Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
The LD MPs are all very active on various committees as well as in their constituencies. But the media ignore them. It's also hard to get on QT.
The only way Ed Davey can get publicity is by bungee jumping or getting Elon Musk to insult him.
That's why LDs deliver literally millions of leaflets and email newsletters which you probably don't see if you are not in an LD constituency or a target seat.
There's a gap - and it's not all about Ed Davey. Being active on a committee is just trying to earn the spurs for an ennoblement.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
The LD MPs are all very active on various committees as well as in their constituencies. But the media ignore them. It's also hard to get on QT.
The only way Ed Davey can get publicity is by bungee jumping or getting Elon Musk to insult him.
That's why LDs deliver literally millions of leaflets and email newsletters which you probably don't see if you are not in an LD constituency or a target seat.
There's a gap - and it's not all about Ed Davey. Being active on a committee is just trying to earn the spurs for an ennoblement.
I disagree, committee membership is how the hoc works. You don't join the lib Dems to be ennobled. Don't judge other people on your own selfish attitudes.
Really shocking story in the ST today about Franchise colleges and the hundreds of millions that have been stolen for non existent students from Romania in the main signing on to get student loans and, of course, grants which are then shared between the colleges, the lead Universities and the providers of the students.
The scale of it is almost beyond belief. Those involved in both the franchise colleges and indeed in the Universities have surely acted illegally and dishonestly. Hundreds of them really need to go to jail and the franchise colleges involved need to be closed. What this does to a sector already struggling, god alone knows.
"Leaked government figures show that the number of Romanian nationals living in the UK applying for a student loan increased from 5,000 in 2015-16 to 84,000 in 2023-24, suggesting 15 per cent of the Romanian population in Britain was paid a student loan last year."
We are being taken for fools and a corrupt public sector is just looking the other way.
BTW, that 15% suggests that there are currently 560k Romanians living in the UK. I mean, how?
I recall that about 10 years ago the government of the day (I think Cameron) tried to crack down on these dodgy colleges and the left / media went full bore on evil Tories depriving kids of the chance to get a decent education…
Other way round. It was the Tories who wanted increased competition.
Why don’t you think and research before going in with a partisan attack?
Every so often, a television drama comes along that has the power to change things. Last year, it was ITV’s Mr Bates vs The Post Office, in which the plight of subpostmasters was rendered with such success that it actually hastened in real-world legislation to compensate them.
And now we have Netflix’s Adolescence, which looks at the online radicalisation of young boys by men’s rights activists (MRAs) such as Andrew Tate. Last week, Keir Starmer told the Commons he had been watching the series with his family and that it portrayed an “emerging and growing problem” that needed to be tackled. Now MPs are examining ideas to address the issue with greater urgency.
If I were acting on behalf of Lucy Letby, I'd be tapping up every tv station and production company possible. Get one of those on side and she's as good as free.
Why can't journalists do even basic research? Grrrr! What was fast-tracked was legislation overturning the subpostmasters' convictions. Not compensation. Many are still waiting - including the oldest one, aged 92, who got a meeting with the Minister and a lot of promises but still no compensation.
Lee Castleton, a subpostmaster who was deliberately bankrupted by the Post Office on the basis of false evidence about Horizon, is now suing both the Post Office and Fujitsu. They would be well advised to settle. IMO.
Long story short, there isn't a sufficient number of punters willing to pay a sufficient amount of money to make doing basic research a viable proposition. Much cheaper and easier to get journalists to churn out ten "Supermarket favourite is vanishing from shelves and Twitter isn't happy" bits of clickbait a day.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Most people I know—Ukrainians, Americans, and my social media crowd—dislike or even hate Trump. They’re afraid he’ll cut a deal with Putin and sell out Ukraine.
I disagree. Trump could offer Ukraine a real chance to end the war.
The two are hardly mutually exclusive.
To conclude, there is of course an alternative - continue to put pressure on Russia and hope it will collapse. I think this is what Reagan did. But I don’t see any appetite for that between the US and Europe, although Europe is willing to go some on that direction.
But that might not be enough. If Russia collapses, it is due to its internal processes and political forces, but this is a risky strategy. And I don’t want to bet Ukraine’s future on that.
Russia's experience in Afghanistan puts a lie to that. It is perfectly possible for a 'superpower' (and Russia is hardly one of those any more) to be beaten in countries far poorer than Ukraine. Also witness the American experience in Afghanistan, Vietnam and Iraq.
Sadly, the sort of shite being spoken in the quotes above just gives Putin and Russia hope that their political shenanigans are working, where their military is failing.
Securing the best outcome for Ukraine doesn't seem to matter in this analysis. They are simply a proxy to inflict damage on Russia.
Russia invaded Ukraine. Peace through the defeat of Russia seems the best, and most ethical, result
Anything short of Russia achieving its original objectives counts as a defeat. Unless you think that Ukraine and the West's war aim should be unconditional surrender then you have to accept a deal with Russia at some point.
Russia can end the war immediately by withdrawing to the 1991 border, a border it recognised that year.
No it can't. If Russia unilaterally pulled back to the 1991 borders, would all Western sanctions be lifted? Would demands for reparations end? There is no unilateral resolution to this.
If Russia withdrew to the 1991 border, and stopped attacking across it, Ukraine would declare an end to the war. That is the maximum war aim of Ukraine.
I think you’d see sanctions lifted quite rapidly in such circumstances.
Reparations would become a legal issue, discussed over decades. Note that Germany is still discussing stuff from WWII.
Most people I know—Ukrainians, Americans, and my social media crowd—dislike or even hate Trump. They’re afraid he’ll cut a deal with Putin and sell out Ukraine.
I disagree. Trump could offer Ukraine a real chance to end the war.
The two are hardly mutually exclusive.
To conclude, there is of course an alternative - continue to put pressure on Russia and hope it will collapse. I think this is what Reagan did. But I don’t see any appetite for that between the US and Europe, although Europe is willing to go some on that direction.
But that might not be enough. If Russia collapses, it is due to its internal processes and political forces, but this is a risky strategy. And I don’t want to bet Ukraine’s future on that.
Russia's experience in Afghanistan puts a lie to that. It is perfectly possible for a 'superpower' (and Russia is hardly one of those any more) to be beaten in countries far poorer than Ukraine. Also witness the American experience in Afghanistan, Vietnam and Iraq.
Sadly, the sort of shite being spoken in the quotes above just gives Putin and Russia hope that their political shenanigans are working, where their military is failing.
Securing the best outcome for Ukraine doesn't seem to matter in this analysis. They are simply a proxy to inflict damage on Russia.
Russia invaded Ukraine. Peace through the defeat of Russia seems the best, and most ethical, result
Anything short of Russia achieving its original objectives counts as a defeat. Unless you think that Ukraine and the West's war aim should be unconditional surrender then you have to accept a deal with Russia at some point.
Russia can end the war immediately by withdrawing to the 1991 border, a border it recognised that year.
No it can't. If Russia unilaterally pulled back to the 1991 borders, would all Western sanctions be lifted? Would demands for reparations end? There is no unilateral resolution to this.
If Russia withdrew to the 1991 border, and stopped attacking across it, Ukraine would declare an end to the war. That is the maximum war aim of Ukraine.
I think you’d see sanctions lifted quite rapidly in such circumstances.
Reparations would become a legal issue, discussed over decades. Note that Germany is still discussing stuff from WWII.
William is engaged in extended apologia. You're not going to sway him with argument.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
Every so often, a television drama comes along that has the power to change things. Last year, it was ITV’s Mr Bates vs The Post Office, in which the plight of subpostmasters was rendered with such success that it actually hastened in real-world legislation to compensate them.
And now we have Netflix’s Adolescence, which looks at the online radicalisation of young boys by men’s rights activists (MRAs) such as Andrew Tate. Last week, Keir Starmer told the Commons he had been watching the series with his family and that it portrayed an “emerging and growing problem” that needed to be tackled. Now MPs are examining ideas to address the issue with greater urgency.
If I were acting on behalf of Lucy Letby, I'd be tapping up every tv station and production company possible. Get one of those on side and she's as good as free.
Why can't journalists do even basic research? Grrrr! What was fast-tracked was legislation overturning the subpostmasters' convictions. Not compensation. Many are still waiting - including the oldest one, aged 92, who got a meeting with the Minister and a lot of promises but still no compensation.
Lee Castleton, a subpostmaster who was deliberately bankrupted by the Post Office on the basis of false evidence about Horizon, is now suing both the Post Office and Fujitsu. They would be well advised to settle. IMO.
Long story short, there isn't a sufficient number of punters willing to pay a sufficient amount of money to make doing basic research a viable proposition. Much cheaper and easier to get journalists to churn out ten "Supermarket favourite is vanishing from shelves and Twitter isn't happy" bits of clickbait a day.
Would take about a minute to find out what I wrote. Maximum. If you can't or won't do that you're not a journalist.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
As an example last time lib dems got into government half their voters decamped because it wasn't what they thought they voted for....so hardly alone in my view the lib dems stand for nothing they just hope to be the kingmaker and get ministerial limo's there is a scum on the political life of the british and its orange
Every so often, a television drama comes along that has the power to change things. Last year, it was ITV’s Mr Bates vs The Post Office, in which the plight of subpostmasters was rendered with such success that it actually hastened in real-world legislation to compensate them.
And now we have Netflix’s Adolescence, which looks at the online radicalisation of young boys by men’s rights activists (MRAs) such as Andrew Tate. Last week, Keir Starmer told the Commons he had been watching the series with his family and that it portrayed an “emerging and growing problem” that needed to be tackled. Now MPs are examining ideas to address the issue with greater urgency.
If I were acting on behalf of Lucy Letby, I'd be tapping up every tv station and production company possible. Get one of those on side and she's as good as free.
Why can't journalists do even basic research? Grrrr! What was fast-tracked was legislation overturning the subpostmasters' convictions. Not compensation. Many are still waiting - including the oldest one, aged 92, who got a meeting with the Minister and a lot of promises but still no compensation.
Lee Castleton, a subpostmaster who was deliberately bankrupted by the Post Office on the basis of false evidence about Horizon, is now suing both the Post Office and Fujitsu. They would be well advised to settle. IMO.
Long story short, there isn't a sufficient number of punters willing to pay a sufficient amount of money to make doing basic research a viable proposition. Much cheaper and easier to get journalists to churn out ten "Supermarket favourite is vanishing from shelves and Twitter isn't happy" bits of clickbait a day.
Would take about a minute to find out what I wrote. Maximum. If you can't or won't do that you're not a journalist.
I think, in all seriousness, that a substantial amount of real journalism has vanished.
Regurgitating Twatter blended with AI output is all the rage.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
Every so often, a television drama comes along that has the power to change things. Last year, it was ITV’s Mr Bates vs The Post Office, in which the plight of subpostmasters was rendered with such success that it actually hastened in real-world legislation to compensate them.
And now we have Netflix’s Adolescence, which looks at the online radicalisation of young boys by men’s rights activists (MRAs) such as Andrew Tate. Last week, Keir Starmer told the Commons he had been watching the series with his family and that it portrayed an “emerging and growing problem” that needed to be tackled. Now MPs are examining ideas to address the issue with greater urgency.
If I were acting on behalf of Lucy Letby, I'd be tapping up every tv station and production company possible. Get one of those on side and she's as good as free.
Why can't journalists do even basic research? Grrrr! What was fast-tracked was legislation overturning the subpostmasters' convictions. Not compensation. Many are still waiting - including the oldest one, aged 92, who got a meeting with the Minister and a lot of promises but still no compensation.
Lee Castleton, a subpostmaster who was deliberately bankrupted by the Post Office on the basis of false evidence about Horizon, is now suing both the Post Office and Fujitsu. They would be well advised to settle. IMO.
Long story short, there isn't a sufficient number of punters willing to pay a sufficient amount of money to make doing basic research a viable proposition. Much cheaper and easier to get journalists to churn out ten "Supermarket favourite is vanishing from shelves and Twitter isn't happy" bits of clickbait a day.
Would take about a minute to find out what I wrote. Maximum. If you can't or won't do that you're not a journalist.
I think, in all seriousness, that a substantial amount of real journalism has vanished.
Regurgitating Twatter blended with AI output is all the rage.
Most british journalism and indeed most journalism through out the world never existed its just easier now to check it up and realise they are talking total bollocks
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument? Or anyone but labour as well
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If I'm honest, if I was looking for a Liberal leader who resembled Trump, I think it would be Thorpe rather than Davey.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
As an example last time lib dems got into government half their voters decamped because it wasn't what they thought they voted for....so hardly alone in my view the lib dems stand for nothing they just hope to be the kingmaker and get ministerial limo's there is a scum on the political life of the british and its orange
oh dear, that's a very half baked view of the coalition period. Lib dems went in as junior partners and managed to put into practice some of their policies. Some of the policies had to be dropped as it was a partnership with the tories. Votes were lost at the election, just like Labour in 2019 and the tories in 2024, it happens.
You may live an all or nothing life with no compromise, but that's your problem, a big one which you are obviously having trouble with. I wish you luck for the future.
Every so often, a television drama comes along that has the power to change things. Last year, it was ITV’s Mr Bates vs The Post Office, in which the plight of subpostmasters was rendered with such success that it actually hastened in real-world legislation to compensate them.
And now we have Netflix’s Adolescence, which looks at the online radicalisation of young boys by men’s rights activists (MRAs) such as Andrew Tate. Last week, Keir Starmer told the Commons he had been watching the series with his family and that it portrayed an “emerging and growing problem” that needed to be tackled. Now MPs are examining ideas to address the issue with greater urgency.
If I were acting on behalf of Lucy Letby, I'd be tapping up every tv station and production company possible. Get one of those on side and she's as good as free.
Why can't journalists do even basic research? Grrrr! What was fast-tracked was legislation overturning the subpostmasters' convictions. Not compensation. Many are still waiting - including the oldest one, aged 92, who got a meeting with the Minister and a lot of promises but still no compensation.
Lee Castleton, a subpostmaster who was deliberately bankrupted by the Post Office on the basis of false evidence about Horizon, is now suing both the Post Office and Fujitsu. They would be well advised to settle. IMO.
Long story short, there isn't a sufficient number of punters willing to pay a sufficient amount of money to make doing basic research a viable proposition. Much cheaper and easier to get journalists to churn out ten "Supermarket favourite is vanishing from shelves and Twitter isn't happy" bits of clickbait a day.
Would take about a minute to find out what I wrote. Maximum. If you can't or won't do that you're not a journalist.
I think, in all seriousness, that a substantial amount of real journalism has vanished.
Regurgitating Twatter blended with AI output is all the rage.
I recommend Nick Davies’ “Flat Earth News” on the topic.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
As an example last time lib dems got into government half their voters decamped because it wasn't what they thought they voted for....so hardly alone in my view the lib dems stand for nothing they just hope to be the kingmaker and get ministerial limo's there is a scum on the political life of the british and its orange
oh dear, that's a very half baked view of the coalition period. Lib dems went in as junior partners and managed to put into practice some of their policies. Some of the policies had to be dropped as it was a partnership with the tories. Votes were lost at the election, just like Labour in 2019 and the tories in 2024, it happens.
You may live an all or nothing life with no compromise, but that's your problem, a big one which you are obviously having trouble with. I wish you luck for the future.
If I had know the coalition manifesto neither of them would have got my vote.....my objection to pr is exactly the same....don't know what I am actually casting a vote for. That was the case with the coalition and if I had known I would have voted labour...so would plenty of lib dem voters then the coalition wouldn't have been a thing
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If I'm honest, if I was looking for a Liberal leader who resembled Trump, I think it would be Thorpe rather than Davey.
I'd love a Waitrose loyalty card, sadly we have to make do with Tesco in West Wales.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If I'm honest, if I was looking for a Liberal leader who resembled Trump, I think it would be Thorpe rather than Davey.
The idea that either of them are even vaguely like Trump is mad.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
oh, a troll on a Sunday?
Don't be silly who would pay to troll the irrelevant lib dems
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If I'm honest, if I was looking for a Liberal leader who resembled Trump, I think it would be Thorpe rather than Davey.
The idea that either of them are even vaguely like Trump is mad.
Davey's defence of his actions over the Post Office scandal was vaguely Trumpian.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If I'm honest, if I was looking for a Liberal leader who resembled Trump, I think it would be Thorpe rather than Davey.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If I'm honest, if I was looking for a Liberal leader who resembled Trump, I think it would be Thorpe rather than Davey.
The idea that either of them are even vaguely like Trump is mad.
Davey's defence of his actions over the Post Office scandal was vaguely Trumpian.
No it wasn’t.
He didn’t claim the Post Office didn’t exist, that the scandal was all down to Diane Abbott’s son (in conjunction with with government of Albania), or that it was a problem with immigrants.
Every so often, a television drama comes along that has the power to change things. Last year, it was ITV’s Mr Bates vs The Post Office, in which the plight of subpostmasters was rendered with such success that it actually hastened in real-world legislation to compensate them.
And now we have Netflix’s Adolescence, which looks at the online radicalisation of young boys by men’s rights activists (MRAs) such as Andrew Tate. Last week, Keir Starmer told the Commons he had been watching the series with his family and that it portrayed an “emerging and growing problem” that needed to be tackled. Now MPs are examining ideas to address the issue with greater urgency.
If I were acting on behalf of Lucy Letby, I'd be tapping up every tv station and production company possible. Get one of those on side and she's as good as free.
Why can't journalists do even basic research? Grrrr! What was fast-tracked was legislation overturning the subpostmasters' convictions. Not compensation. Many are still waiting - including the oldest one, aged 92, who got a meeting with the Minister and a lot of promises but still no compensation.
Lee Castleton, a subpostmaster who was deliberately bankrupted by the Post Office on the basis of false evidence about Horizon, is now suing both the Post Office and Fujitsu. They would be well advised to settle. IMO.
Long story short, there isn't a sufficient number of punters willing to pay a sufficient amount of money to make doing basic research a viable proposition. Much cheaper and easier to get journalists to churn out ten "Supermarket favourite is vanishing from shelves and Twitter isn't happy" bits of clickbait a day.
Would take about a minute to find out what I wrote. Maximum. If you can't or won't do that you're not a journalist.
I think, in all seriousness, that a substantial amount of real journalism has vanished.
Regurgitating Twatter blended with AI output is all the rage.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
Donald Trump is a stain on humanity with zero empathy , an absolute sociopath. I’m happy to do without the charisma and will settle for Davey who has a soul and some humanity .
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If I'm honest, if I was looking for a Liberal leader who resembled Trump, I think it would be Thorpe rather than Davey.
What about Lloyd George?
I seldom praise you, @bondegezou but that's rather a brilliant comparison. Bravo
The narcissism, the arrogance, the permanent chippiness (the Welsh outsider versus the brash New York realtor), and of course the womanizing. Tick tick tick. And two leaders of world hegemons in decline
Plus, didn't Lloyd George dally with Fascism towards the end? I believe he did
Really shocking story in the ST today about Franchise colleges and the hundreds of millions that have been stolen for non existent students from Romania in the main signing on to get student loans and, of course, grants which are then shared between the colleges, the lead Universities and the providers of the students.
The scale of it is almost beyond belief. Those involved in both the franchise colleges and indeed in the Universities have surely acted illegally and dishonestly. Hundreds of them really need to go to jail and the franchise colleges involved need to be closed. What this does to a sector already struggling, god alone knows.
"Leaked government figures show that the number of Romanian nationals living in the UK applying for a student loan increased from 5,000 in 2015-16 to 84,000 in 2023-24, suggesting 15 per cent of the Romanian population in Britain was paid a student loan last year."
We are being taken for fools and a corrupt public sector is just looking the other way.
BTW, that 15% suggests that there are currently 560k Romanians living in the UK. I mean, how?
The overall number of Romanian-born people in the UK looks based on the 2021 census which claimed 557,000 (approx). Apparently Romanian is now the UK's third language after English and Polish. Certainly in Newham there are a lot of Romanians who have established a community here.
At the 2021 Census in England: 590,983 Polish-speakers (1.08%), 465,933 Romanian-speakers (0.85%).
We have many of Poland and Romania’s best and brightest! Let us celebrate all they contribute to our country.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If I'm honest, if I was looking for a Liberal leader who resembled Trump, I think it would be Thorpe rather than Davey.
What about Lloyd George?
Lloyd George though was actually a liberal not a lib dem that are neither liberal nor democratic
Really shocking story in the ST today about Franchise colleges and the hundreds of millions that have been stolen for non existent students from Romania in the main signing on to get student loans and, of course, grants which are then shared between the colleges, the lead Universities and the providers of the students.
The scale of it is almost beyond belief. Those involved in both the franchise colleges and indeed in the Universities have surely acted illegally and dishonestly. Hundreds of them really need to go to jail and the franchise colleges involved need to be closed. What this does to a sector already struggling, god alone knows.
"Leaked government figures show that the number of Romanian nationals living in the UK applying for a student loan increased from 5,000 in 2015-16 to 84,000 in 2023-24, suggesting 15 per cent of the Romanian population in Britain was paid a student loan last year."
We are being taken for fools and a corrupt public sector is just looking the other way.
BTW, that 15% suggests that there are currently 560k Romanians living in the UK. I mean, how?
The overall number of Romanian-born people in the UK looks based on the 2021 census which claimed 557,000 (approx). Apparently Romanian is now the UK's third language after English and Polish. Certainly in Newham there are a lot of Romanians who have established a community here.
At the 2021 Census in England: 590,983 Polish-speakers (1.08%), 465,933 Romanian-speakers (0.85%).
We have many of Poland and Romania’s best and brightest! Let us celebrate all they contribute to our country.
If most of them are working in hospitality they contribute little in terms of tax.....wasn't it roger that always detested those nice eastern europeans not working in hotels, restaurants, and coffee shops?
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If I'm honest, if I was looking for a Liberal leader who resembled Trump, I think it would be Thorpe rather than Davey.
The idea that either of them are even vaguely like Trump is mad.
Davey's defence of his actions over the Post Office scandal was vaguely Trumpian.
That's an ignorant comment, William. You aren't going to get away with it on PB. There are too many of us on here up to speed with the scandal.
Davey has no reason to be be proud of his role in it, but marginally less than most to be ashamed of since he did at least meet up with Alan Bates, even if nothing came of it.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If I'm honest, if I was looking for a Liberal leader who resembled Trump, I think it would be Thorpe rather than Davey.
The idea that either of them are even vaguely like Trump is mad.
Davey's defence of his actions over the Post Office scandal was vaguely Trumpian.
That's an ignorant comment, William. You aren't going to get away with it on PB. There are too many of us on here up to speed with the scandal.
Davey has no reason to be be proud of his role in it, but marginally less than most to be ashamed of since he did at least meet up with Alan Bates, even if nothing came of it.
Hmmm which is worse....
Not meeting Or meeting listening then ignoring
The former at least have the defence of ignorance I guess and no dont support them either Davey knew the issues and did nothing despite it though
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If I'm honest, if I was looking for a Liberal leader who resembled Trump, I think it would be Thorpe rather than Davey.
What about Lloyd George?
Lloyd George was many things Trump is. Selfish, greedy, deceitful, corrupt, sexually depraved and using party as a vehicle for his own ego.
But - he was not stupid. And nor did he get where he did by his father's efforts.
Also, having changed his mind following earlier praise for Hitler, he was an opponent of appeasement from 1937 onwards (whether that was because of a revelation about Hitler or merely a desire to annoy Neville Chamberlain is another question).
An awful lot of chat about a party which is apparently not worth discussing.
My fault for my offhand comment that I was an anyone but lib dem voter....didn't expect it to be so controversial when we have so many any but labour or any but tory voters
An awful lot of chat about a party which is apparently not worth discussing.
My fault for my offhand comment that I was an anyone but lib dem voter....didn't expect it to be so controversial when we have so many any but labour or any but tory voters
you can't be a tory voter at least then, you admitted a fault
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If I'm honest, if I was looking for a Liberal leader who resembled Trump, I think it would be Thorpe rather than Davey.
The idea that either of them are even vaguely like Trump is mad.
Davey's defence of his actions over the Post Office scandal was vaguely Trumpian.
That's an ignorant comment, William. You aren't going to get away with it on PB. There are too many of us on here up to speed with the scandal.
Davey has no reason to be be proud of his role in it, but marginally less than most to be ashamed of since he did at least meet up with Alan Bates, even if nothing came of it.
Hmmm which is worse....
Not meeting Or meeting listening then ignoring
The former at least have the defence of ignorance I guess and no dont support them either Davey knew the issues and did nothing despite it though
You can argue that it is splitting hairs and that given the close control his civil servants would have had over the encounter it was never likely to amount to much more than PR, but at least it acknowledged the existence of the campaign to expose the scandal.
All the Ministers responsible come out of it badly, with one odd exception - Norman Lamb. He actually engaged but was in post too briefly to move matters forward much.
So its a month since Musk said that any federal worker who didn't explain what they had done would be assumed to have resigned.
So how many have actually left ?
Probably not very many because it was not a legal thing to do, and a number of Departments told Musk so themselves, and told their staff to ignore it, then the regime said lots of mutually contradictory things to obfuscate, one after the other, and there may be a lawsuit about it.
The litigation tracker is here, with 135 lawsuits, so it's still running at about 3 per working day.
Every so often, a television drama comes along that has the power to change things. Last year, it was ITV’s Mr Bates vs The Post Office, in which the plight of subpostmasters was rendered with such success that it actually hastened in real-world legislation to compensate them.
And now we have Netflix’s Adolescence, which looks at the online radicalisation of young boys by men’s rights activists (MRAs) such as Andrew Tate. Last week, Keir Starmer told the Commons he had been watching the series with his family and that it portrayed an “emerging and growing problem” that needed to be tackled. Now MPs are examining ideas to address the issue with greater urgency.
If I were acting on behalf of Lucy Letby, I'd be tapping up every tv station and production company possible. Get one of those on side and she's as good as free.
Why can't journalists do even basic research? Grrrr! What was fast-tracked was legislation overturning the subpostmasters' convictions. Not compensation. Many are still waiting - including the oldest one, aged 92, who got a meeting with the Minister and a lot of promises but still no compensation.
Lee Castleton, a subpostmaster who was deliberately bankrupted by the Post Office on the basis of false evidence about Horizon, is now suing both the Post Office and Fujitsu. They would be well advised to settle. IMO.
Long story short, there isn't a sufficient number of punters willing to pay a sufficient amount of money to make doing basic research a viable proposition. Much cheaper and easier to get journalists to churn out ten "Supermarket favourite is vanishing from shelves and Twitter isn't happy" bits of clickbait a day.
Would take about a minute to find out what I wrote. Maximum. If you can't or won't do that you're not a journalist.
You have my sympathy on this one. From Ashfield, the area going down the drain where 33% of people are economically inactive - except the actual published figure by the ONS is 23.0% .
An awful lot of chat about a party which is apparently not worth discussing.
My fault for my offhand comment that I was an anyone but lib dem voter....didn't expect it to be so controversial when we have so many any but labour or any but tory voters
You're an honest nihilist. Which is worthy of respect, even if it's a stance which provides no solutions at all to the problems of government.
Tiny margins. But clear incompetence from a leading team.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/23/ferrari-error-lewis-hamilton-charles-leclerc-disqualified-chinese-gp-f1 ...The skid block on the floor of Hamilton’s car was deemed to have been 0.5mm below the limit, and Leclerc’s car was 1kg below the minimum weight requirement. Both drivers and team representatives were summoned to the stewards and afterwards the Formula One governing body, the FIA, confirmed Ferrari had admitted culpability. “The team acknowledged that there were no mitigating circumstances and that it was a genuine error,” its findings read...
Tiny margins. But clear incompetence from a leading team.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/23/ferrari-error-lewis-hamilton-charles-leclerc-disqualified-chinese-gp-f1 ...The skid block on the floor of Hamilton’s car was deemed to have been 0.5mm below the limit, and Leclerc’s car was 1kg below the minimum weight requirement. Both drivers and team representatives were summoned to the stewards and afterwards the Formula One governing body, the FIA, confirmed Ferrari had admitted culpability. “The team acknowledged that there were no mitigating circumstances and that it was a genuine error,” its findings read...
Ironic given that the usual reason for Ferrari losing is that they are as thick as planks.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If a car crashed on the boundary between Kingston and Surbiton, where would they bury the survivors?
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If a car crashed on the boundary between Kingston and Surbiton, where would they bury the survivors?
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If a car crashed on the boundary between Kingston and Surbiton, where would they bury the survivors?
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
I think he's doing a kind of reverse Churchill.
In 1940 and 41 Churchill was crawling on his belly to get help from the USA and pull them officially into the war, the country being functionally bankrupt because they had already had the gold and the portable assets, and the audit showed there wasn't anything else.
Starmer is having to crawl to try and keep the USA engaged, and prevent them walking away in a more damaging way than can be avoided.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If a car crashed on the boundary between Kingston and Surbiton, where would they bury the survivors?
"Twenty-two minutes late, badger ate a junction box at New Malden."
It's a tough situation for Kemi (and one that any LOTO would be facing after the 2024 election result) in that the public have sent them into Opposition precisely because they had quite enough of their antics from 2019 to 2024 and they don't want to hear any more from them.
The will change over time and eventually the public will tune back in to Con but it's going to be a long, slow grind for Con to earn the right to be heard again.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
Starmer "likes and respects" Alexander Johnson? I am shocked! I am not sure a Fixed Penalty Notice for eating birthday cake constitutes the label of a "convicted felon" either.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If a car crashed on the boundary between Kingston and Surbiton, where would they bury the survivors?
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If a car crashed on the boundary between Kingston and Surbiton, where would they bury the survivors?
If they were Welsh rugby players, Twickenham.
They all got buried alive at the Principality last weekend.
Really shocking story in the ST today about Franchise colleges and the hundreds of millions that have been stolen for non existent students from Romania in the main signing on to get student loans and, of course, grants which are then shared between the colleges, the lead Universities and the providers of the students.
The scale of it is almost beyond belief. Those involved in both the franchise colleges and indeed in the Universities have surely acted illegally and dishonestly. Hundreds of them really need to go to jail and the franchise colleges involved need to be closed. What this does to a sector already struggling, god alone knows.
"Leaked government figures show that the number of Romanian nationals living in the UK applying for a student loan increased from 5,000 in 2015-16 to 84,000 in 2023-24, suggesting 15 per cent of the Romanian population in Britain was paid a student loan last year."
We are being taken for fools and a corrupt public sector is just looking the other way.
BTW, that 15% suggests that there are currently 560k Romanians living in the UK. I mean, how?
The overall number of Romanian-born people in the UK looks based on the 2021 census which claimed 557,000 (approx). Apparently Romanian is now the UK's third language after English and Polish. Certainly in Newham there are a lot of Romanians who have established a community here.
At the 2021 Census in England: 590,983 Polish-speakers (1.08%), 465,933 Romanian-speakers (0.85%).
We have many of Poland and Romania’s best and brightest! Let us celebrate all they contribute to our country.
If most of them are working in hospitality they contribute little in terms of tax.....wasn't it roger that always detested those nice eastern europeans not working in hotels, restaurants, and coffee shops?
Well, I know 1 university lecturer, 1 nanny, 1 freelancer providing support services for innovators, and 1 research fellow personally. All paying lots of tax! I'm sure the others are doing all sorts of different jobs.
Tiny margins. But clear incompetence from a leading team.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/23/ferrari-error-lewis-hamilton-charles-leclerc-disqualified-chinese-gp-f1 ...The skid block on the floor of Hamilton’s car was deemed to have been 0.5mm below the limit, and Leclerc’s car was 1kg below the minimum weight requirement. Both drivers and team representatives were summoned to the stewards and afterwards the Formula One governing body, the FIA, confirmed Ferrari had admitted culpability. “The team acknowledged that there were no mitigating circumstances and that it was a genuine error,” its findings read...
Gone are the days that Ross would say "the engineer read the design wrong" and all would be well...
On topic, I've essentially given up on the Conservatives.
They are totally irrelevant in opposition - even if Reform do engage in bouts of fratricide - and Labour are finding it perfectly possible to enact policies they espoused in govt but never followed through upon because they were more interested in pissing contests.
Right now, I expect the decline to continue and, if nothing changes, for them to go backwards even further at the next GE.
I think that is very likely if Reform were to find someone much less toxic than Farage as leader.
The anti-Faragists in Reform, however, want someone more toxic!
UKTV industry apparently in crisis, although from the article it is the Beeb and itv.
The solution to this non problem is, of course, more money from taxpayers rather than finding new streams of income, nice timing too given the current debate on future funding of the BBC.
The BBC seems to favour a sliding scale with wealthier homes paying more than less well off homes.
It’s time to get rid of the license fee, fund the network from general taxation, and let the BBC seek its funding in the open market.
That would be really short sighted. The BBC is one of the best institutions in this country and has been responsible for nurturing some extraorinary talent. The media is one area where the UK punches well above it's weight and much of this is down to the BBC. Holywood is full of talent originally nurtured by the BBC The Scott brothers to name but two but if you add those lower down the scale the British expertise and influence thanks to the BBC is everywhere
But the license fee is becoming less and less tenable. Why should I pay £15 a month to fund it when the majority goes to the BBC just for the privilege of receiving live TV signals. An institution I rarely watch and don’t really value. If the change to license fee comes and wealthier homes have to pay more, as some beeboid has suggested, how is that fair ?
Pay for the distribution system from general taxation but let the BBC compete for its funds.
By all means use taxpayers money to subsidise apprenticeships and trainee schemes that helps people. As they do in other industries. I’ve never heard of the Scott Brothers but good luck to them.
So its a month since Musk said that any federal worker who didn't explain what they had done would be assumed to have resigned.
So how many have actually left ?
Probably not very many because it was not a legal thing to do, and a number of Departments told Musk so themselves, and told their staff to ignore it, then the regime said lots of mutually contradictory things to obfuscate, one after the other, and there may be a lawsuit about it.
The litigation tracker is here, with 135 lawsuits, so it's still running at about 3 per working day.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If a car crashed on the boundary between Kingston and Surbiton, where would they bury the survivors?
The chances are that if they were taken to Kingston Hospital they would end up round the corner in Bonner Hill Rd with the fatalities
UKTV industry apparently in crisis, although from the article it is the Beeb and itv.
The solution to this non problem is, of course, more money from taxpayers rather than finding new streams of income, nice timing too given the current debate on future funding of the BBC.
The BBC seems to favour a sliding scale with wealthier homes paying more than less well off homes.
It’s time to get rid of the license fee, fund the network from general taxation, and let the BBC seek its funding in the open market.
That would be really short sighted. The BBC is one of the best institutions in this country and has been responsible for nurturing some extraorinary talent. The media is one area where the UK punches well above it's weight and much of this is down to the BBC. Holywood is full of talent originally nurtured by the BBC The Scott brothers to name but two but if you add those lower down the scale the British expertise and influence thanks to the BBC is everywhere
But the license fee is becoming less and less tenable. Why should I pay £15 a month to fund it when the majority goes to the BBC just for the privilege of receiving live TV signals. An institution I rarely watch and don’t really value. If the change to license fee comes and wealthier homes have to pay more, as some beeboid has suggested, how is that fair ?
Pay for the distribution system from general taxation but let the BBC compete for its funds.
By all means use taxpayers money to subsidise apprenticeships and trainee schemes that helps people. As they do in other industries. I’ve never heard of the Scott Brothers but good luck to them.
Ridley and Tony
Ridley has still got it, as well. Gladiator 2 is a jolly entertaining watch - caught it on the plane to Uruguay
Not one of his all time masterpieces, but Ridley S is about eight trillion years old, and in that context, chapeau
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
Starmer "likes and respects" Alexander Johnson? I am shocked! I am not sure a Fixed Penalty Notice for eating birthday cake constitutes the label of a "convicted felon" either.
Stamer's memoirs will make an interesting read. It seems obvious that (a) he doesn't believe a word he is saying with reference to Trump and (b) his course of action is the only sane one at present.
What surprises me is the wider discipline of the cabinet to tolerate this approach to Trump.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If a car crashed on the boundary between Kingston and Surbiton, where would they bury the survivors?
UKTV industry apparently in crisis, although from the article it is the Beeb and itv.
The solution to this non problem is, of course, more money from taxpayers rather than finding new streams of income, nice timing too given the current debate on future funding of the BBC.
The BBC seems to favour a sliding scale with wealthier homes paying more than less well off homes.
It’s time to get rid of the license fee, fund the network from general taxation, and let the BBC seek its funding in the open market.
That would be really short sighted. The BBC is one of the best institutions in this country and has been responsible for nurturing some extraorinary talent. The media is one area where the UK punches well above it's weight and much of this is down to the BBC. Holywood is full of talent originally nurtured by the BBC The Scott brothers to name but two but if you add those lower down the scale the British expertise and influence thanks to the BBC is everywhere
But the license fee is becoming less and less tenable. Why should I pay £15 a month to fund it when the majority goes to the BBC just for the privilege of receiving live TV signals. An institution I rarely watch and don’t really value. If the change to license fee comes and wealthier homes have to pay more, as some beeboid has suggested, how is that fair ?
Pay for the distribution system from general taxation but let the BBC compete for its funds.
By all means use taxpayers money to subsidise apprenticeships and trainee schemes that helps people. As they do in other industries. I’ve never heard of the Scott Brothers but good luck to them.
Ridley and Tony
Ridley has still got it, as well. Gladiator 2 is a jolly entertaining watch - caught it on the plane to Uruguay
Not one of his all time masterpieces, but Ridley S is about eight trillion years old, and in that context, chapeau
Dunno, daughter worked on one of his films and describes him as a tyrant
UKTV industry apparently in crisis, although from the article it is the Beeb and itv.
The solution to this non problem is, of course, more money from taxpayers rather than finding new streams of income, nice timing too given the current debate on future funding of the BBC.
The BBC seems to favour a sliding scale with wealthier homes paying more than less well off homes.
It’s time to get rid of the license fee, fund the network from general taxation, and let the BBC seek its funding in the open market.
That would be really short sighted. The BBC is one of the best institutions in this country and has been responsible for nurturing some extraorinary talent. The media is one area where the UK punches well above it's weight and much of this is down to the BBC. Holywood is full of talent originally nurtured by the BBC The Scott brothers to name but two but if you add those lower down the scale the British expertise and influence thanks to the BBC is everywhere
But the license fee is becoming less and less tenable. Why should I pay £15 a month to fund it when the majority goes to the BBC just for the privilege of receiving live TV signals. An institution I rarely watch and don’t really value. If the change to license fee comes and wealthier homes have to pay more, as some beeboid has suggested, how is that fair ?
Pay for the distribution system from general taxation but let the BBC compete for its funds.
By all means use taxpayers money to subsidise apprenticeships and trainee schemes that helps people. As they do in other industries. I’ve never heard of the Scott Brothers but good luck to them.
Ridley and Tony
Thanks, I have heard of Ridley Scott and enjoyed his work. Over many years.
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If a car crashed on the boundary between Kingston and Surbiton, where would they bury the survivors?
In Tom and Barbara's garden. Think of the tomatoes!
UKTV industry apparently in crisis, although from the article it is the Beeb and itv.
The solution to this non problem is, of course, more money from taxpayers rather than finding new streams of income, nice timing too given the current debate on future funding of the BBC.
The BBC seems to favour a sliding scale with wealthier homes paying more than less well off homes.
It’s time to get rid of the license fee, fund the network from general taxation, and let the BBC seek its funding in the open market.
That would be really short sighted. The BBC is one of the best institutions in this country and has been responsible for nurturing some extraorinary talent. The media is one area where the UK punches well above it's weight and much of this is down to the BBC. Holywood is full of talent originally nurtured by the BBC The Scott brothers to name but two but if you add those lower down the scale the British expertise and influence thanks to the BBC is everywhere
But the license fee is becoming less and less tenable. Why should I pay £15 a month to fund it when the majority goes to the BBC just for the privilege of receiving live TV signals. An institution I rarely watch and don’t really value. If the change to license fee comes and wealthier homes have to pay more, as some beeboid has suggested, how is that fair ?
Pay for the distribution system from general taxation but let the BBC compete for its funds.
By all means use taxpayers money to subsidise apprenticeships and trainee schemes that helps people. As they do in other industries. I’ve never heard of the Scott Brothers but good luck to them.
Ridley and Tony
Ridley has still got it, as well. Gladiator 2 is a jolly entertaining watch - caught it on the plane to Uruguay
Not one of his all time masterpieces, but Ridley S is about eight trillion years old, and in that context, chapeau
Dunno, daughter worked on one of his films and describes him as a tyrant
Interesting. I've never really met him - been at parties where he's present but not properly talked (let alone worked for him)
I have, however, hung out a fair bit with his circle and once went with Ridley's son to their offices in Soho when we were all drunk, and I got to wear the actual; gladiator helmet used in Gladiator, as I necked insanely expensive wine
UKTV industry apparently in crisis, although from the article it is the Beeb and itv.
The solution to this non problem is, of course, more money from taxpayers rather than finding new streams of income, nice timing too given the current debate on future funding of the BBC.
The BBC seems to favour a sliding scale with wealthier homes paying more than less well off homes.
It’s time to get rid of the license fee, fund the network from general taxation, and let the BBC seek its funding in the open market.
That would be really short sighted. The BBC is one of the best institutions in this country and has been responsible for nurturing some extraorinary talent. The media is one area where the UK punches well above it's weight and much of this is down to the BBC. Holywood is full of talent originally nurtured by the BBC The Scott brothers to name but two but if you add those lower down the scale the British expertise and influence thanks to the BBC is everywhere
But the license fee is becoming less and less tenable. Why should I pay £15 a month to fund it when the majority goes to the BBC just for the privilege of receiving live TV signals. An institution I rarely watch and don’t really value. If the change to license fee comes and wealthier homes have to pay more, as some beeboid has suggested, how is that fair ?
Pay for the distribution system from general taxation but let the BBC compete for its funds.
By all means use taxpayers money to subsidise apprenticeships and trainee schemes that helps people. As they do in other industries. I’ve never heard of the Scott Brothers but good luck to them.
Ridley and Tony
Ridley has still got it, as well. Gladiator 2 is a jolly entertaining watch - caught it on the plane to Uruguay
Not one of his all time masterpieces, but Ridley S is about eight trillion years old, and in that context, chapeau
Ridley somewhat recently gave us Raised by Wolves which was impressively batsh*t.
UKTV industry apparently in crisis, although from the article it is the Beeb and itv.
The solution to this non problem is, of course, more money from taxpayers rather than finding new streams of income, nice timing too given the current debate on future funding of the BBC.
The BBC seems to favour a sliding scale with wealthier homes paying more than less well off homes.
It’s time to get rid of the license fee, fund the network from general taxation, and let the BBC seek its funding in the open market.
That would be really short sighted. The BBC is one of the best institutions in this country and has been responsible for nurturing some extraorinary talent. The media is one area where the UK punches well above it's weight and much of this is down to the BBC. Holywood is full of talent originally nurtured by the BBC The Scott brothers to name but two but if you add those lower down the scale the British expertise and influence thanks to the BBC is everywhere
But the license fee is becoming less and less tenable. Why should I pay £15 a month to fund it when the majority goes to the BBC just for the privilege of receiving live TV signals. An institution I rarely watch and don’t really value. If the change to license fee comes and wealthier homes have to pay more, as some beeboid has suggested, how is that fair ?
Pay for the distribution system from general taxation but let the BBC compete for its funds.
By all means use taxpayers money to subsidise apprenticeships and trainee schemes that helps people. As they do in other industries. I’ve never heard of the Scott Brothers but good luck to them.
Ridley and Tony
Thanks, I have heard of Ridley Scott and enjoyed his work. Over many years.
His filmography is insane
Two all time top 100 movies: Alien and Blade Runner. Possibly Top 20
Gladiator might also make that list
Plus
The Duellists Thelma and Louise Black Hawk Down The Martian
I really enjoyed Napoleon, as well
In the list of all time movie directors, he must himself be in the top 10, up there with the likes of Scorsese and Spielberg
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If I'm honest, if I was looking for a Liberal leader who resembled Trump, I think it would be Thorpe rather than Davey.
What about Lloyd George?
Lloyd George was many things Trump is. Selfish, greedy, deceitful, corrupt, sexually depraved and using party as a vehicle for his own ego.
But - he was not stupid. And nor did he get where he did by his father's efforts.
Also, having changed his mind following earlier praise for Hitler, he was an opponent of appeasement from 1937 onwards (whether that was because of a revelation about Hitler or merely a desire to annoy Neville Chamberlain is another question).
Lloyd George bedded one of his daughters-in-law, something which Trump has not yet matched as far as I know.
@BarackObama I know it can feel like a different era sometimes. But fifteen years ago, I signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Now nearly 50 million people have received health care through the ACA.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the Affordable Care Act is a reminder that change is possible when we keep fighting for progress.
UKTV industry apparently in crisis, although from the article it is the Beeb and itv.
The solution to this non problem is, of course, more money from taxpayers rather than finding new streams of income, nice timing too given the current debate on future funding of the BBC.
The BBC seems to favour a sliding scale with wealthier homes paying more than less well off homes.
It’s time to get rid of the license fee, fund the network from general taxation, and let the BBC seek its funding in the open market.
That would be really short sighted. The BBC is one of the best institutions in this country and has been responsible for nurturing some extraorinary talent. The media is one area where the UK punches well above it's weight and much of this is down to the BBC. Holywood is full of talent originally nurtured by the BBC The Scott brothers to name but two but if you add those lower down the scale the British expertise and influence thanks to the BBC is everywhere
But the license fee is becoming less and less tenable. Why should I pay £15 a month to fund it when the majority goes to the BBC just for the privilege of receiving live TV signals. An institution I rarely watch and don’t really value. If the change to license fee comes and wealthier homes have to pay more, as some beeboid has suggested, how is that fair ?
Pay for the distribution system from general taxation but let the BBC compete for its funds.
By all means use taxpayers money to subsidise apprenticeships and trainee schemes that helps people. As they do in other industries. I’ve never heard of the Scott Brothers but good luck to them.
Ridley and Tony
Thanks, I have heard of Ridley Scott and enjoyed his work. Over many years.
His filmography is insane
Two all time top 100 movies: Alien and Blade Runner. Possibly Top 20
Gladiator might also make that list
Plus
The Duellists Thelma and Louise Black Hawk Down The Martian
I really enjoyed Napoleon, as well
In the list of all time movie directors, he must himself be in the top 10, up there with the likes of Scorsese and Spielberg
I have three-point-turned a rented Jeep on the cliff Thelma & Louise plunged off. American national parks are very hands-off compared with ours. Too big for safety barriers.
UKTV industry apparently in crisis, although from the article it is the Beeb and itv.
The solution to this non problem is, of course, more money from taxpayers rather than finding new streams of income, nice timing too given the current debate on future funding of the BBC.
The BBC seems to favour a sliding scale with wealthier homes paying more than less well off homes.
It’s time to get rid of the license fee, fund the network from general taxation, and let the BBC seek its funding in the open market.
That would be really short sighted. The BBC is one of the best institutions in this country and has been responsible for nurturing some extraorinary talent. The media is one area where the UK punches well above it's weight and much of this is down to the BBC. Holywood is full of talent originally nurtured by the BBC The Scott brothers to name but two but if you add those lower down the scale the British expertise and influence thanks to the BBC is everywhere
But the license fee is becoming less and less tenable. Why should I pay £15 a month to fund it when the majority goes to the BBC just for the privilege of receiving live TV signals. An institution I rarely watch and don’t really value. If the change to license fee comes and wealthier homes have to pay more, as some beeboid has suggested, how is that fair ?
Pay for the distribution system from general taxation but let the BBC compete for its funds.
By all means use taxpayers money to subsidise apprenticeships and trainee schemes that helps people. As they do in other industries. I’ve never heard of the Scott Brothers but good luck to them.
Ridley and Tony
Ridley has still got it, as well. Gladiator 2 is a jolly entertaining watch - caught it on the plane to Uruguay
Not one of his all time masterpieces, but Ridley S is about eight trillion years old, and in that context, chapeau
Ridley somewhat recently gave us Raised by Wolves which was impressively batsh*t.
A busy weekend! 3 videos edited and uploaded - including the channel rebrand, new title sequence etc. And two more mostly done.
Main thing is that I have a reposition for the channel where I get to keep doing what I am doing whilst now openly attacking Muskolini. Its bound to trigger some people. Whatever.
@BarackObama I know it can feel like a different era sometimes. But fifteen years ago, I signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Now nearly 50 million people have received health care through the ACA.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the Affordable Care Act is a reminder that change is possible when we keep fighting for progress.
UKTV industry apparently in crisis, although from the article it is the Beeb and itv.
The solution to this non problem is, of course, more money from taxpayers rather than finding new streams of income, nice timing too given the current debate on future funding of the BBC.
The BBC seems to favour a sliding scale with wealthier homes paying more than less well off homes.
It’s time to get rid of the license fee, fund the network from general taxation, and let the BBC seek its funding in the open market.
That would be really short sighted. The BBC is one of the best institutions in this country and has been responsible for nurturing some extraorinary talent. The media is one area where the UK punches well above it's weight and much of this is down to the BBC. Holywood is full of talent originally nurtured by the BBC The Scott brothers to name but two but if you add those lower down the scale the British expertise and influence thanks to the BBC is everywhere
But the license fee is becoming less and less tenable. Why should I pay £15 a month to fund it when the majority goes to the BBC just for the privilege of receiving live TV signals. An institution I rarely watch and don’t really value. If the change to license fee comes and wealthier homes have to pay more, as some beeboid has suggested, how is that fair ?
Pay for the distribution system from general taxation but let the BBC compete for its funds.
By all means use taxpayers money to subsidise apprenticeships and trainee schemes that helps people. As they do in other industries. I’ve never heard of the Scott Brothers but good luck to them.
Ridley and Tony
Ridley has still got it, as well. Gladiator 2 is a jolly entertaining watch - caught it on the plane to Uruguay
Not one of his all time masterpieces, but Ridley S is about eight trillion years old, and in that context, chapeau
Ridley somewhat recently gave us Raised by Wolves which was impressively batsh*t.
I've often thought famous movie directors have the best possible human lives
1. You get the enormous satisfaction of creative work - using your imagination 2. You get to travel, probably for free, in high style 3. You work with lots of interesting people, of all kinds, you meet everyone 4. You get paid shedloads, if you're good 5. You get just the right amount of fame - respect and honour from clever people, but not so much fame it ruins your life - you can walk the street 6. You get to tup a choice of stunning young women, your actresses, in their early-mid 20s 7. And they come on to YOU 8. You can carry on into your 80s - as Ridley Scott shows
What a life. I can't think of a human endeavour more fun than that. And I speak as someone with a stupidly fun job - top movie director must be even better
A busy weekend! 3 videos edited and uploaded - including the channel rebrand, new title sequence etc. And two more mostly done.
Main thing is that I have a reposition for the channel where I get to keep doing what I am doing whilst now openly attacking Muskolini. Its bound to trigger some people. Whatever.
I see one Polestar video and no rebrand. Does it take time to appear?
UKTV industry apparently in crisis, although from the article it is the Beeb and itv.
The solution to this non problem is, of course, more money from taxpayers rather than finding new streams of income, nice timing too given the current debate on future funding of the BBC.
The BBC seems to favour a sliding scale with wealthier homes paying more than less well off homes.
It’s time to get rid of the license fee, fund the network from general taxation, and let the BBC seek its funding in the open market.
That would be really short sighted. The BBC is one of the best institutions in this country and has been responsible for nurturing some extraorinary talent. The media is one area where the UK punches well above it's weight and much of this is down to the BBC. Holywood is full of talent originally nurtured by the BBC The Scott brothers to name but two but if you add those lower down the scale the British expertise and influence thanks to the BBC is everywhere
But the license fee is becoming less and less tenable. Why should I pay £15 a month to fund it when the majority goes to the BBC just for the privilege of receiving live TV signals. An institution I rarely watch and don’t really value. If the change to license fee comes and wealthier homes have to pay more, as some beeboid has suggested, how is that fair ?
Pay for the distribution system from general taxation but let the BBC compete for its funds.
By all means use taxpayers money to subsidise apprenticeships and trainee schemes that helps people. As they do in other industries. I’ve never heard of the Scott Brothers but good luck to them.
Ridley and Tony
Ridley has still got it, as well. Gladiator 2 is a jolly entertaining watch - caught it on the plane to Uruguay
Not one of his all time masterpieces, but Ridley S is about eight trillion years old, and in that context, chapeau
Ridley somewhat recently gave us Raised by Wolves which was impressively batsh*t.
I've often thought famous movie directors have the best possible human lives
1. You get the enormous satisfaction of creative work - using your imgination 2. You get to travel, probably for free, in high style 3. You work with lots of interesting people, of all kinds, you meet everyone 4. You get paid shedloads, if you're good 5. You get just the right amount of fame - respect and honour from clever people, but not so much fame it ruins your life - you can walk the street 6. You get to tup a choice of stunning young women, your actresses, in their early-mid 20s 7. And they come on to YOU 8. You can carry on into your 80s - as Ridley Scott shows
What a life. I can't think of a human endeavour more fun than that. And I speak as someone with a stupidly fun job - top movie director must be even better
I couldn't cope with having multiple irons in the fire and never knowing which ones would happen due to talent or financing and when. Maybe this goes away when you get big enough.
I like, prosaically, to start a creative endeavour knowing it will be finished. Perhaps it's just laziness.
UKTV industry apparently in crisis, although from the article it is the Beeb and itv.
The solution to this non problem is, of course, more money from taxpayers rather than finding new streams of income, nice timing too given the current debate on future funding of the BBC.
The BBC seems to favour a sliding scale with wealthier homes paying more than less well off homes.
It’s time to get rid of the license fee, fund the network from general taxation, and let the BBC seek its funding in the open market.
That would be really short sighted. The BBC is one of the best institutions in this country and has been responsible for nurturing some extraorinary talent. The media is one area where the UK punches well above it's weight and much of this is down to the BBC. Holywood is full of talent originally nurtured by the BBC The Scott brothers to name but two but if you add those lower down the scale the British expertise and influence thanks to the BBC is everywhere
But the license fee is becoming less and less tenable. Why should I pay £15 a month to fund it when the majority goes to the BBC just for the privilege of receiving live TV signals. An institution I rarely watch and don’t really value. If the change to license fee comes and wealthier homes have to pay more, as some beeboid has suggested, how is that fair ?
Pay for the distribution system from general taxation but let the BBC compete for its funds.
By all means use taxpayers money to subsidise apprenticeships and trainee schemes that helps people. As they do in other industries. I’ve never heard of the Scott Brothers but good luck to them.
Ridley and Tony
Ridley has still got it, as well. Gladiator 2 is a jolly entertaining watch - caught it on the plane to Uruguay
Not one of his all time masterpieces, but Ridley S is about eight trillion years old, and in that context, chapeau
Ridley somewhat recently gave us Raised by Wolves which was impressively batsh*t.
I've often thought famous movie directors have the best possible human lives
1. You get the enormous satisfaction of creative work - using your imgination 2. You get to travel, probably for free, in high style 3. You work with lots of interesting people, of all kinds, you meet everyone 4. You get paid shedloads, if you're good 5. You get just the right amount of fame - respect and honour from clever people, but not so much fame it ruins your life - you can walk the street 6. You get to tup a choice of stunning young women, your actresses, in their early-mid 20s 7. And they come on to YOU 8. You can carry on into your 80s - as Ridley Scott shows
What a life. I can't think of a human endeavour more fun than that. And I speak as someone with a stupidly fun job - top movie director must be even better
I couldn't cope with having multiple irons in the fire and never knowing which ones would happen due to talent or financing and when. Maybe this goes away when you get big enough.
I like, prosaically, to start a creative endeavour knowing it will be finished. Perhaps it's just laziness.
I think, once you hit a certain level - like Ridley Scott - if you want to make a movie it is highly likely to be made
But yes, that's rare. And unless you're in that absolute elite - Spielberg-land - then you are dependant on others. I remember learning with surprise that Clint Eastwood struggled to get Unforgiven made, for many years
And of course it turned out to be one of the best Westerns of all time
A busy weekend! 3 videos edited and uploaded - including the channel rebrand, new title sequence etc. And two more mostly done.
Main thing is that I have a reposition for the channel where I get to keep doing what I am doing whilst now openly attacking Muskolini. Its bound to trigger some people. Whatever.
I see one Polestar video and no rebrand. Does it take time to appear?
A busy weekend! 3 videos edited and uploaded - including the channel rebrand, new title sequence etc. And two more mostly done.
Main thing is that I have a reposition for the channel where I get to keep doing what I am doing whilst now openly attacking Muskolini. Its bound to trigger some people. Whatever.
I see one Polestar video and no rebrand. Does it take time to appear?
2 more videos to release as JGAT. Then I will go onto the channel and rebrand it. With the first in the new brand released 1st April (as I release on Tuesdays and Fridays).
UKTV industry apparently in crisis, although from the article it is the Beeb and itv.
The solution to this non problem is, of course, more money from taxpayers rather than finding new streams of income, nice timing too given the current debate on future funding of the BBC.
The BBC seems to favour a sliding scale with wealthier homes paying more than less well off homes.
It’s time to get rid of the license fee, fund the network from general taxation, and let the BBC seek its funding in the open market.
That would be really short sighted. The BBC is one of the best institutions in this country and has been responsible for nurturing some extraorinary talent. The media is one area where the UK punches well above it's weight and much of this is down to the BBC. Holywood is full of talent originally nurtured by the BBC The Scott brothers to name but two but if you add those lower down the scale the British expertise and influence thanks to the BBC is everywhere
But the license fee is becoming less and less tenable. Why should I pay £15 a month to fund it when the majority goes to the BBC just for the privilege of receiving live TV signals. An institution I rarely watch and don’t really value. If the change to license fee comes and wealthier homes have to pay more, as some beeboid has suggested, how is that fair ?
Pay for the distribution system from general taxation but let the BBC compete for its funds.
By all means use taxpayers money to subsidise apprenticeships and trainee schemes that helps people. As they do in other industries. I’ve never heard of the Scott Brothers but good luck to them.
Ridley and Tony
Ridley has still got it, as well. Gladiator 2 is a jolly entertaining watch - caught it on the plane to Uruguay
Not one of his all time masterpieces, but Ridley S is about eight trillion years old, and in that context, chapeau
Ridley somewhat recently gave us Raised by Wolves which was impressively batsh*t.
I've often thought famous movie directors have the best possible human lives
1. You get the enormous satisfaction of creative work - using your imgination 2. You get to travel, probably for free, in high style 3. You work with lots of interesting people, of all kinds, you meet everyone 4. You get paid shedloads, if you're good 5. You get just the right amount of fame - respect and honour from clever people, but not so much fame it ruins your life - you can walk the street 6. You get to tup a choice of stunning young women, your actresses, in their early-mid 20s 7. And they come on to YOU 8. You can carry on into your 80s - as Ridley Scott shows
What a life. I can't think of a human endeavour more fun than that. And I speak as someone with a stupidly fun job - top movie director must be even better
I couldn't cope with having multiple irons in the fire and never knowing which ones would happen due to talent or financing and when. Maybe this goes away when you get big enough.
I like, prosaically, to start a creative endeavour knowing it will be finished. Perhaps it's just laziness.
Being a director sounds fun but maybe it is not. How many people are they trying to manage? Big film - could be 100s, maybe 1000s?
A busy weekend! 3 videos edited and uploaded - including the channel rebrand, new title sequence etc. And two more mostly done.
Main thing is that I have a reposition for the channel where I get to keep doing what I am doing whilst now openly attacking Muskolini. Its bound to trigger some people. Whatever.
I see one Polestar video and no rebrand. Does it take time to appear?
Of far more interest with regards to my YouTubing and politics is that I'm due to record an episode or two of my new politics channel on Thursday evening. Still a few things to pin down with my co-presenter, but it is going to be interesting!
An awful lot of chat about a party which is apparently not worth discussing.
My fault for my offhand comment that I was an anyone but lib dem voter....didn't expect it to be so controversial when we have so many any but labour or any but tory voters
you can't be a tory voter at least then, you admitted a fault
Haven't voted tory since 2010....the coalition destroyed all faith in our democracy
Bill Kristol @BillKristol · 6h 92 years ago today:
The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act ("Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich"), giving the Chancellor, Adolf Hitler, the power to make and enforce laws. The Center Party votes Yes, providing decisive support. Social Democrats are in opposition.
There is a teensy weensy problem with his "have Farage govern like Trump" model. In America there are several months between the election and the actual transition of power. In the UK there are several minutes between.
Which means all of the Orders in Council he imagines would be used must be written during the election campaign itself.
Which means they will leak / be published.
Which means the reaction from the public will be akin to Rupert Mannion: "Thats Fucking Mental"
Thank you, interesting. I can't imagine most Labour voters are very happy with what they're seeing. I think Labour would haemorrhage votes to a left wing party, if one existed with a charismatic leader. A Reform of the left.
interesting that the current Labour leader, a former public prosecutor, says he "likes and respects" a convicted felon who has no respect for the truth, the law or international conventions - role models today, eh?
No sane person who has empathy and a shred of humanity can like or respect Trump . I wish Starmer would just STFU with his fawning .
In Starmer's defence he can't really say out loud that the President of the United States is a c***. Back benchers and Conservative politicians in opposition should not be constrained by such etiquette.
Ed Davey isn't constrained in his criticism. Elon Musk recognised this and called him a "snivelling cretin"!
Indeed? I'm surprised Musk was so forthright, although I have to say I would have gone a lot fur...oh, sorry, is the 'he' in question Ed Davey?
How can it be that there's such an empty chair in British Politics? The LDs haven't turned up for a very long time now.
Thankfully the lib dems have rarely been in government and long may it continue
I would have voted 'coalition' ahead of Tory if I'd had the chance in 2015.
I voted tory in 2010...would have voted labour to keep the lib dems out
FFS Pagan, give it a rest for god sake. Why are you blaming the lib Dems for your own inadequacies? Did a LibDem candidate hurt you in the past? Steal your bike or sandals? Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
Ah I see so you can say I would vote labour to keep a tory out? Its not ok to be a anything but a lib dem voter? I don't like lib dems they stand for absolutely nothing
That may be your opinion, but don't keep using it as an excuse all the time. Pull yourself together.
So its fine to say anyone but tory but not anyone than lib dem is your argument?
Ed Davey is basically Donald Trump with a Waitrose Loyalty Card but less charisma. The self regard is the same.
If I'm honest, if I was looking for a Liberal leader who resembled Trump, I think it would be Thorpe rather than Davey.
What about Lloyd George?
Lloyd George was many things Trump is. Selfish, greedy, deceitful, corrupt, sexually depraved and using party as a vehicle for his own ego.
But - he was not stupid. And nor did he get where he did by his father's efforts.
Also, having changed his mind following earlier praise for Hitler, he was an opponent of appeasement from 1937 onwards (whether that was because of a revelation about Hitler or merely a desire to annoy Neville Chamberlain is another question).
Lloyd George bedded one of his daughters-in-law, something which Trump has not yet matched as far as I know.
I think Trump would prefer to bed his own daughters.
Not read all yet, but Milestone 2 caught my attention.
He want to deport the "estimated 500,000 to 1 million illegal immigrants believed to be residing in the UK".
First thing that jumps to mind, is that if you don't even know whether there are 500k or 1m, then arranging to deport them might be quite tricky.
All our bloody politicians seem obsessed with copying America with its Trumpism and DOGE cuts. It is such a cultural cringe, as if we have no history and culture of our own. Can't they at least wait to see if it's as obvious car crash as it seems?
At least Ed Davey is willing to call out this crap.
Amongst the hackneyed clichés in Carswell's rant was this string of bollocks:
"Our history, once a source of pride, is being rewritten. The country that produced Shakespeare, Newton, Brunell and Austen is not allowed any claim to exceptionalism, other than exceptional wickedness. Young people in Britain, a nation that led the fight to abolish to slave trade, are taught we were its chief practitioners."
The fuckwit can't even spell Brunel correctly. 2/10, go to the back of the class.
Not read all yet, but Milestone 2 caught my attention.
He want to deport the "estimated 500,000 to 1 million illegal immigrants believed to be residing in the UK".
First thing that jumps to mind, is that if you don't even know whether there are 500k or 1m, then arranging to deport them might be quite tricky.
All our bloody politicians seem obsessed with copying America with its Trumpism and DOGE cuts. It is such a cultural cringe, as if we have no history and culture of our own. Can't they at least wait to see if it's as obvious car crash as it seems?
At least Ed Davey is willing to call out this crap.
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So how many have actually left ?
Take your heart off your sleeve and put it inside where it belongs.
I think you’d see sanctions lifted quite rapidly in such circumstances.
Reparations would become a legal issue, discussed over decades. Note that Germany is still discussing stuff from WWII.
You're not going to sway him with argument.
Regurgitating Twatter blended with AI output is all the rage.
You may live an all or nothing life with no compromise, but that's your problem, a big one which you are obviously having trouble with. I wish you luck for the future.
He didn’t claim the Post Office didn’t exist, that the scandal was all down to Diane Abbott’s son (in conjunction with with government of Albania), or that it was a problem with immigrants.
The narcissism, the arrogance, the permanent chippiness (the Welsh outsider versus the brash New York realtor), and of course the womanizing. Tick tick tick. And two leaders of world hegemons in decline
Plus, didn't Lloyd George dally with Fascism towards the end? I believe he did
VG, 9/10, have a gold star
Davey has no reason to be be proud of his role in it, but marginally less than most to be ashamed of since he did at least meet up with Alan Bates, even if nothing came of it.
Not meeting
Or meeting listening then ignoring
The former at least have the defence of ignorance I guess and no dont support them either Davey knew the issues and did nothing despite it though
But - he was not stupid. And nor did he get where he did by his father's efforts.
Also, having changed his mind following earlier praise for Hitler, he was an opponent of appeasement from 1937 onwards (whether that was because of a revelation about Hitler or merely a desire to annoy Neville Chamberlain is another question).
All the Ministers responsible come out of it badly, with one odd exception - Norman Lamb. He actually engaged but was in post too briefly to move matters forward much.
The litigation tracker is here, with 135 lawsuits, so it's still running at about 3 per working day.
https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
I'm not sure what to search on for this particular offence.
Which is worthy of respect, even if it's a stance which provides no solutions at all to the problems of government.
But clear incompetence from a leading team.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/23/ferrari-error-lewis-hamilton-charles-leclerc-disqualified-chinese-gp-f1
...The skid block on the floor of Hamilton’s car was deemed to have been 0.5mm below the limit, and Leclerc’s car was 1kg below the minimum weight requirement. Both drivers and team representatives were summoned to the stewards and afterwards the Formula One governing body, the FIA, confirmed Ferrari had admitted culpability. “The team acknowledged that there were no mitigating circumstances and that it was a genuine error,” its findings read...
In 1940 and 41 Churchill was crawling on his belly to get help from the USA and pull them officially into the war, the country being functionally bankrupt because they had already had the gold and the portable assets, and the audit showed there wasn't anything else.
Starmer is having to crawl to try and keep the USA engaged, and prevent them walking away in a more damaging way than can be avoided.
It's a tough situation for Kemi (and one that any LOTO would be facing after the 2024 election result) in that the public have sent them into Opposition precisely because they had quite enough of their antics from 2019 to 2024 and they don't want to hear any more from them.
The will change over time and eventually the public will tune back in to Con but it's going to be a long, slow grind for Con to earn the right to be heard again.
And if the Dems have any sense they'll taunt Musk about his powerlessness.
Musk needs to be publicly humiliated about his failure.
https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1903778775994646866?s=61&t=LYVEHh2mqFy1oUJAdCfe-Q
Not one of his all time masterpieces, but Ridley S is about eight trillion years old, and in that context, chapeau
What surprises me is the wider discipline of the cabinet to tolerate this approach to Trump.
I have, however, hung out a fair bit with his circle and once went with Ridley's son to their offices in Soho when we were all drunk, and I got to wear the actual; gladiator helmet used in Gladiator, as I necked insanely expensive wine
Two all time top 100 movies: Alien and Blade Runner. Possibly Top 20
Gladiator might also make that list
Plus
The Duellists
Thelma and Louise
Black Hawk Down
The Martian
I really enjoyed Napoleon, as well
In the list of all time movie directors, he must himself be in the top 10, up there with the likes of Scorsese and Spielberg
@BarackObama
I know it can feel like a different era sometimes. But fifteen years ago, I signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Now nearly 50 million people have received health care through the ACA.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the Affordable Care Act is a reminder that change is possible when we keep fighting for progress.
https://x.com/BarackObama/status/1903814793191903708
Main thing is that I have a reposition for the channel where I get to keep doing what I am doing whilst now openly attacking Muskolini. Its bound to trigger some people. Whatever.
1. You get the enormous satisfaction of creative work - using your imagination
2. You get to travel, probably for free, in high style
3. You work with lots of interesting people, of all kinds, you meet everyone
4. You get paid shedloads, if you're good
5. You get just the right amount of fame - respect and honour from clever people, but not so much fame it ruins your life - you can walk the street
6. You get to tup a choice of stunning young women, your actresses, in their early-mid 20s
7. And they come on to YOU
8. You can carry on into your 80s - as Ridley Scott shows
What a life. I can't think of a human endeavour more fun than that. And I speak as someone with a stupidly fun job - top movie director must be even better
Mrs Ken Dodd looking into the first of his hundreds of notebooks:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0kz8ps6
The whole programme: 100 minutes. On BBC 2 now.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0029csg
I like, prosaically, to start a creative endeavour knowing it will be finished. Perhaps it's just laziness.
But yes, that's rare. And unless you're in that absolute elite - Spielberg-land - then you are dependant on others. I remember learning with surprise that Clint Eastwood struggled to get Unforgiven made, for many years
And of course it turned out to be one of the best Westerns of all time
Sounds like nervous breakdown territory for some.
Douglas Carswell, My plan to get Britain back on track
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/411db5f531869295
(it's free to view)
Bill Kristol
@BillKristol
·
6h
92 years ago today:
The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act ("Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich"), giving the Chancellor, Adolf Hitler, the power to make and enforce laws. The Center Party votes Yes, providing decisive support. Social Democrats are in opposition.
https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1903825685984195032
MAGA is hillbilly ISIS
Which means all of the Orders in Council he imagines would be used must be written during the election campaign itself.
Which means they will leak / be published.
Which means the reaction from the public will be akin to Rupert Mannion: "Thats Fucking Mental"
He want to deport the "estimated 500,000 to 1 million illegal immigrants believed to be residing in the UK".
First thing that jumps to mind, is that if you don't even know whether there are 500k or 1m, then arranging to deport them might be quite tricky.
At least Ed Davey is willing to call out this crap.
Amongst the hackneyed clichés in Carswell's rant was this string of bollocks:
"Our history, once a source of pride, is being rewritten. The country that produced Shakespeare, Newton, Brunell and Austen is not allowed any claim to exceptionalism, other than exceptional wickedness. Young people in Britain, a nation that led the fight to abolish to slave trade, are taught we were its chief practitioners."
The fuckwit can't even spell Brunel correctly. 2/10, go to the back of the class.