatersStillWaters Posts: 9,348
    Nigelb said:

    Interesting he's saying it out loud.

    https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1901041200599364008
    New statement made by Macron:

    “Those who buy Patriot systems should be offered the new generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Those who buy F-35s should be offered Rafale."

    The statement was made after news about both Canada and Portugal potentially moving away from buying F-35s.

    He’s just shilling for the French defence industry there
  • MattWMattW Posts: 25,752
    Battlebus said:

    Has anyone tried to bank cash?

    Went into my local HSBC a few weeks ago with all the shrapnel (bagged of course) collected over a couple of years. In the couple of years since my last visit to that branch, all the tellers have gone to be replaced by machines and soft chairs. Take it to the Post Office they stated - a Post Office that closed a few years ago and moved a few miles away to a Supermarket.

    Cash is very difficult to handle unless the (current) facilities are close by.

    I find the most convenient way to deal with shrapnel is to use one of those self-service machines in a shop or supermarket where you just tip it into a drawer, and the machine counts it.

    Just don't feed in so much that you fill up then jam the machine.

  • Dura_AceDura_Ace Posts: 14,165
    Battlebus said:

    Has anyone tried to bank cash?

    Yes, and it's a complete pain in the dick. I have over XX grand in cash in my safe from a 911 deal last year and I just can't face trying to deposit it. They'll probably call the Old Bill the second I open the high security Adidas trainer box in the bank. I am (very) slowly "laundering" it by paying the cleaner with it.

    The less reputable end of the car and car part business is rapidly moving to crypto.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 75,244
    Dura_Ace said:

    Nigelb said:

    I didn't realise that the cybertruck was just glued together.
    Badly, of course.

    Elon Musk’s Tesla reportedly halts Cybertruck deliveries as owners complain of metal sides falling off
    https://fortune.com/2025/03/14/elon-musk-tesla-cybertruck-delivery-halt-owners-complain-of-metal-sides-falling-off/

    Structural adhesive is very common in car manufacture now. It's cheaper and lighter than mechanical fasteners and is also good at bonding dissimilar materials. Polestar, in particular, use it a lot.

    When I converted my E36 M3 to a slicktop (no sunroof), I drilled out all of the spot welds, removed the roof panel and glued a brand new panel on. The new owner is either dead in a crash caused by compromised chassis integrity or completely satisfied because I never heard anything from him.
    I was vaguely aware of that (the first bit, not your home repair), but his glue seems to be more poxy than epoxy.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 50,450

    Nigelb said:

    Interesting he's saying it out loud.

    https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1901041200599364008
    New statement made by Macron:

    “Those who buy Patriot systems should be offered the new generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Those who buy F-35s should be offered Rafale."

    The statement was made after news about both Canada and Portugal potentially moving away from buying F-35s.

    He’s just shilling for the French defence industry there
    That's as maybe. It's still good advice not to rely on American systems.

  • MattWMattW Posts: 25,752
    Leverage to prevent Hungary vetoing help to Ukraine at the EU.

    Blow up the relevant oil pipeline in Russia:

    https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-begs-ukraine-to-spare-russian-oil-pipelines-after-drone-strike-cuts-off-flow/
  • BartholomewRobertsBartholomewRoberts Posts: 23,146
    MattW said:

    Good morning everyone.

    On CASH, this was in one of my local chip shops this week. Does anyone have any information on how much fees have been going up?

    Well there's 20% VAT that can't be dodged on card transactions ...
  • bondegezoubondegezou Posts: 13,074
    Are Radiohead getting ready to do something big in 2025? A new business linked to the band members' names suggests so

    https://www.loudersound.com/news/are-radiohead-getting-ready-to-do-something-big-in-2025-a-new-business-linked-to-the-band-members-names-suggests-so
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 75,244

    Nigelb said:

    Interesting he's saying it out loud.

    https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1901041200599364008
    New statement made by Macron:

    “Those who buy Patriot systems should be offered the new generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Those who buy F-35s should be offered Rafale."

    The statement was made after news about both Canada and Portugal potentially moving away from buying F-35s.

    He’s just shilling for the French defence industry there
    Of course.
    But in the context of ongoing Ukraine negotiations, it's still notable.
  • Dura_AceDura_Ace Posts: 14,165

    Nigelb said:

    Interesting he's saying it out loud.

    https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1901041200599364008
    New statement made by Macron:

    “Those who buy Patriot systems should be offered the new generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Those who buy F-35s should be offered Rafale."

    The statement was made after news about both Canada and Portugal potentially moving away from buying F-35s.

    He’s just shilling for the French defence industry there
    What a bastard.

    The French have played the Rafale game quite cannily. They have been absolutely scrupuleux about keeping the FASF Rafale fleet all consistent and current in terms of config and software. This means if a customer wants Rafales quickly they can be delivered very quickly from the French Air Force fleet which are then backfilled by new builds. This is how Greece got their deliveries to start within six months of order.
  • algarkirkalgarkirk Posts: 13,671
    MattW said:

    Battlebus said:

    Has anyone tried to bank cash?

    Went into my local HSBC a few weeks ago with all the shrapnel (bagged of course) collected over a couple of years. In the couple of years since my last visit to that branch, all the tellers have gone to be replaced by machines and soft chairs. Take it to the Post Office they stated - a Post Office that closed a few years ago and moved a few miles away to a Supermarket.

    Cash is very difficult to handle unless the (current) facilities are close by.

    I find the most convenient way to deal with shrapnel is to use one of those self-service machines in a shop or supermarket where you just tip it into a drawer, and the machine counts it.

    Just don't feed in so much that you fill up then jam the machine.

    Many church treasurers are used to this problem, and are good at dealing with coins. I put shrapnel in a tin and every now and then put it in the slot of a local church.
  • MattWMattW Posts: 25,752

    MattW said:

    Good morning everyone.

    On CASH, this was in one of my local chip shops this week. Does anyone have any information on how much fees have been going up?

    Well there's 20% VAT that can't be dodged on card transactions ...
    I can confirm I have not been offered a cash discount.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,031
    edited 8:53AM
    Nigelb said:

    South Korean company Hanwha, producer of K9 howitzers, intends to build, in two years, an armaments factory in Romania, with the prospect of it becoming a regional hub for components, maintenance and repairs, said Michael Coulter, CEO of Hanwha Global Defense, during a meeting with Romanian journalists
    https://x.com/AlexandruC4/status/1900863717459276214

    "I intend to have my agents destroy that facility", said Vladimir Putin, CEO of Russian Smersh, during a meeting of the Smersh World Domination Council.
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 30,585
    ...
    Foxy said:

    algarkirk said:

    Do punters really 'agree with Farage' that there is a good chance of him being next PM? They reckon there's an 81% chance that he won't.

    I think that is generous by the way. The current chances reflect the fact that no-one has a clue - so backing the horses will have the same fate as I did in Cheltenham week, complete oblivion - and that Farage is in a unique position so his bit of the iceberg peers above the waterline.

    IMO Streeting might be value. But I am not going there.

    Not Streeting. The selectorate will want something a bit more red in tooth and claw.

    If Labour want a second term they have to motivate their voters to turn out, not offer a pastel shade of Reform policies. That's the lesson of the 2017 GE campaign.
    Can you see anyone through all that grey porridge who measures up?

    A quick contribution from me before our very own Vivian from the Young Ones stirs and smashes up the squat.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 50,450
    Bit surprised to see 1.91 on an away win for Man United tonight.

    My team is so hopeless in defence, and lacking teeth in attack that I would see anything over 1.25 as value. We are pants, and cannot score at home or keep a clean sheet.

    It looks free money to me, and I have topped up on the handicap markets too. Even this pisspoor Man United side will be too much for us.
  • stodgestodge Posts: 14,298
    Morning all :)

    No one enjoys watching the Conservative Party flounder more than I but the central question with which they need to contend is are they still a national party aspiring to lead a majority Government?

    Historically, the Conservatives have either used and abused other parties (Lib Dems, DUP) or absorbed into irrelevance any aspiring allies (Liberal Nationals, National Liberals) but the world has changed and they are facing the basic challenge of evolution - there's a newer, better, potentially more successful model in town and like Canada's Progressive Conservatives, it's time to decide whether to adapt or die.

    What would "merging" with Reform look like? The first assumption can't be the support of the new party would be equal to or greater than the combined support of the old parties. It might be more like the Liberal/SDP merger of 1989 whereby you have a main joined party but two much smaller anti-merger groups continuing - what's in a name, you might say - well, when you have a "brand" as well known as Conservative, quite a lot.

    After the Lib/SDP merger, you still had a Liberal Party and an SDP as well as the new Social and Liberal Democrats (and indeed all three parties still exist).

    Could you have a continuing Conservative Party, a continuing Reform Party as well as the joined party - United, National or whatever? It might end up in the courts with all the attendant publicity.

    At the moment, the Conservatives have no realistic prospect of being able to form a majority Government on their own so if they want to be a part of let alone lead a future Government, they might need a more pragmatic approach toward prospective allies rather than that adopted by the fans of Millwall FC.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 50,450

    ...

    Foxy said:

    algarkirk said:

    Do punters really 'agree with Farage' that there is a good chance of him being next PM? They reckon there's an 81% chance that he won't.

    I think that is generous by the way. The current chances reflect the fact that no-one has a clue - so backing the horses will have the same fate as I did in Cheltenham week, complete oblivion - and that Farage is in a unique position so his bit of the iceberg peers above the waterline.

    IMO Streeting might be value. But I am not going there.

    Not Streeting. The selectorate will want something a bit more red in tooth and claw.

    If Labour want a second term they have to motivate their voters to turn out, not offer a pastel shade of Reform policies. That's the lesson of the 2017 GE campaign.
    Can you see anyone through all that grey porridge who measures up?

    A quick contribution from me before our very own Vivian from the Young Ones stirs and smashes up the squat.
    Angela Rayner for me. She is one of the few who can fight.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 75,244
    Dura_Ace said:

    Nigelb said:

    Interesting he's saying it out loud.

    https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1901041200599364008
    New statement made by Macron:

    “Those who buy Patriot systems should be offered the new generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Those who buy F-35s should be offered Rafale."

    The statement was made after news about both Canada and Portugal potentially moving away from buying F-35s.

    He’s just shilling for the French defence industry there
    What a bastard.

    The French have played the Rafale game quite cannily. They have been absolutely scrupuleux about keeping the FASF Rafale fleet all consistent and current in terms of config and software. This means if a customer wants Rafales quickly they can be delivered very quickly from the French Air Force fleet which are then backfilled by new builds. This is how Greece got their deliveries to start within six months of order.
    S Korea seems to have adopted the same technique, which is why it landed the big Polish orders.

    Technical superiority doesn't count quite as much when the vendor either can't, or won't deliver stuff to you. The nagging doubt that might later brick it doesn't help, either.
    (Also the Korean armoured stuff is SOTA.)
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 75,244
    Foxy said:

    ...

    Foxy said:

    algarkirk said:

    Do punters really 'agree with Farage' that there is a good chance of him being next PM? They reckon there's an 81% chance that he won't.

    I think that is generous by the way. The current chances reflect the fact that no-one has a clue - so backing the horses will have the same fate as I did in Cheltenham week, complete oblivion - and that Farage is in a unique position so his bit of the iceberg peers above the waterline.

    IMO Streeting might be value. But I am not going there.

    Not Streeting. The selectorate will want something a bit more red in tooth and claw.

    If Labour want a second term they have to motivate their voters to turn out, not offer a pastel shade of Reform policies. That's the lesson of the 2017 GE campaign.
    Can you see anyone through all that grey porridge who measures up?

    A quick contribution from me before our very own Vivian from the Young Ones stirs and smashes up the squat.
    Angela Rayner for me. She is one of the few who can fight.
    They're in government. Someone who can govern competently is rather more important.
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 30,585

    Nigelb said:

    South Korean company Hanwha, producer of K9 howitzers, intends to build, in two years, an armaments factory in Romania, with the prospect of it becoming a regional hub for components, maintenance and repairs, said Michael Coulter, CEO of Hanwha Global Defense, during a meeting with Romanian journalists
    https://x.com/AlexandruC4/status/1900863717459276214

    "I intend to have my agents destroy that facility", said Vladimir Putin, CEO of Russian Smersh, during a meeting of the Smersh World Domination Council.
    Tell me, who is that fat orange f***** stroking the white cat?
  • stodgestodge Posts: 14,298
    However, to offer a little balance, some welcome, if perhaps, unexpected news, for the Conservatives in North London:

    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/labour-councillor-defects-to-conservatives-hampstead-highgate-b1216751.html

    In West Hampstead, Councillor Tiwari's new party finished a distant third to Labour and the LDs and I suspect he won't stand in that Ward in 2026 but we'll see.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 50,450
    Dura_Ace said:

    Battlebus said:

    Has anyone tried to bank cash?

    Yes, and it's a complete pain in the dick. I have over XX grand in cash in my safe from a 911 deal last year and I just can't face trying to deposit it. They'll probably call the Old Bill the second I open the high security Adidas trainer box in the bank. I am (very) slowly "laundering" it by paying the cleaner with it.

    The less reputable end of the car and car part business is rapidly moving to crypto.
    If any government wanted to stimulate growth by ditching regulation then the AML rules would go on the bonfire.
  • franklynfranklyn Posts: 325
    I don't think that Trump assists Farage, who has been notably quiet of late.

    I suspect that there is a ceiling on Reform support, in that many people will hold their noses and vote for whoever has the best chance of defeating them. If given the choice of Conservative or Reform I would vote Conservative. If given the choice of Labour and Reform I would vote Labour. Not sure what I would do if I was in a constituency where I found that the choice was between the Palestinians and Reform, but that is an unlikely prospect.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 50,450
    Nigelb said:

    Foxy said:

    ...

    Foxy said:

    algarkirk said:

    Do punters really 'agree with Farage' that there is a good chance of him being next PM? They reckon there's an 81% chance that he won't.

    I think that is generous by the way. The current chances reflect the fact that no-one has a clue - so backing the horses will have the same fate as I did in Cheltenham week, complete oblivion - and that Farage is in a unique position so his bit of the iceberg peers above the waterline.

    IMO Streeting might be value. But I am not going there.

    Not Streeting. The selectorate will want something a bit more red in tooth and claw.

    If Labour want a second term they have to motivate their voters to turn out, not offer a pastel shade of Reform policies. That's the lesson of the 2017 GE campaign.
    Can you see anyone through all that grey porridge who measures up?

    A quick contribution from me before our very own Vivian from the Young Ones stirs and smashes up the squat.
    Angela Rayner for me. She is one of the few who can fight.
    They're in government. Someone who can govern competently is rather more important.
    They aren't showing much sign of that. Trash talking your own voters isn't a winning strategy.
  • RogerRoger Posts: 20,119

    Hamilton: 8th -> 1st -> 9th

    Not happy with the pit wall....

    The last few years have shown Ferrari couldn't organise a pregnancy on a council estate.
    ...at a teen disco
    ........in Hartlepool
  • Daveyboy1961Daveyboy1961 Posts: 4,336
    stodge said:

    Battlebus said:

    Has anyone tried to bank cash?

    Went into my local HSBC a few weeks ago with all the shrapnel (bagged of course) collected over a couple of years. In the couple of years since my last visit to that branch, all the tellers have gone to be replaced by machines and soft chairs. Take it to the Post Office they stated - a Post Office that closed a few years ago and moved a few miles away to a Supermarket.

    Cash is very difficult to handle unless the (current) facilities are close by.

    Anecdotally, it's very variable. Here in downtown East Ham, we still have banks and building society counters with tellers as, to be blunt, some who live round here have only basic English and don't know how to use the machines so they prefer to interact with a human being. It's also fair to say some older people "struggle with" the machines and prefer to deal with a person.

    As a result, paying in cash isn't a problem as long as you don't mind queuing but then if you're British, why would you?
    I wish it was like that here. We only have 1 NatWest in the whole of pembrokeshire, with no facility for coinage. I had to withdraw about 1000 pounds in cash last year. I queued for 2 hours at the branch to be told I could do it at a machine after amending my daily draw. So much for security.
    They also directed me to a post office. Our banking sector is pathetic now.
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,900
    My photo of the day is Newcastle Central station last night.


  • BartholomewRobertsBartholomewRoberts Posts: 23,146
    MattW said:

    MattW said:

    Good morning everyone.

    On CASH, this was in one of my local chip shops this week. Does anyone have any information on how much fees have been going up?

    Well there's 20% VAT that can't be dodged on card transactions ...
    I can confirm I have not been offered a cash discount.
    Why would you be?

    Take your cash, short-report the amount of cash transactions that have been completed, thus short-reporting the amount of VAT outstanding, pocket the difference.

    If they give you a discount, that just eats into the difference they can pocket and make it more obvious to get caught out.
  • MattWMattW Posts: 25,752

    Nigelb said:

    South Korean company Hanwha, producer of K9 howitzers, intends to build, in two years, an armaments factory in Romania, with the prospect of it becoming a regional hub for components, maintenance and repairs, said Michael Coulter, CEO of Hanwha Global Defense, during a meeting with Romanian journalists
    https://x.com/AlexandruC4/status/1900863717459276214

    "I intend to have my agents destroy that facility", said Vladimir Putin, CEO of Russian Smersh, during a meeting of the Smersh World Domination Council.
    There was a segment in that Fiona Hill interview I posted yesterday reeling off some of the hybrid attacks on the West already launched by Russia.

  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 50,834
    Battlebus said:

    Has anyone tried to bank cash?

    Went into my local HSBC a few weeks ago with all the shrapnel (bagged of course) collected over a couple of years. In the couple of years since my last visit to that branch, all the tellers have gone to be replaced by machines and soft chairs. Take it to the Post Office they stated - a Post Office that closed a few years ago and moved a few miles away to a Supermarket.

    Cash is very difficult to handle unless the (current) facilities are close by.

    I tried to buy some stamps with a pocket of small change at the Post Office just recently, and the guy almost refused to take it
  • The_WoodpeckerThe_Woodpecker Posts: 467
    ydoethur said:

    MattW said:

    Good morning everyone.

    On CASH, this was in one of my local chip shops this week. Does anyone have any information on how much fees have been going up?

    My butcher down in Chadsmoor was saying they were 2.5% plus the cost of hiring the machine (plus broadband, which he doesn't have) which is why he doesn't have card.

    Meanwhile, if he has a bank with a nightsafe nearby, it's free to use cash.
    1% iZettle.

    Broadband isn't required. Your butcher could just use his phone.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 50,450
    Roger said:

    The "anti-woke" movement shows its true colours:

    "Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans"

    https://taskandpurpose.com/news/arlington-cemetery-scrubs-website-dei/

    By Matt White. Ironic .

    And what made the Whites call their son 'Matt'?
    It's something to gloss over.
  • geoffwgeoffw Posts: 8,938
    edited 9:13AM
    Roger said:

    The "anti-woke" movement shows its true colours:

    "Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans"

    https://taskandpurpose.com/news/arlington-cemetery-scrubs-website-dei/

    By Matt White. Ironic .

    And what made the Whites call their son 'Matt'?
    They didn't gloss over it
    edit: snap!
  • geoffwgeoffw Posts: 8,938
    IanB2 said:

    Battlebus said:

    Has anyone tried to bank cash?

    Went into my local HSBC a few weeks ago with all the shrapnel (bagged of course) collected over a couple of years. In the couple of years since my last visit to that branch, all the tellers have gone to be replaced by machines and soft chairs. Take it to the Post Office they stated - a Post Office that closed a few years ago and moved a few miles away to a Supermarket.

    Cash is very difficult to handle unless the (current) facilities are close by.

    I tried to buy some stamps with a pocket of small change at the Post Office just recently, and the guy almost refused to take it
    Cash was king when I was in Glasgow a few weeks ago

  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 75,244
    Foxy said:

    Nigelb said:

    Foxy said:

    ...

    Foxy said:

    algarkirk said:

    Do punters really 'agree with Farage' that there is a good chance of him being next PM? They reckon there's an 81% chance that he won't.

    I think that is generous by the way. The current chances reflect the fact that no-one has a clue - so backing the horses will have the same fate as I did in Cheltenham week, complete oblivion - and that Farage is in a unique position so his bit of the iceberg peers above the waterline.

    IMO Streeting might be value. But I am not going there.

    Not Streeting. The selectorate will want something a bit more red in tooth and claw.

    If Labour want a second term they have to motivate their voters to turn out, not offer a pastel shade of Reform policies. That's the lesson of the 2017 GE campaign.
    Can you see anyone through all that grey porridge who measures up?

    A quick contribution from me before our very own Vivian from the Young Ones stirs and smashes up the squat.
    Angela Rayner for me. She is one of the few who can fight.
    They're in government. Someone who can govern competently is rather more important.
    They aren't showing much sign of that. Trash talking your own voters isn't a winning strategy.
    Sure - so why aren't you prioritising competence in your theoretical replacement ?
  • MalmesburyMalmesbury Posts: 53,476

    ydoethur said:

    MattW said:

    Good morning everyone.

    On CASH, this was in one of my local chip shops this week. Does anyone have any information on how much fees have been going up?

    My butcher down in Chadsmoor was saying they were 2.5% plus the cost of hiring the machine (plus broadband, which he doesn't have) which is why he doesn't have card.

    Meanwhile, if he has a bank with a nightsafe nearby, it's free to use cash.
    1% iZettle.

    Broadband isn't required. Your butcher could just use his phone.
    I’ve noticed that in some areas, people are incredibly “sticky” on holding onto The Traditional Option, despite huge cost differences.

    POS machines are a huge market. Various government policies have beaten down the carefully constructed barriers to entry.

    Some entrants are even offering 0% on transactions under £10 for x months.
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 50,834
    stodge said:

    However, to offer a little balance, some welcome, if perhaps, unexpected news, for the Conservatives in North London:

    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/labour-councillor-defects-to-conservatives-hampstead-highgate-b1216751.html

    In West Hampstead, Councillor Tiwari's new party finished a distant third to Labour and the LDs and I suspect he won't stand in that Ward in 2026 but we'll see.

    I see Camden Labour is trying to limit the public right to participate in meetings, just as they typically do in councils they control. Even after years in opposition pushing for such rights to be expanded.
  • RogerRoger Posts: 20,119
    Foxy said:

    Roger said:

    The "anti-woke" movement shows its true colours:

    "Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans"

    https://taskandpurpose.com/news/arlington-cemetery-scrubs-website-dei/

    By Matt White. Ironic .

    And what made the Whites call their son 'Matt'?
    It's something to gloss over.
    do you know how to put a photo onto the site?
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 30,212
    Roger said:

    The "anti-woke" movement shows its true colours:

    "Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans"

    https://taskandpurpose.com/news/arlington-cemetery-scrubs-website-dei/

    By Matt White. Ironic .

    And what made the Whites call their son 'Matt'?
    Pure brilliant was a bit of a mouthful?
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 54,760
    algarkirk said:

    Do punters really 'agree with Farage' that there is a good chance of him being next PM? They reckon there's an 81% chance that he won't.

    I think that is generous by the way. The current chances reflect the fact that no-one has a clue - so backing the horses will have the same fate as I did in Cheltenham week, complete oblivion - and that Farage is in a unique position so his bit of the iceberg peers above the waterline.

    IMO Streeting might be value. But I am not going there.

    I agree about Streeting.

    I thought Hunt's intervention this week admiring the "boldness" of the abolition of NHS England was interesting. It suggests that he is both on the right track, not being shy about it and knows how to build a consensus.

    Streeting is today indicating that NHS England is the first of a long list of Quangos to go. Boosting NHS efficiency would be a real and substantial achievement for the Labour government and is all the more important since Reeves seems determined to kill growth rather than promote it. There is simply not going to be much new money, especially with the Defence needs. Doing more with the same is the way forward and would make him the obvious contender if a change is needed.
  • RogerRoger Posts: 20,119

    My photo of the day is Newcastle Central station last night.


    Can you tell me how you post a photo?
  • TimSTimS Posts: 14,467
    Foxy said:

    Roger said:

    The "anti-woke" movement shows its true colours:

    "Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans"

    https://taskandpurpose.com/news/arlington-cemetery-scrubs-website-dei/

    By Matt White. Ironic .

    And what made the Whites call their son 'Matt'?
    It's something to gloss over.
    I’d have chosen a posher first name, like estate emulsion.
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 37,090
    Dura_Ace said:

    Nigelb said:

    I didn't realise that the cybertruck was just glued together.
    Badly, of course.

    Elon Musk’s Tesla reportedly halts Cybertruck deliveries as owners complain of metal sides falling off
    https://fortune.com/2025/03/14/elon-musk-tesla-cybertruck-delivery-halt-owners-complain-of-metal-sides-falling-off/

    Structural adhesive is very common in car manufacture now. It's cheaper and lighter than mechanical fasteners and is also good at bonding dissimilar materials. Polestar, in particular, use it a lot.
    The problem with the cybertrucks is not that they are glued together, it's that they are not glued together...

    https://x.com/StonkKing4/status/1899966736373588395
  • StillWatersStillWaters Posts: 9,348
    Foxy said:

    Nigelb said:

    Interesting he's saying it out loud.

    https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1901041200599364008
    New statement made by Macron:

    “Those who buy Patriot systems should be offered the new generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T. Those who buy F-35s should be offered Rafale."

    The statement was made after news about both Canada and Portugal potentially moving away from buying F-35s.

    He’s just shilling for the French defence industry there
    That's as maybe. It's still good advice not to rely on American systems.

    Sure
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