With the exception of Brown and Blair, Starmer is without a shadow of a doubt the most despised PM on Politicalbetting.com
I think Boris was probably our favourite.
Again, hardly.
Boris was despised on here. Can't think many who had him preferred at the time. HYUFD and myself, not many others. And even I was calling for his exit by the end.
If it were up to PB Tories, we'd have had Hunt instead.
You’re absolutely right. Boris was loathed here by the vast majority.
Not during peak Covid he wasn't. Brexit, Covid, Ukraine? "He got all the big calls right" as I recall
I wouldn't say he "got all the big calls right". He didn't. However, compared to all the other available politicians at the time, during Covid, Boris's calls were far better, as was observable at the time, and even more obvious in hindsight.
Starmer, in particular, alway wanted bigger, longer, harder lockdowns, regardless of the availabile evidence. He made a fuss about us single dosing the vulnerable with the first vaccines, despite it being the obvious option to maximise protection with the availabile resources. His behaviour over Covid should have been sufficient to permanently bar him from any political office - we are incredibly fortunate he wasn't Prime Minister when Covid hit. It's just unfortunate that a) post Covid the Tories were particularly useful and b) the public has a very short memory.
All the politicians were useless, as someone who didn't mask, socially distance or get vaccinated..but that's a deeply minority view on here I suppose...🧐
The Israeli attack on Iran looks increasingly audacious and clever. They’ve taken out half of Iran’s leadership. They’ve paralysed Tehran
Unbelievable stuff
“Similar patterns to the Hezbollah attack. This will likely be revealed as one of the largest operations in modern history. Well-protected sites, top regime officials and key scientists are being targeted. The culmination of decades of Israeli intelligence work inside Iran.”
Mossad agents smuggled weapons into Iran and destroyed Iran’s missile capability from within. So now Iran is defenceless and Israel is pounding the nuclear sites. They won’t stop until it is all pulverised
In this instance I am entirely pro Israel. Go Jerusalem. I hope they take out the entire Iranian elite and the Iranian people are liberated
And yet the audacious and clever Israelis can’t employ a single talking head that might get the rest of the world that aren’t right wing lunatics to feel sympathy towards them. I’ll put that in their ‘things they are very bad at’ folder.
They really, really don't care.
Tell me if I've got this wrong.
Netanyahu knows he'll lose power the minute Israel isn't at war. The war with Gaza is 'petering' out, mainly because they've now murdered nearly everyone anyway. So he needs a new war to avoid facing the music. So he attacks Iran. That'll keep a nice long war going. Fuck Iran, and to be fair, fuck his own civilians and military who will also be murdered in the war. At least he keeps power.
Is it more complicated than that?
No, its less complicated than that.
Iran is seeking nuclear weapons. Iran can't be allowed to get nuclear weapons. Israel can deal with it. Nobody else wants to deal with it. Israel have dealt with it.
You don’t see any potential downsides to an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran that might equal the risks of Iran having a couple of bombs?
You’re not willing to consider the Iranian perspective (whether or not you agree with it) and why it may want the bomb, and think about ways the West could help it decide not to purse that route via peaceful negotiation?
Military action of all kinds is messy and painful, and civilians die. You try the other stuff first.
No, I absolutely do not.
That "other stuff" has been tried. The IAEA confirmed Iran is not meeting its obligations. It's had decades to do so.
At what point is enough enough for you?
If not now, then when?
If you can't provide a when, your objection isn't credible.
Are you concerned about a nasty country getting access to nukes?
Because that ship sailed back in 1949. Israel, Pakistan, Russia, the United States (currently - though TACO so I suppose we're actually alright) and both India and China aren't exactly the nicest of countries and all have access to nukes. (And let's not get started on the FRENCH!!!)
Don't get me wrong, I think Iran deserves what it gets, but as already alluded to, it's a shame that both sides can't both lose.
From a Western perspective, we really, really shouldn’t want Israel to lose, regardless of what we think of the actions of its present government (from my side; my view of Netanyahu is pretty much unprintable).
- Bitter - Lager (but only on sunny summer days) - Wine - Whisky (single malts) - Brandy
And, of course, not all of every category is acceptable. Blue Nun might be "wine", but it is no way an acceptable beverage.
Cocktails are almost always the sign of some kind of mental breakdown - with very few exceptions. An Aperol Spritz, if imbibed on a warm summer evening, ideally in the garden of a grand European hotel, might be acceptable. And I have been told that there occasions when a Negroni might permissable: if sat next to @Leon for example, and seeking oblivion in as short a time as possible.
Rubbish
The best drink in the world is what you, at that moment, want to drink.
Looking down on others choices is both ridiculous and pointless.
The only possible valid criticism is the effect of your drinking on others - “I’ve noticed after the fourth Dubonnet & tractor brake fluid that you start fights with everyone.”
Ha, I remember a thread here where people were looking down their nose at Hardys or Jacobs Creek. I used to enjoy them in the nineties.
I think there is a majority of people here, and this is not a complaint, who have a privileged life and enjoy decent stuff. But don’t look down on the rest of us.
I quite like teapigs tea. Not popular here !!
Soju is incredibly cheap in Korea. Less so here.
I’ve been paying a fiver for 360 ml at Hi-You. Is that expensive ?
- Bitter - Lager (but only on sunny summer days) - Wine - Whisky (single malts) - Brandy
And, of course, not all of every category is acceptable. Blue Nun might be "wine", but it is no way an acceptable beverage.
Cocktails are almost always the sign of some kind of mental breakdown - with very few exceptions. An Aperol Spritz, if imbibed on a warm summer evening, ideally in the garden of a grand European hotel, might be acceptable. And I have been told that there occasions when a Negroni might permissable: if sat next to @Leon for example, and seeking oblivion in as short a time as possible.
Rubbish
The best drink in the world is what you, at that moment, want to drink.
Looking down on others choices is both ridiculous and pointless.
The only possible valid criticism is the effect of your drinking on others - “I’ve noticed after the fourth Dubonnet & tractor brake fluid that you start fights with everyone.”
- Bitter - Lager (but only on sunny summer days) - Wine - Whisky (single malts) - Brandy
And, of course, not all of every category is acceptable. Blue Nun might be "wine", but it is no way an acceptable beverage.
Cocktails are almost always the sign of some kind of mental breakdown - with very few exceptions. An Aperol Spritz, if imbibed on a warm summer evening, ideally in the garden of a grand European hotel, might be acceptable. And I have been told that there occasions when a Negroni might permissable: if sat next to @Leon for example, and seeking oblivion in as short a time as possible.
Rubbish
The best drink in the world is what you, at that moment, want to drink.
Looking down on others choices is both ridiculous and pointless.
The only possible valid criticism is the effect of your drinking on others - “I’ve noticed after the fourth Dubonnet & tractor brake fluid that you start fights with everyone.”
Ha, I remember a thread here where people were looking down their nose at Hardys or Jacobs Creek. I used to enjoy them in the nineties.
I think there is a majority of people here, and this is not a complaint, who have a privileged life and enjoy decent stuff. But don’t look down on the rest of us.
I quite like teapigs tea. Not popular here !!
Soju is incredibly cheap in Korea. Less so here.
I’ve been paying a fiver for 360 ml at Hi-You. Is that expensive ?
Are you sure that Hi-You is not a Bond girl?
On topic, I'm slightly concerned about Frozen Margaritas.
That's the demographic that drank in All Bar Ones before they reached 40.
Edit:- Hmmm, seems like this claim has been made in the past and not been true.
One can't disagree that Mossad are an admirable and impressive killing machine. The film "Munich" demonstrates this. However some of their missions have been as malign as hell.
The Israeli attack on Iran looks increasingly audacious and clever. They’ve taken out half of Iran’s leadership. They’ve paralysed Tehran
Unbelievable stuff
“Similar patterns to the Hezbollah attack. This will likely be revealed as one of the largest operations in modern history. Well-protected sites, top regime officials and key scientists are being targeted. The culmination of decades of Israeli intelligence work inside Iran.”
Mossad agents smuggled weapons into Iran and destroyed Iran’s missile capability from within. So now Iran is defenceless and Israel is pounding the nuclear sites. They won’t stop until it is all pulverised
In this instance I am entirely pro Israel. Go Jerusalem. I hope they take out the entire Iranian elite and the Iranian people are liberated
And yet the audacious and clever Israelis can’t employ a single talking head that might get the rest of the world that aren’t right wing lunatics to feel sympathy towards them. I’ll put that in their ‘things they are very bad at’ folder.
They really, really don't care.
Tell me if I've got this wrong.
Netanyahu knows he'll lose power the minute Israel isn't at war. The war with Gaza is 'petering' out, mainly because they've now murdered nearly everyone anyway. So he needs a new war to avoid facing the music. So he attacks Iran. That'll keep a nice long war going. Fuck Iran, and to be fair, fuck his own civilians and military who will also be murdered in the war. At least he keeps power.
Is it more complicated than that?
No, its less complicated than that.
Iran is seeking nuclear weapons. Iran can't be allowed to get nuclear weapons. Israel can deal with it. Nobody else wants to deal with it. Israel have dealt with it.
You don’t see any potential downsides to an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran that might equal the risks of Iran having a couple of bombs?
You’re not willing to consider the Iranian perspective (whether or not you agree with it) and why it may want the bomb, and think about ways the West could help it decide not to purse that route via peaceful negotiation?
Military action of all kinds is messy and painful, and civilians die. You try the other stuff first.
No, I absolutely do not.
That "other stuff" has been tried. The IAEA confirmed Iran is not meeting its obligations. It's had decades to do so.
At what point is enough enough for you?
If not now, then when?
If you can't provide a when, your objection isn't credible.
Are you concerned about a nasty country getting access to nukes?
Because that ship sailed back in 1949. Israel, Pakistan, Russia, the United States (currently - though TACO so I suppose we're actually alright) and both India and China aren't exactly the nicest of countries and all have access to nukes. (And let's not get started on the FRENCH!!!)
Don't get me wrong, I think Iran deserves what it gets, but as already alluded to, it's a shame that both sides can't both lose.
From a Western perspective, we really, really shouldn’t want Israel to lose, regardless of what we think of the actions of its present government (from my side; my view of Netanyahu is pretty much unprintable).
How about a draw leading to regime change in both Israel and Iran?
- Bitter - Lager (but only on sunny summer days) - Wine - Whisky (single malts) - Brandy
And, of course, not all of every category is acceptable. Blue Nun might be "wine", but it is no way an acceptable beverage.
Cocktails are almost always the sign of some kind of mental breakdown - with very few exceptions. An Aperol Spritz, if imbibed on a warm summer evening, ideally in the garden of a grand European hotel, might be acceptable. And I have been told that there occasions when a Negroni might permissable: if sat next to @Leon for example, and seeking oblivion in as short a time as possible.
Rubbish
The best drink in the world is what you, at that moment, want to drink.
Looking down on others choices is both ridiculous and pointless.
The only possible valid criticism is the effect of your drinking on others - “I’ve noticed after the fourth Dubonnet & tractor brake fluid that you start fights with everyone.”
Ha, I remember a thread here where people were looking down their nose at Hardys or Jacobs Creek. I used to enjoy them in the nineties.
I think there is a majority of people here, and this is not a complaint, who have a privileged life and enjoy decent stuff. But don’t look down on the rest of us.
I quite like teapigs tea. Not popular here !!
Soju is incredibly cheap in Korea. Less so here.
I’ve been paying a fiver for 360 ml at Hi-You. Is that expensive ?
No, that sounds OK. In a Korean convenience store it's about 2000 won - about £1.10.
- Bitter - Lager (but only on sunny summer days) - Wine - Whisky (single malts) - Brandy
And, of course, not all of every category is acceptable. Blue Nun might be "wine", but it is no way an acceptable beverage.
Cocktails are almost always the sign of some kind of mental breakdown - with very few exceptions. An Aperol Spritz, if imbibed on a warm summer evening, ideally in the garden of a grand European hotel, might be acceptable. And I have been told that there occasions when a Negroni might permissable: if sat next to @Leon for example, and seeking oblivion in as short a time as possible.
Rubbish
The best drink in the world is what you, at that moment, want to drink.
Looking down on others choices is both ridiculous and pointless.
The only possible valid criticism is the effect of your drinking on others - “I’ve noticed after the fourth Dubonnet & tractor brake fluid that you start fights with everyone.”
Ha, I remember a thread here where people were looking down their nose at Hardys or Jacobs Creek. I used to enjoy them in the nineties.
I think there is a majority of people here, and this is not a complaint, who have a privileged life and enjoy decent stuff. But don’t look down on the rest of us.
I quite like teapigs tea. Not popular here !!
Soju is incredibly cheap in Korea. Less so here.
I’ve been paying a fiver for 360 ml at Hi-You. Is that expensive ?
Are you sure that Hi-You is not a Bond girl?
Imagine my surprise, and disappointment, when I turned up raring to go and found a supermarket selling dried noodles and Mooli.
With the exception of Brown and Blair, Starmer is without a shadow of a doubt the most despised PM on Politicalbetting.com
I think Boris was probably our favourite.
Again, hardly.
Boris was despised on here. Can't think many who had him preferred at the time. HYUFD and myself, not many others. And even I was calling for his exit by the end.
If it were up to PB Tories, we'd have had Hunt instead.
You’re absolutely right. Boris was loathed here by the vast majority.
Not during peak Covid he wasn't. Brexit, Covid, Ukraine? "He got all the big calls right" as I recall
I wouldn't say he "got all the big calls right". He didn't. However during Covid, compared to all the other available politicians at the time, Boris's calls were far better, as was observable at the time, and even more obvious in hindsight.
Starmer, in particular, alway wanted bigger, longer, harder lockdowns, regardless of the availabile evidence. He made a fuss about us single dosing the vulnerable with the first vaccines, despite it being the obvious option to maximise protection with the availabile resources. His behaviour over Covid should have been sufficient to permanently bar him from any political office - we are incredibly fortunate he wasn't Prime Minister when Covid hit. It's just unfortunate that a) post Covid the Tories were particularly useful and b) the public has a very short memory.
It's a view I suppose.
The Johnson fightback begins here.
Not really. He was a pretty poor Prime Minister - although most of the really stupid stuff he did was post Covid.
It's just that in Starmer we had a leader of the opposition who was actually worse.
With the exception of Brown and Blair, Starmer is without a shadow of a doubt the most despised PM on Politicalbetting.com
I think Boris was probably our favourite.
Again, hardly.
Boris was despised on here. Can't think many who had him preferred at the time. HYUFD and myself, not many others. And even I was calling for his exit by the end.
If it were up to PB Tories, we'd have had Hunt instead.
You’re absolutely right. Boris was loathed here by the vast majority.
Not during peak Covid he wasn't. Brexit, Covid, Ukraine? "He got all the big calls right" as I recall
Earlier today I had a glass of Brewbitz Lilt and Pineapple/coconut wine made from cartons of supermarket fruit juice. The worst job in homebrewing is bottling. But there’s always a bit left over.
With the exception of Brown and Blair, Starmer is without a shadow of a doubt the most despised PM on Politicalbetting.com
I think Boris was probably our favourite.
Again, hardly.
Boris was despised on here. Can't think many who had him preferred at the time. HYUFD and myself, not many others. And even I was calling for his exit by the end.
If it were up to PB Tories, we'd have had Hunt instead.
You’re absolutely right. Boris was loathed here by the vast majority.
Not during peak Covid he wasn't. Brexit, Covid, Ukraine? "He got all the big calls right" as I recall
He did.
There were still few of us willing to give him that credit where its due.
I broadly agree. And he is a liberal Tory, far more to my taste than the likes of Robert Jenrick. And he can be very funny.
But he's a lying toerag and it was his downfall. He's done.
Police have ended their investigation into ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his left-wing ally John McDonnell, it was revealed today.
The MPs were called for interview after a pro-Palestine rally in central London at the beginning of this year. But, speaking in the House of Commons on Friday, Mr McDonnell said Scotland Yard had now dropped the case.
With the exception of Brown and Blair, Starmer is without a shadow of a doubt the most despised PM on Politicalbetting.com
I think Boris was probably our favourite.
Again, hardly.
Boris was despised on here. Can't think many who had him preferred at the time. HYUFD and myself, not many others. And even I was calling for his exit by the end.
If it were up to PB Tories, we'd have had Hunt instead.
You’re absolutely right. Boris was loathed here by the vast majority.
Not during peak Covid he wasn't. Brexit, Covid, Ukraine? "He got all the big calls right" as I recall
I wouldn't say he "got all the big calls right". He didn't. However during Covid, compared to all the other available politicians at the time, Boris's calls were far better, as was observable at the time, and even more obvious in hindsight.
Starmer, in particular, alway wanted bigger, longer, harder lockdowns, regardless of the availabile evidence. He made a fuss about us single dosing the vulnerable with the first vaccines, despite it being the obvious option to maximise protection with the availabile resources. His behaviour over Covid should have been sufficient to permanently bar him from any political office - we are incredibly fortunate he wasn't Prime Minister when Covid hit. It's just unfortunate that a) post Covid the Tories were particularly useful and b) the public has a very short memory.
It's a view I suppose.
The Johnson fightback begins here.
"The Johnson fightback begins here." .. and ends here "."?
- Bitter - Lager (but only on sunny summer days) - Wine - Whisky (single malts) - Brandy
And, of course, not all of every category is acceptable. Blue Nun might be "wine", but it is no way an acceptable beverage.
Cocktails are almost always the sign of some kind of mental breakdown - with very few exceptions. An Aperol Spritz, if imbibed on a warm summer evening, ideally in the garden of a grand European hotel, might be acceptable. And I have been told that there occasions when a Negroni might permissable: if sat next to @Leon for example, and seeking oblivion in as short a time as possible.
Rubbish
The best drink in the world is what you, at that moment, want to drink.
Looking down on others choices is both ridiculous and pointless.
The only possible valid criticism is the effect of your drinking on others - “I’ve noticed after the fourth Dubonnet & tractor brake fluid that you start fights with everyone.”
Ha, I remember a thread here where people were looking down their nose at Hardys or Jacobs Creek. I used to enjoy them in the nineties.
I think there is a majority of people here, and this is not a complaint, who have a privileged life and enjoy decent stuff. But don’t look down on the rest of us.
I quite like teapigs tea. Not popular here !!
Soju is incredibly cheap in Korea. Less so here.
I’ve been paying a fiver for 360 ml at Hi-You. Is that expensive ?
No, that sounds OK. In a Korean convenience store it's about 2000 won - about £1.10.
The Israeli attack on Iran looks increasingly audacious and clever. They’ve taken out half of Iran’s leadership. They’ve paralysed Tehran
Unbelievable stuff
“Similar patterns to the Hezbollah attack. This will likely be revealed as one of the largest operations in modern history. Well-protected sites, top regime officials and key scientists are being targeted. The culmination of decades of Israeli intelligence work inside Iran.”
Mossad agents smuggled weapons into Iran and destroyed Iran’s missile capability from within. So now Iran is defenceless and Israel is pounding the nuclear sites. They won’t stop until it is all pulverised
In this instance I am entirely pro Israel. Go Jerusalem. I hope they take out the entire Iranian elite and the Iranian people are liberated
And yet the audacious and clever Israelis can’t employ a single talking head that might get the rest of the world that aren’t right wing lunatics to feel sympathy towards them. I’ll put that in their ‘things they are very bad at’ folder.
They really, really don't care.
Tell me if I've got this wrong.
Netanyahu knows he'll lose power the minute Israel isn't at war. The war with Gaza is 'petering' out, mainly because they've now murdered nearly everyone anyway. So he needs a new war to avoid facing the music. So he attacks Iran. That'll keep a nice long war going. Fuck Iran, and to be fair, fuck his own civilians and military who will also be murdered in the war. At least he keeps power.
Is it more complicated than that?
No, its less complicated than that.
Iran is seeking nuclear weapons. Iran can't be allowed to get nuclear weapons. Israel can deal with it. Nobody else wants to deal with it. Israel have dealt with it.
You don’t see any potential downsides to an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran that might equal the risks of Iran having a couple of bombs?
You’re not willing to consider the Iranian perspective (whether or not you agree with it) and why it may want the bomb, and think about ways the West could help it decide not to purse that route via peaceful negotiation?
Military action of all kinds is messy and painful, and civilians die. You try the other stuff first.
No, I absolutely do not.
That "other stuff" has been tried. The IAEA confirmed Iran is not meeting its obligations. It's had decades to do so.
At what point is enough enough for you?
If not now, then when?
If you can't provide a when, your objection isn't credible.
Are you concerned about a nasty country getting access to nukes?
Because that ship sailed back in 1949. Israel, Pakistan, Russia, the United States (currently - though TACO so I suppose we're actually alright) and both India and China aren't exactly the nicest of countries and all have access to nukes. (And let's not get started on the FRENCH!!!)
Don't get me wrong, I think Iran deserves what it gets, but as already alluded to, it's a shame that both sides can't both lose.
I'm concerned with a fanatical Islamist regime with a history of arming suicide bombers having access to nuclear weapons.
Gee, I wonder, why does Israel share those concerns?
With the exception of Brown and Blair, Starmer is without a shadow of a doubt the most despised PM on Politicalbetting.com
I think Boris was probably our favourite.
Again, hardly.
Boris was despised on here. Can't think many who had him preferred at the time. HYUFD and myself, not many others. And even I was calling for his exit by the end.
If it were up to PB Tories, we'd have had Hunt instead.
You’re absolutely right. Boris was loathed here by the vast majority.
Not during peak Covid he wasn't. Brexit, Covid, Ukraine? "He got all the big calls right" as I recall
He did.
There were still few of us willing to give him that credit where its due.
I broadly agree. And he is a liberal Tory, far more to my taste than the likes of Robert Jenrick. And he can be very funny.
But he's a lying toerag and it was his downfall. He's done.
The only way Johnson will ever return to frontline politics is if he bends the knee to Farage and performs a massive mea culpa on the immigration topic, IMHO. You could, if you squinted hard enough, see him as some kind of levelling up tsar or minister for fun.
The Tories, though in a mire, aren’t desperate to take him back, I’d warrant.
A GCHQ intern endangered national security, risked exposing 17 colleagues, and “threw away” thousands of hours of work when he took top secret data home, a court has heard.
Hasaan Arshad, 25, a Manchester University computer science student, was in “flagrant breach” of security rules when he used his mobile phone to remove material from a computer system and transfer it to his private computer on Aug 24 2022.
Arshad, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to an offence under the Computer Misuse Act, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. He also admitted two charges of making an indecent photograph of a child in relation to 40 category A images and four category B images found on his phone following his arrest.
The court was told that part of the hearing – including a detailed assessment of the harm caused – would be outlined behind closed doors.
Arshad was jailed for seven-and-a-half years at the Old Bailey on Friday.
The only way Johnson will ever return to frontline politics is if he bends the knee to Farage and performs a massive mea culpa on the immigration topic, IMHO. You could, if you squinted hard enough, see him as some kind of levelling up tsar or minister for fun.
The Tories, though in a mire, aren’t desperate to take him back, I’d warrant.
I think there's a path for him if he stood as an independent in a parliamentary seat. His chances of winning the seat would be small and going beyond that perhaps smaller, but by going that route he'd achieve something by way of a mandate. All very unlikely as I say. Otherwise I think he's done.
I used to live in Korea - Soju (from supermarket or CVS) was around £1 for 330ml. You could drink a bottle by yourself but the second bottle was a killer....
In social settings you had no idea how much you were drinking because small glasses continually topped up or dropped into beer...many a good and unmemorable night was had..
It's all happening in Higham Ferrers; it's nearly as good as the Andersons of Ashfield.
Slight Reform misstep, perhaps in the original selection/vetting process, in standing 3 Candidates in a 2 seat ward ('area'?), and the third Refuk candidate (who was the one that very recently went to China) took enough votes that the Cons won the second seat by 3 votes from the second RefUK candidate.
The third RefUK candidate Mark Haddon has the finest set of mutton chop whiskers since perhaps John Lennon, but more Victorian.
The Conservative who got in was Caroline Bone, who I think is the world famous former "Mrs Bone". The leader of the Conservative Group on North Northants Council is the loquacious Mr Bone, formerly of Westminster. And the future Mrs Bone is also a Councillor there. I think former familial relationships are cordial TBF.
The article links overstates the votes of Mrs Bone by 100, and comes with added mutton chops.
It's all happening in Higham Ferrers; it's nearly as good as the Andersons of Ashfield.
Slight Reform misstep, perhaps in the original selection/vetting process, in standing 3 Candidates in a 2 seat ward ('area'?), and the third Refuk candidate (who was the one that very recently went to China) took enough votes that the Cons won the second seat by 3 votes from the second RefUK candidate.
The third RefUK candidate Mark Haddon has the finest set of mutton chop whiskers since perhaps John Lennon, but more Victorian.
The Conservative who got in was Caroline Bone, who I think is the world famous former "Mrs Bone". The leader of the Conservative Group on North Northants Council is the loquacious Mr Bone, formerly of Westminster. And the future Mrs Bone is also a Councillor there. I think former familial relationships are cordial TBF.
The article links overstates the votes of Mrs Bone by 100, and comes with added mutton chops.
The Democrats have tried that “you’re very weird and petty, grow up” line already though, and although at the time I admit I thought it might resonate, it didn’t seem to.
The Democrats have tried that “you’re very weird and petty, grow up” line already though, and although at the time I admit I thought it might resonate, it didn’t seem to.
If you want to be President, the first job is to get nominated.
Newsom is held in contempt by at least half his party. This is an opportunity he's grasping rather well. While doing the right thing. Which is unusual for any politician.
Reform voters comfortably most likely to favour cider and lager is not much of a surprise, though their leading with Gin and Tonic readers more of a surprise.
LDs and Tories doing well with Pimms readers not too surprising, Kemi will hope the Tories leading with Aperol Spritz drinkers means she is making some progress with younger voters. Labour doing best with frozen margaritas is a reflection of their voter base now under north London Sir Keir, the days of beer and sandwiches as favoured by Wilson and the union leaders are long gone
Indicative data shows Albanians are 153x more likely to be convicted of a drug offence than Brits.
And that Eritreans are 20x more likely to be convicted of sex offences.
I am proposing a law change to force the release of the full facts about migrant crime & end the cover up.
If BobbyJ on the front bench is promoting it does that mean that Kemi is onside, and it is official Tory policy to release that data?
(It's more of that dodgy Telegraph rate data, ignoring actual amounts of crime.)
No it is just BobbyJ self promoting again with the aim of replacing Kemi as Tory leader by the end of next year by showing he can make waves in the media she can't. Even if Kemi probably largely agrees with him
A GCHQ intern endangered national security, risked exposing 17 colleagues, and “threw away” thousands of hours of work when he took top secret data home, a court has heard.
Hasaan Arshad, 25, a Manchester University computer science student, was in “flagrant breach” of security rules when he used his mobile phone to remove material from a computer system and transfer it to his private computer on Aug 24 2022.
Arshad, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to an offence under the Computer Misuse Act, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. He also admitted two charges of making an indecent photograph of a child in relation to 40 category A images and four category B images found on his phone following his arrest.
The court was told that part of the hearing – including a detailed assessment of the harm caused – would be outlined behind closed doors.
Arshad was jailed for seven-and-a-half years at the Old Bailey on Friday.
A jail term was inevitable but 7 and a half years seems a bit high given he didn't give any of this data to anyone else only stored it on his home computer and the images he made were not much greater in number than those Huw Edwards had. Plus he was autistic
Reform voters comfortably most likely to favour cider and lager is not much of a surprise, though their leading with Gin and Tonic readers more of a surprise.
LDs and Tories doing well with Pimms readers not too surprising, Kemi will hope the Tories leading with Aperol Spritz drinkers means she is making some progress with younger voters. Labour doing best with frozen margaritas is a reflection of their voter base now under north London Sir Keir, the days of beer and sandwiches as favoured by Wilson and the union leaders are long gone
Reform voters comfortably most likely to favour cider and lager is not much of a surprise, though their leading with Gin and Tonic readers more of a surprise.
LDs and Tories doing well with Pimms readers not too surprising, Kemi will hope the Tories leading with Aperol Spritz drinkers means she is making some progress with younger voters. Labour doing best with frozen margaritas is a reflection of their voter base now under north London Sir Keir, the days of beer and sandwiches as favoured by Wilson and the union leaders are long gone
Reform voters comfortably most likely to favour cider and lager is not much of a surprise, though their leading with Gin and Tonic readers more of a surprise.
LDs and Tories doing well with Pimms readers not too surprising, Kemi will hope the Tories leading with Aperol Spritz drinkers means she is making some progress with younger voters. Labour doing best with frozen margaritas is a reflection of their voter base now under north London Sir Keir, the days of beer and sandwiches as favoured by Wilson and the union leaders are long gone
Who's getting the vote from the hardcore milk drinkers?
Reform voters comfortably most likely to favour cider and lager is not much of a surprise, though their leading with Gin and Tonic readers more of a surprise.
LDs and Tories doing well with Pimms readers not too surprising, Kemi will hope the Tories leading with Aperol Spritz drinkers means she is making some progress with younger voters. Labour doing best with frozen margaritas is a reflection of their voter base now under north London Sir Keir, the days of beer and sandwiches as favoured by Wilson and the union leaders are long gone
Do you associate Aperol Spritz with young people?
I haven't a Scooby what it is. Why rose and no red nor white wine?
Reform voters comfortably most likely to favour cider and lager is not much of a surprise, though their leading with Gin and Tonic readers more of a surprise.
LDs and Tories doing well with Pimms readers not too surprising, Kemi will hope the Tories leading with Aperol Spritz drinkers means she is making some progress with younger voters. Labour doing best with frozen margaritas is a reflection of their voter base now under north London Sir Keir, the days of beer and sandwiches as favoured by Wilson and the union leaders are long gone
Who's getting the vote from the hardcore milk drinkers?
The Top of the Pops re-runs on BBC4 have just reached 1998 in case anyone's interested. Started with 1976 in 2011. Originally they played one show each week and then changed it to two each week in about 2016.
Of course the overall majority of people arriving illegally on small boats are men - but not “north of 90%” as Reform claimed.
On @bbcquestiontime I shared a story from my visit to the Border Security Command about a dinghy that arrived mostly carrying women, children and babies who had suffered horrific burns.
I’m happy to clarify this given how this is now being misrepresented.
Labour committed new funding this week to secure our borders while Reform have voted against giving our police the powers needed to smash the gangs fuelling this vile trade.
What bit of “The majority of people in these boats are women, children and babies” was anecdote? As opposed to a straight falsehood.
You really think anybody will buy this pathetic attempt to explain the unexplainable? You see to have caught a bad dose of ‘starmerlies’ syndrome. It’s rampaging through your party.
Reform voters comfortably most likely to favour cider and lager is not much of a surprise, though their leading with Gin and Tonic readers more of a surprise.
LDs and Tories doing well with Pimms readers not too surprising, Kemi will hope the Tories leading with Aperol Spritz drinkers means she is making some progress with younger voters. Labour doing best with frozen margaritas is a reflection of their voter base now under north London Sir Keir, the days of beer and sandwiches as favoured by Wilson and the union leaders are long gone
Do you associate Aperol Spritz with young people?
Certainly more than Pimms and lager
Pimms and lager? What kind of animal drinks a cocktail of Pimms and lager?
Reform voters comfortably most likely to favour cider and lager is not much of a surprise, though their leading with Gin and Tonic readers more of a surprise.
LDs and Tories doing well with Pimms readers not too surprising, Kemi will hope the Tories leading with Aperol Spritz drinkers means she is making some progress with younger voters. Labour doing best with frozen margaritas is a reflection of their voter base now under north London Sir Keir, the days of beer and sandwiches as favoured by Wilson and the union leaders are long gone
Do you associate Aperol Spritz with young people?
Certainly more than Pimms and lager
Neither Pimms nor Aperol are a young person's drink.
Lager is pretty universal, there'll be far more young men and women drinking lager than Aperol.
Reform voters comfortably most likely to favour cider and lager is not much of a surprise, though their leading with Gin and Tonic readers more of a surprise.
LDs and Tories doing well with Pimms readers not too surprising, Kemi will hope the Tories leading with Aperol Spritz drinkers means she is making some progress with younger voters. Labour doing best with frozen margaritas is a reflection of their voter base now under north London Sir Keir, the days of beer and sandwiches as favoured by Wilson and the union leaders are long gone
Do you associate Aperol Spritz with young people?
Certainly more than Pimms and lager
Neither Pimms nor Aperol are a young person's drink.
Lager is pretty universal, there'll be far more young men and women drinking lager than Aperol.
Reform voters comfortably most likely to favour cider and lager is not much of a surprise, though their leading with Gin and Tonic readers more of a surprise.
LDs and Tories doing well with Pimms readers not too surprising, Kemi will hope the Tories leading with Aperol Spritz drinkers means she is making some progress with younger voters. Labour doing best with frozen margaritas is a reflection of their voter base now under north London Sir Keir, the days of beer and sandwiches as favoured by Wilson and the union leaders are long gone
Do you associate Aperol Spritz with young people?
Certainly more than Pimms and lager
Neither Pimms nor Aperol are a young person's drink.
Lager is pretty universal, there'll be far more young men and women drinking lager than Aperol.
- Bitter - Lager (but only on sunny summer days) - Wine - Whisky (single malts) - Brandy
And, of course, not all of every category is acceptable. Blue Nun might be "wine", but it is no way an acceptable beverage.
Cocktails are almost always the sign of some kind of mental breakdown - with very few exceptions. An Aperol Spritz, if imbibed on a warm summer evening, ideally in the garden of a grand European hotel, might be acceptable. And I have been told that there occasions when a Negroni might permissable: if sat next to @Leon for example, and seeking oblivion in as short a time as possible.
Rubbish
The best drink in the world is what you, at that moment, want to drink.
Looking down on others choices is both ridiculous and pointless.
The only possible valid criticism is the effect of your drinking on others - “I’ve noticed after the fourth Dubonnet & tractor brake fluid that you start fights with everyone.”
I thought on PB we had standards...I would hope Blue Nun and Liebfraumilch drinkers were served with the ban hammer.
I adhere, rigorously, to one standard, with alcohol.
Only alcohol with 2 carbon atoms. One is bad. Three is right out.
Snobbery with alcohol is always bollocks. One PBer claimed that anything less than £500 a bottle for French wine was garbage. Well, the sommeliers will have seen him coming. And going. Without a chunk of his money.
Was just out rowing. Had a debrief on the pub. Table next to us, was a wall of bright young things on the house Pinot Grigio. I can hear the sneers from here. But they were happy. More power to their elbows…
Reform voters comfortably most likely to favour cider and lager is not much of a surprise, though their leading with Gin and Tonic readers more of a surprise.
LDs and Tories doing well with Pimms readers not too surprising, Kemi will hope the Tories leading with Aperol Spritz drinkers means she is making some progress with younger voters. Labour doing best with frozen margaritas is a reflection of their voter base now under north London Sir Keir, the days of beer and sandwiches as favoured by Wilson and the union leaders are long gone
Do you associate Aperol Spritz with young people?
Certainly more than Pimms and lager
Neither Pimms nor Aperol are a young person's drink.
Lager is pretty universal, there'll be far more young men and women drinking lager than Aperol.
In related terrorism news I’ve discovered a warren of tunnels under seemingly legitimate civilian sites, with the potential fatally to undermine the very roots of my field of culture. I have photographic evidence.
If I could I would send my special forces down there and smoke out every one of them.what do they think it is, Watership bloody down?
Reform voters comfortably most likely to favour cider and lager is not much of a surprise, though their leading with Gin and Tonic readers more of a surprise.
LDs and Tories doing well with Pimms readers not too surprising, Kemi will hope the Tories leading with Aperol Spritz drinkers means she is making some progress with younger voters. Labour doing best with frozen margaritas is a reflection of their voter base now under north London Sir Keir, the days of beer and sandwiches as favoured by Wilson and the union leaders are long gone
Do you associate Aperol Spritz with young people?
Certainly more than Pimms and lager
Neither Pimms nor Aperol are a young person's drink.
Lager is pretty universal, there'll be far more young men and women drinking lager than Aperol.
Percentage wise I doubt it
I think a far higher percentage of young people regularly drink lager over Aperol.
Bitter and ales are more older people drinks than lager.
Israel/Iran, tropes, myths and unanswered questions.
1. ''This will only make the Iranian citizens who are not fans of the regime support the Mullahs. '. Expecting your government to respond to external.threat is not suddenly supporting a regime you hate.
2. 'Iran has thousands of missiles'. They do but its not the missiles, its the launchers and the opportunity.
3 'Iran was planning a massive attack on Israel'. Or words ro that effect from the Israeli ambassador to the UN. Really, we're they? That needs some verification.
Unanswered questions
1. Are the Israelis overflying Iranian territory? Generally they haven't though they did flatten large parts of the Iranian AD system months ago. If they are, Iran's potential conventional counterstrike capacity might be seriously constrained
2. How long can israel maintain this tempo? What we saw in the 1st wave may well be an accurate assessment of Israel's single strike max commitment. The reported 200 aircraft involved weren't all launching at Iran. Running missions at that level further from home has a limit.
3. How much single max missile strike capacity has Iran? It will need to get that launched soon as its in danger of being degraded every day this goes on. The Iranian conventional strike tactic will rely heavily on overwhelming Israel missile defences so they need it out there, and exposed.
4. What are Irans missile targets? They have been careful not to go too much after non military targets in missiles strikes previously but things may necessitate a change to target infrastructure.
5. How much Iranian C4 is operational in an integrated manner?
6. Does Iran seek.to cause disruption in the Gulf? Bad idea but a likely course.
Indicative data shows Albanians are 153x more likely to be convicted of a drug offence than Brits.
And that Eritreans are 20x more likely to be convicted of sex offences.
I am proposing a law change to force the release of the full facts about migrant crime & end the cover up.
If BobbyJ on the front bench is promoting it does that mean that Kemi is onside, and it is official Tory policy to release that data?
(It's more of that dodgy Telegraph rate data, ignoring actual amounts of crime.)
Hold on a sec, since when has rate data been dodgy?
It's race baiting and I don't like it, but rate data is appropriately used all the time.
Thanks for the reply. I think here it is dodgy because it is misleading in the context he has put it, and because it is only part of what is needed for a fair opinion.
I agree that rate is used appropriately all the time. Here I think Jenrick is putting a misleading focus on a small proportion of all crime for his politics, which imo makes dodgy a good description. He is race-baiting, as you say.
Jenrick also ignores that the comparison is between Albanian men, but makes a comparison with the entire British population including iirc children, women, pensioners etc.
The Top of the Pops re-runs on BBC4 have just reached 1998 in case anyone's interested. Started with 1976 in 2011. Originally they played one show each week and then changed it to two each week in about 2016.
1998? Surely you would prefer the show from 1985 at 8pm, and 1984 at 8.30pm??
Israel/Iran, tropes, myths and unanswered questions.
1. ''This will only make the Iranian citizens who are not fans of the regime support the Mullahs. '. Expecting your government to respond to external.threat is not suddenly supporting a regime you hate.
2. 'Iran has thousands of missiles'. They do but its not the missiles, its the launchers and the opportunity.
3 'Iran was planning a massive attack on Israel'. Or words ro that effect from the Israeli ambassador to the UN. Really, we're they? That needs some verification.
Unanswered questions
1. Are the Israelis overflying Iranian territory? Generally they haven't though they did flatten large parts of the Iranian AD system months ago. If they are, Iran's potential conventional counterstrike capacity might be seriously constrained
2. How long can israel maintain this tempo? What we saw in the 1st wave may well be an accurate assessment of Israel's single strike max commitment. The reported 200 aircraft involved weren't all launching at Iran. Running missions at that level further from home has a limit.
3. How much single max missile strike capacity has Iran? It will need to get that launched soon as its in danger of being degraded every day this goes on. The Iranian conventional strike tactic will rely heavily on overwhelming Israel missile defences so they need it out there, and exposed.
4. What are Irans missile targets? They have been careful not to go too much after non military targets in missiles strikes previously but things may necessitate a change to target infrastructure.
5. How much Iranian C4 is operational in an integrated manner?
6. Does Iran seek.to cause disruption in the Gulf? Bad idea but a likely course.
As ever, thanks for that. I assume C4 refers to command, control, computers and comms? i.e. the military's capability to order, coordinate and manage strikes? If you've lost that, you may still be able to strike, but you'll do much less damage?
In related terrorism news I’ve discovered a warren of tunnels under seemingly legitimate civilian sites, with the potential fatally to undermine the very roots of my field of culture. I have photographic evidence.
If I could I would send my special forces down there and smoke out every one of them.what do they think it is, Watership bloody down?
With the exception of Brown and Blair, Starmer is without a shadow of a doubt the most despised PM on Politicalbetting.com
I think Boris was probably our favourite.
Again, hardly.
Boris was despised on here. Can't think many who had him preferred at the time. HYUFD and myself, not many others. And even I was calling for his exit by the end.
If it were up to PB Tories, we'd have had Hunt instead.
You’re absolutely right. Boris was loathed here by the vast majority.
Not during peak Covid he wasn't. Brexit, Covid, Ukraine? "He got all the big calls right" as I recall
I wouldn't say he "got all the big calls right". He didn't. However during Covid, compared to all the other available politicians at the time, Boris's calls were far better, as was observable at the time, and even more obvious in hindsight.
Starmer, in particular, alway wanted bigger, longer, harder lockdowns, regardless of the availabile evidence. He made a fuss about us single dosing the vulnerable with the first vaccines, despite it being the obvious option to maximise protection with the availabile resources. His behaviour over Covid should have been sufficient to permanently bar him from any political office - we are incredibly fortunate he wasn't Prime Minister when Covid hit. It's just unfortunate that a) post Covid the Tories were particularly useless and b) the public has a very short memory.
Who can forget ‘The Johnson Variant’ which was going to cause a summer of chaos in the NHS in 2021 unless Boris extended the lockdown?
Awful scaremongering
Lifting all restrictions at once is reckless - and doing so when the Johnson Variant is already out of control risks a summer of chaos.
Labour does not support the Government’s plan.
Boris Johnson’s incompetence will have deadly consequences for the British public.
RE: Dimona Israel has attacked nuclear facilities in Iran and no indication of disaster so striking Dimona is just as likely to damage not so scary things as scary things.
Second wave of ballistics launched from Iran Things could get very messy at the oil refineries over the weekend
Time to cripple Iran completely. Knock out all the oil facilities not just the nuclear ones. Starve the beast.
Only downside is I'm sure Saudi Arabia will be sobbing all the way to the bank if that happens. And Russia will benefit too.
That would very likely the support for regime change in Iran.
The Israelis have clearly had very significant help from inside the country.
If there is one thing Iranians will not change their regime for, it is because their regime has been attacked by Israel
Indeed, the famous rally to the flat effect, plus no oil to fill your car.
Rally the the flag only lasts as long as you're fighting and showing you're able to fight.
If there's one thing that's fatal to dictatorships its being shown to be weak and humiliated.
Not to mention a sizeable portion of Iranians despise the regime
Precisely.
Only fear and repression keeps them in charge.
Defeat could remove the first, and defang the second.
This sounds familiar from the neocons' Iraq ideas, though.
Iran may be different, but destroying everyone's infrastructure and access ti patrol is unlikely to help. Opposition to the regime is concentrated in areas like Tehran, where a lot key infrastructure also happens to be.
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Edit:- Hmmm, seems like this claim has been made in the past and not been true.
Mugged off.
Wasn't her favourite Dubonnet & Gin?
And HMQ gave them a Royal Warrant.
On topic, I'm slightly concerned about Frozen Margaritas.
That's the demographic that drank in All Bar Ones before they reached 40.
In a Korean convenience store it's about 2000 won - about £1.10.
It's just that in Starmer we had a leader of the opposition who was actually worse.
Earlier today I had a glass of Brewbitz Lilt and Pineapple/coconut wine made from cartons of supermarket fruit juice. The worst job in homebrewing is bottling. But there’s always a bit left over.
But he's a lying toerag and it was his downfall. He's done.
The MPs were called for interview after a pro-Palestine rally in central London at the beginning of this year. But, speaking in the House of Commons on Friday, Mr McDonnell said Scotland Yard had now dropped the case.
Gee, I wonder, why does Israel share those concerns?
Iran absolutely deserves what it gets here.
The Tories, though in a mire, aren’t desperate to take him back, I’d warrant.
Hasaan Arshad, 25, a Manchester University computer science student, was in “flagrant breach” of security rules when he used his mobile phone to remove material from a computer system and transfer it to his private computer on Aug 24 2022.
Arshad, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to an offence under the Computer Misuse Act, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. He also admitted two charges of making an indecent photograph of a child in relation to 40 category A images and four category B images found on his phone following his arrest.
The court was told that part of the hearing – including a detailed assessment of the harm caused – would be outlined behind closed doors.
Arshad was jailed for seven-and-a-half years at the Old Bailey on Friday.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/13/gchq-intern-stole-data-risked-lives-agents/
In social settings you had no idea how much you were drinking because small glasses continually topped up or dropped into beer...many a good and unmemorable night was had..
But f***ing horrible stuff....
With at least twenty seasons.
https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1933572857805877694
Slight Reform misstep, perhaps in the original selection/vetting process, in standing 3 Candidates in a 2 seat ward ('area'?), and the third Refuk candidate (who was the one that very recently went to China) took enough votes that the Cons won the second seat by 3 votes from the second RefUK candidate.
The third RefUK candidate Mark Haddon has the finest set of mutton chop whiskers since perhaps John Lennon, but more Victorian.
The Conservative who got in was Caroline Bone, who I think is the world famous former "Mrs Bone". The leader of the Conservative Group on North Northants Council is the loquacious Mr Bone, formerly of Westminster. And the future Mrs Bone is also a Councillor there. I think former familial relationships are cordial TBF.
The article links overstates the votes of Mrs Bone by 100, and comes with added mutton chops.
https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/delight-as-winners-announced-in-delayed-higham-ferrers-north-northants-council-ward-election-5176286
https://x.com/robertjenrick/status/1933419806608298463
Indicative data shows Albanians are 153x more likely to be convicted of a drug offence than Brits.
And that Eritreans are 20x more likely to be convicted of sex offences.
I am proposing a law change to force the release of the full facts about migrant crime & end the cover up.
(It's more of that dodgy Telegraph rate data, ignoring actual amounts of crime.)
https://x.com/osinttechnical/status/1933589064915296304
Newsom is held in contempt by at least half his party. This is an opportunity he's grasping rather well.
While doing the right thing. Which is unusual for any politician.
It's race baiting and I don't like it, but rate data is appropriately used all the time.
LDs and Tories doing well with Pimms readers not too surprising, Kemi will hope the Tories leading with Aperol Spritz drinkers means she is making some progress with younger voters. Labour doing best with frozen margaritas is a reflection of their voter base now under north London Sir Keir, the days of beer and sandwiches as favoured by Wilson and the union leaders are long gone
Things could get very messy at the oil refineries over the weekend
I hear Putin has been trying to urge restraint.
Why rose and no red nor white wine?
https://x.com/darrenpjones/status/1933560181046026622
Of course the overall majority of people arriving illegally on small boats are men - but not “north of 90%” as Reform claimed.
On @bbcquestiontime I shared a story from my visit to the Border Security Command about a dinghy that arrived mostly carrying women, children and babies who had suffered horrific burns.
I’m happy to clarify this given how this is now being misrepresented.
Labour committed new funding this week to secure our borders while Reform have voted against giving our police the powers needed to smash the gangs fuelling this vile trade.
Andrew Neil's response:
https://x.com/afneil/status/1933585966356185334
What bit of “The majority of people in these boats are women, children and babies” was anecdote? As opposed to a straight falsehood.
You really think anybody will buy this pathetic attempt to explain the unexplainable? You see to have caught a bad dose of ‘starmerlies’ syndrome. It’s rampaging through your party.
Lager is pretty universal, there'll be far more young men and women drinking lager than Aperol.
Irony smelted to oblivion.
Only downside is I'm sure Saudi Arabia will be sobbing all the way to the bank if that happens. And Russia will benefit too.
Oh dear, how sad, nevermind.
Doesn't that cause a 1970s oil inflation spike?
Only alcohol with 2 carbon atoms. One is bad. Three is right out.
Snobbery with alcohol is always bollocks. One PBer claimed that anything less than £500 a bottle for French wine was garbage. Well, the sommeliers will have seen him coming. And going. Without a chunk of his money.
Was just out rowing. Had a debrief on the pub. Table next to us, was a wall of bright young things on the house Pinot Grigio. I can hear the sneers from here. But they were happy. More power to their elbows…
regime change in Iran.
The Israelis have clearly had very significant help from inside the country.
Difference is Israel has the firepower to do it.
If I could I would send my special forces down there and smoke out every one of them.what do they think it is, Watership bloody down?
Bitter and ales are more older people drinks than lager.
1. ''This will only make the Iranian citizens who are not fans of the regime support the Mullahs. '. Expecting your government to respond to external.threat is not suddenly supporting a regime you hate.
2. 'Iran has thousands of missiles'. They do but its not the missiles, its the launchers and the opportunity.
3 'Iran was planning a massive attack on Israel'. Or words ro that effect from the Israeli ambassador to the UN. Really, we're they? That needs some verification.
Unanswered questions
1. Are the Israelis overflying Iranian territory? Generally they haven't though they did flatten large parts of the Iranian AD system months ago. If they are, Iran's potential conventional counterstrike capacity might be seriously constrained
2. How long can israel maintain this tempo? What we saw in the 1st wave may well be an accurate assessment of Israel's single strike max commitment. The reported 200 aircraft involved weren't all launching at Iran. Running missions at that level further from home has a limit.
3. How much single max missile strike capacity has Iran? It will need to get that launched soon as its in danger of being degraded every day this goes on. The Iranian conventional strike tactic will rely heavily on overwhelming Israel missile defences so they need it out there, and exposed.
4. What are Irans missile targets? They have been careful not to go too much after non military targets in missiles strikes previously but things may necessitate a change to target infrastructure.
5. How much Iranian C4 is operational in an integrated manner?
6. Does Iran seek.to cause disruption in the Gulf? Bad idea but a likely course.
I agree that rate is used appropriately all the time. Here I think Jenrick is putting a misleading focus on a small proportion of all crime for his politics, which imo makes dodgy a good description. He is race-baiting, as you say.
Jenrick also ignores that the comparison is between Albanian men, but makes a comparison with the entire British population including iirc children, women, pensioners etc.
Here's the article it comes from. At least the Telegraph adds much more context.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/10/foreigners-commit-up-to-quarter-of-sex-crimes/
(I don't post archive links any more, at TSE request.)
If there's one thing that's fatal to dictatorships its being shown to be weak and humiliated.
https://detaupeur.com/notre-gamme/
Awful scaremongering
Lifting all restrictions at once is reckless - and doing so when the Johnson Variant is already out of control risks a summer of chaos.
Labour does not support the Government’s plan.
Boris Johnson’s incompetence will have deadly consequences for the British public.
https://x.com/keir_starmer/status/1417103159047118849?s=46&t=CW4pL-mMpTqsJXCdjW0Z6Q
https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/1933599092615049651?s=61
Only fear and repression keeps them in charge.
Defeat could remove the first, and defang the second.
The world holds its breath as full scale Israel- Iran war is actually happening
Goodness knows where this is going but it is a very dangerous moment
Good riddance if so.
All of the sane Iranians who could fled when the Mullahs took control
Israel has just done them, and the rest of the civilised world, a huge favour
Iran may be different, but destroying everyone's infrastructure and access ti patrol is unlikely to help. Opposition to the regime is concentrated in areas like Tehran, where a lot key infrastructure also happens to be.