Isn't Leominster the location of his Wife's family's mansion?
For those who don't remember, during the Covid pandemic he decided to ignore lockdown and travel between his various homes.
More amusingly, he criticised the Reform candidate at the last election for living in Gedling, just outside the Newark constituency.
He is an utter scumbag.
'He is an utter scumbag', perhaps he might be ruthless enough to win a general election then? Certainly general election winners are by no means all Saints.
It is however comparatively unusual for them to be utter scumbags. Blair, who hid it well, Wilson, who was slightly fortunate in his timing, Lloyd George due to unusual circumstances and perhaps Churchill, by a whisker.*
After that I'm actually struggling. Most Prime Ministers are of course as you say, not saints but that's different from being genuinely dreadful human beings in the way Jenrick is. Such people tend to rather put voters off.
*Autocorrect changed that to 'by a whiskey,' which still worked but wasn't what I meant.
I am sure Boris will be delighted he is not in your 'utter scumbag' category
I don’t think he has the patience or energy to be a genuine scumbag. He’s just an unpleasant buffoon.
I’m intrigued that you think he is an ‘utter scumbag’ though. Damascene conversion?
No I don't think that, 'unpleasant buffoon' is a relative complement for him coming from you
Indeed, it goes well with the other things I say about him, none of which are compliments.
Well, I put a tenner on England to win the test against India when we were 185-9. I got 7/2 and it's now 6/4 so I've got the value if not necessarily the result.
Mrs Stodge will enjoy a fish and chip supper if the England bowlers do their bit.
First hour is crucial. Two quick wickets and it could be over in a trice. No wicket before lunch and I think it’s game over. But could be enthralling. So muc( better than the fast food T20 rubbish.
Well, I put a tenner on England to win the test against India when we were 185-9. I got 7/2 and it's now 6/4 so I've got the value if not necessarily the result.
Mrs Stodge will enjoy a fish and chip supper if the England bowlers do their bit.
First hour is crucial. Two quick wickets and it could be over in a truce. No wicket before lunch and I think it’s game over. But could be enthralling. So muc( better than the fast food T20 rubbish.
Autocorrect really is having a bad evening. It's first made Hyufd muddle compliment and complement and now suggested England and India will negotiate terms.
Well, I put a tenner on England to win the test against India when we were 185-9. I got 7/2 and it's now 6/4 so I've got the value if not necessarily the result.
Mrs Stodge will enjoy a fish and chip supper if the England bowlers do their bit.
First hour is crucial. Two quick wickets and it could be over in a truce. No wicket before lunch and I think it’s game over. But could be enthralling. So muc( better than the fast food T20 rubbish.
Autocorrect really is having a bad evening. It's first made Hyufd muddle compliment and complement and now suggested England and India will negotiate terms.
The future is AI, as a certain knapper keeps (not) telling us.
Well, I put a tenner on England to win the test against India when we were 185-9. I got 7/2 and it's now 6/4 so I've got the value if not necessarily the result.
Mrs Stodge will enjoy a fish and chip supper if the England bowlers do their bit.
They seem terrible odds. I think Cricviz (whose model I don't trust when inplay) started with England only having if I remember correctly 15% chance of winning. Chasing down even large totals at Lords has been a common factor in the modern era.
That's why there are no poor bookmakers even as (I am told) the country's economy descends into the abyss. Still, I had a decent punting day on the horses yesterday and this is a diversion.
Couple of quiet weeks before the King George at Ascot and then Goodwood.
Well, I put a tenner on England to win the test against India when we were 185-9. I got 7/2 and it's now 6/4 so I've got the value if not necessarily the result.
Mrs Stodge will enjoy a fish and chip supper if the England bowlers do their bit.
First hour is crucial. Two quick wickets and it could be over in a truce. No wicket before lunch and I think it’s game over. But could be enthralling. So muc( better than the fast food T20 rubbish.
Autocorrect really is having a bad evening. It's first made Hyufd muddle compliment and complement and now suggested England and India will negotiate terms.
Don't tell Sir Foreign Asset that we're negotiating with India. We'll end up giving all the geegaws in the Tower back, and probably the Tower itself.
Well, I put a tenner on England to win the test against India when we were 185-9. I got 7/2 and it's now 6/4 so I've got the value if not necessarily the result.
Mrs Stodge will enjoy a fish and chip supper if the England bowlers do their bit.
First hour is crucial. Two quick wickets and it could be over in a truce. No wicket before lunch and I think it’s game over. But could be enthralling. So muc( better than the fast food T20 rubbish.
Autocorrect really is having a bad evening. It's first made Hyufd muddle compliment and complement and now suggested England and India will negotiate terms.
The future is AI, as a certain knapper keeps (not) telling us.
When my father first tried to use a very early spell check, it changed all references to Charolais bulls to 'cheerless bulls' and then when discussing the regulations for porcine movements surpassed itself by declaring that no piss would be allowed on site until it had been cleared by the inspector.
Dad found that very funny indeed. So did the rest of the committee he was writing the report for. But it put him off spellcheck and autocomplete for life.
Well, I put a tenner on England to win the test against India when we were 185-9. I got 7/2 and it's now 6/4 so I've got the value if not necessarily the result.
Mrs Stodge will enjoy a fish and chip supper if the England bowlers do their bit.
First hour is crucial. Two quick wickets and it could be over in a truce. No wicket before lunch and I think it’s game over. But could be enthralling. So muc( better than the fast food T20 rubbish.
Autocorrect really is having a bad evening. It's first made Hyufd muddle compliment and complement and now suggested England and India will negotiate terms.
Don't tell Sir Foreign Asset that we're negotiating with India. We'll end up giving all the geegaws in the Tower back, and probably the Tower itself.
More likely we'd lose by ten wickets, instead of the five it's going to be.
Well, I put a tenner on England to win the test against India when we were 185-9. I got 7/2 and it's now 6/4 so I've got the value if not necessarily the result.
Mrs Stodge will enjoy a fish and chip supper if the England bowlers do their bit.
First hour is crucial. Two quick wickets and it could be over in a truce. No wicket before lunch and I think it’s game over. But could be enthralling. So muc( better than the fast food T20 rubbish.
Autocorrect really is having a bad evening. It's first made Hyufd muddle compliment and complement and now suggested England and India will negotiate terms.
Don't tell Sir Foreign Asset that we're negotiating with India. We'll end up giving all the geegaws in the Tower back, and probably the Tower itself.
But we're glad to say, we're in the UK West Indian batsmen can bat all day
Isn't Leominster the location of his Wife's family's mansion?
For those who don't remember, during the Covid pandemic he decided to ignore lockdown and travel between his various homes.
More amusingly, he criticised the Reform candidate at the last election for living in Gedling, just outside the Newark constituency.
He is an utter scumbag.
Yes, he really is a hateful chancer. And that isn't the worst of it. The Desmond business should have seen his career both as a politician and a barrister under scrutiny. I suspect if you or I used our (imaginary) political office to save Richard Desmond £50million or thereabouts from a local authority tax bill we would be discussing the issue with plod.
For a tip of 1/5000th of the saving as well Not just corrupt but cheap, all to deprive the residents of tower hamlets of £50m that could have provided much needed facilities.
Well, I put a tenner on England to win the test against India when we were 185-9. I got 7/2 and it's now 6/4 so I've got the value if not necessarily the result.
Mrs Stodge will enjoy a fish and chip supper if the England bowlers do their bit.
When I speed-read 185-9 I thought "I'll take that".
Well, I put a tenner on England to win the test against India when we were 185-9. I got 7/2 and it's now 6/4 so I've got the value if not necessarily the result.
Mrs Stodge will enjoy a fish and chip supper if the England bowlers do their bit.
First hour is crucial. Two quick wickets and it could be over in a truce. No wicket before lunch and I think it’s game over. But could be enthralling. So muc( better than the fast food T20 rubbish.
Autocorrect really is having a bad evening. It's first made Hyufd muddle compliment and complement and now suggested England and India will negotiate terms.
The future is AI, as a certain knapper keeps (not) telling us.
Rather a depressing article in the Graun. Basically all the job applications these days are the same because AI. Or so it claims. No longer a measure of personal competence.
Isn't Leominster the location of his Wife's family's mansion?
For those who don't remember, during the Covid pandemic he decided to ignore lockdown and travel between his various homes.
More amusingly, he criticised the Reform candidate at the last election for living in Gedling, just outside the Newark constituency.
He is an utter scumbag.
'He is an utter scumbag', perhaps he might be ruthless enough to win a general election then? Certainly general election winners are by no means all Saints.
It is however comparatively unusual for them to be utter scumbags. Blair, who hid it well, Wilson, who was slightly fortunate in his timing, Lloyd George due to unusual circumstances and perhaps Churchill, by a whisker.*
After that I'm actually struggling. Most Prime Ministers are of course as you say, not saints but that's different from being genuinely dreadful human beings in the way Jenrick is. Such people tend to rather put voters off.
*Autocorrect changed that to 'by a whiskey,' which still worked but wasn't what I meant.
I am sure Boris will be delighted he is not in your 'utter scumbag' category
I don’t think he has the patience or energy to be a genuine scumbag. He’s just an unpleasant buffoon.
I’m intrigued that you think he is an ‘utter scumbag’ though. Damascene conversion?
No I don't think that, 'unpleasant buffoon' is a relative complement for him coming from you
Indeed, it goes well with the other things I say about him, none of which are compliments.
I'm sure that Mr J is immune to such remarks anyway.
I think that, in Test cricket, slow over rates should only be punished when the game is drawn
I really do believe that it would be absurd to have financial sanctions on either team in such an enthralling match as we're seeing, which is guaranteed to have a result
Well, I put a tenner on England to win the test against India when we were 185-9. I got 7/2 and it's now 6/4 so I've got the value if not necessarily the result.
Mrs Stodge will enjoy a fish and chip supper if the England bowlers do their bit.
First hour is crucial. Two quick wickets and it could be over in a truce. No wicket before lunch and I think it’s game over. But could be enthralling. So muc( better than the fast food T20 rubbish.
Autocorrect really is having a bad evening. It's first made Hyufd muddle compliment and complement and now suggested England and India will negotiate terms.
The future is AI, as a certain knapper keeps (not) telling us.
Rather a depressing article in the Graun. Basically all the job applications these days are the same because AI. Or so it claims. No longer a measure of personal competence.
Someone I worked with at a university many moons ago used to claim she marked coursework by throwing all the folders of work from the top of her stairs and the ones that landed furthest got a first.
I was rather appalled at the time about unprofessionalism but given what we read about AI and students maybe she was years ahead of her time.
Well, I put a tenner on England to win the test against India when we were 185-9. I got 7/2 and it's now 6/4 so I've got the value if not necessarily the result.
Mrs Stodge will enjoy a fish and chip supper if the England bowlers do their bit.
First hour is crucial. Two quick wickets and it could be over in a truce. No wicket before lunch and I think it’s game over. But could be enthralling. So muc( better than the fast food T20 rubbish.
Autocorrect really is having a bad evening. It's first made Hyufd muddle compliment and complement and now suggested England and India will negotiate terms.
The future is AI, as a certain knapper keeps (not) telling us.
Rather a depressing article in the Graun. Basically all the job applications these days are the same because AI. Or so it claims. No longer a measure of personal competence.
I was talking to some academics the other week and they said the kids get very stressed about a bad mark on any module now, because they have to upload their transcript of all their marks and they were saying that the AI does the initial filter and they are so worried that it will just reject them for that bad mark. How true the rejection is, I don't know, but the academics said they were fairly sure that yes the AI was being used to filter and if your CV was basically decent A-Levels, decent degree mark from a decent unis, you won't stand out at all to the AI and easy to keep getting filtered out (especially if your application keeps missing whatever magical terms the AI is looking for).
And of course its a two way street. Its easier than ever to use AI to bash out a letters / transcripts of why you want to join Acme Bolts, Nuts and Rivets Inc and so all these companies are getting 1000s of applications.
North Korea has supplied Russia with over 12 million artillery shells and 28,000 containers of weapons, according to a report by South Korean intelligence, cited by Yonhap News Agency.
To those wanting someone prepared to walk the walk, my nieces are nine and six. Unless they want to be doctors, dentists, engineers etc., I shall be telling them not to go to university.
Nice try but sorry - has to be your kids and in the here and now rather than many years hence.
Thanks for that. That there are no children at my end is part of my reasoning. Have a good evening.
I didn't mean to offend. Just the 2nd point then. It's years away at those ages.
Cookie, despite his excellent answer, also fails. It's only with his eldest child where it's a 'here and now' matter, and she is going to uni with his blessing.
I find this topic odd. Like, why do you doubt everyone's sincerity? I thought the left hate the grad tax? Yes, we agree!
Hang on, where am I impugning anybody's sincerity?
This is just an exercise to see if the view that uni is no longer worth it is evidenced by PBers steering their 16/17 year old children (or nieces and nephews) away from going.
That's all. There's no finger pointing or snark here. It's research.
Also wild is Trump threatening to make US coffee 50% more expensive in an attempt to stop Brazil prosecuting Bolsanaro for his attempted coup*.
Kevin Hassett completely bombs on ABC when pressed by Jon Karl to explain how Trump can possibly justify 50% tariffs on Brazil even though the country has a trade deficit with the US https://x.com/atrupar/status/1944414570090475689
*Literally Trump's rationale for the threatened tariff.
To those wanting someone prepared to walk the walk, my nieces are nine and six. Unless they want to be doctors, dentists, engineers etc., I shall be telling them not to go to university.
Nice try but sorry - has to be your kids and in the here and now rather than many years hence.
Thanks for that. That there are no children at my end is part of my reasoning. Have a good evening.
I didn't mean to offend. Just the 2nd point then. It's years away at those ages.
Cookie, despite his excellent answer, also fails. It's only with his eldest child where it's a 'here and now' matter, and she is going to uni with his blessing.
I find this topic odd. Like, why do you doubt everyone's sincerity? I thought the left hate the grad tax? Yes, we agree!
Hang on, where am I impugning anybody's sincerity?
This is just an exercise to see if the view that uni is no longer worth it is evidenced by PBers steering their 16/17 year old children (or nieces and nephews) away from going.
That's all. There's no finger pointing or snark here. It's research.
The more I think about it, the more I think the anger will be the reverse of what you and others have expressed. It won't be that the middle classes tell others not to go to uni (whilst telling their own kids to go), it will be that middle class parents will have the confidence to tell their kids to swerve uni. You've got to be quite gutsy to go against the orthodoxy and the anger will be that it's the working classes who are the mugs.
Also wild is Trump threatening to make US coffee 50% more expensive in an attempt to stop Brazil prosecuting Bolsanaro for his attempted coup*.
Kevin Hassett completely bombs on ABC when pressed by Jon Karl to explain how Trump can possibly justify 50% tariffs on Brazil even though the country has a trade deficit with the US https://x.com/atrupar/status/1944414570090475689
*Literally Trump's rationale for the threatened tariff.
They just obviously don't understand the new super complex tariff formula that definitely wasn't generated by ChatGPT....
To those wanting someone prepared to walk the walk, my nieces are nine and six. Unless they want to be doctors, dentists, engineers etc., I shall be telling them not to go to university.
Nice try but sorry - has to be your kids and in the here and now rather than many years hence.
Thanks for that. That there are no children at my end is part of my reasoning. Have a good evening.
I didn't mean to offend. Just the 2nd point then. It's years away at those ages.
Cookie, despite his excellent answer, also fails. It's only with his eldest child where it's a 'here and now' matter, and she is going to uni with his blessing.
I find this topic odd. Like, why do you doubt everyone's sincerity? I thought the left hate the grad tax? Yes, we agree!
Hang on, where am I impugning anybody's sincerity?
This is just an exercise to see if the view that uni is no longer worth it is evidenced by PBers steering their 16/17 year old children (or nieces and nephews) away from going.
That's all. There's no finger pointing or snark here. It's research.
The more I think about it, the more I think the anger will be the reverse of what you and others have expressed. It won't be that the middle classes tell others not to go to uni (whilst telling their own kids to go), it will be that middle class parents will have the confidence to tell their kids to swerve uni. You've got to be quite gutsy to go against the orthodoxy and the anger will be that it's the working classes who are the mugs.
Actually its already happening to some extent. Sharp elbowed middle class parents are pushing little Johnny towards the better Degree Apprenticeships that offer a good salary from fairly early on.
Also wild is Trump threatening to make US coffee 50% more expensive in an attempt to stop Brazil prosecuting Bolsanaro for his attempted coup*.
Kevin Hassett completely bombs on ABC when pressed by Jon Karl to explain how Trump can possibly justify 50% tariffs on Brazil even though the country has a trade deficit with the US https://x.com/atrupar/status/1944414570090475689
*Literally Trump's rationale for the threatened tariff.
They just obviously don't understand the new super complex tariff formula that definitely wasn't generated by ChatGPT....
"Prime minister Boris Johnson wants to build a giant roundabout under the Isle of Man, connecting England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, according to The Sunday Times"
"Prime minister Boris Johnson wants to build a giant roundabout under the Isle of Man, connecting England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, according to The Sunday Times"
Not totally sure, but I think its main proponent is no longer in a position to lobby for it
"Prime minister Boris Johnson wants to build a giant roundabout under the Isle of Man, connecting England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, according to The Sunday Times"
Yes.
Apparently his treatment for manic delusion is going as well as can be expected.
"Prime minister Boris Johnson wants to build a giant roundabout under the Isle of Man, connecting England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, according to The Sunday Times"
Boris is now otherwise engaged giving it large in Italian Nightclubs.
To those wanting someone prepared to walk the walk, my nieces are nine and six. Unless they want to be doctors, dentists, engineers etc., I shall be telling them not to go to university.
Nice try but sorry - has to be your kids and in the here and now rather than many years hence.
Thanks for that. That there are no children at my end is part of my reasoning. Have a good evening.
I didn't mean to offend. Just the 2nd point then. It's years away at those ages.
Cookie, despite his excellent answer, also fails. It's only with his eldest child where it's a 'here and now' matter, and she is going to uni with his blessing.
I wouldn't say I've failed, ony that I've not succeeded yet. My oldest is only 15, the other two younger. We'll see where we are in 3, 5 and 8 years' time.
Yes we will. Each will find their way, I'm sure, and your advice will be important in that.
What's worrying me slightly now is that you (and perhaps other PBers in a similar position) will be unduly influenced by the need to pass this test I'm setting.
I don't want that. So I'm not going to raise this again unless it's already the topic.
Diversity and inclusion experts can come to the UK on skilled work visas, The Telegraph can reveal. The Home Office has also safeguarded visa application routes for the vocations of poet and blogger on a list of protected occupations.
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on an immediate "leave of absence" after allegations of links to organised crimes were made against him.
To those wanting someone prepared to walk the walk, my nieces are nine and six. Unless they want to be doctors, dentists, engineers etc., I shall be telling them not to go to university.
Nice try but sorry - has to be your kids and in the here and now rather than many years hence.
Thanks for that. That there are no children at my end is part of my reasoning. Have a good evening.
I didn't mean to offend. Just the 2nd point then. It's years away at those ages.
Cookie, despite his excellent answer, also fails. It's only with his eldest child where it's a 'here and now' matter, and she is going to uni with his blessing.
I find this topic odd. Like, why do you doubt everyone's sincerity? I thought the left hate the grad tax? Yes, we agree!
Hang on, where am I impugning anybody's sincerity?
This is just an exercise to see if the view that uni is no longer worth it is evidenced by PBers steering their 16/17 year old children (or nieces and nephews) away from going.
That's all. There's no finger pointing or snark here. It's research.
The more I think about it, the more I think the anger will be the reverse of what you and others have expressed. It won't be that the middle classes tell others not to go to uni (whilst telling their own kids to go), it will be that middle class parents will have the confidence to tell their kids to swerve uni. You've got to be quite gutsy to go against the orthodoxy and the anger will be that it's the working classes who are the mugs.
I think not - but it's an interesting twist to contemplate. It is the working class who often feel the brunt of big societal changes.
Also wild is Trump threatening to make US coffee 50% more expensive in an attempt to stop Brazil prosecuting Bolsanaro for his attempted coup*.
Kevin Hassett completely bombs on ABC when pressed by Jon Karl to explain how Trump can possibly justify 50% tariffs on Brazil even though the country has a trade deficit with the US https://x.com/atrupar/status/1944414570090475689
*Literally Trump's rationale for the threatened tariff.
They just obviously don't understand the new super complex tariff formula that definitely wasn't generated by ChatGPT....
I have a horrible feeling they are using the free tier, and never changed the drop-down from gpt-3.5-turbo.
Also wild is Trump threatening to make US coffee 50% more expensive in an attempt to stop Brazil prosecuting Bolsanaro for his attempted coup*.
Kevin Hassett completely bombs on ABC when pressed by Jon Karl to explain how Trump can possibly justify 50% tariffs on Brazil even though the country has a trade deficit with the US https://x.com/atrupar/status/1944414570090475689
*Literally Trump's rationale for the threatened tariff.
They just obviously don't understand the new super complex tariff formula that definitely wasn't generated by ChatGPT....
I have a horrible feeling they are using the free tier, and never changed the drop-down from gpt-3.5-turbo.
Starmer tweetbot is still on GPT2. It can only write in very short sentences.
Having played chess at a young age, I know the transformational impact it can have on young people. That's why today we're allocating £1.5m to help identify, support, and elevate top-tier players who have the potential to compete at a global level.
Having played chess at a young age, I know the transformational impact it can have on young people. That's why today we're allocating £1.5m to help identify, support, and elevate top-tier players who have the potential to compete at a global level.
That Guardian article about AI tanking the graduate job market has an interesting comment from a recruitment consultant saying that the ability to read, write, and form an analysis without using the internet are now "elite skills." Wouldn't it be great if we had degree subjects that teach just that?
Perhaps the result of AI is that we lose our intelligence.
The owners of paper books will be king - they're the only people that can be even close to certain about facts.
I'm currently (and slowly) slinging out my books. Even the recycling centre has given up on the idea of saving them for reuse and resale and now just directs people to the cardboard skip.
But there is an interesting finding that AI makes programmers faster.
That Guardian article about AI tanking the graduate job market has an interesting comment from a recruitment consultant saying that the ability to read, write, and form an analysis without using the internet are now "elite skills." Wouldn't it be great if we had degree subjects that teach just that?
Perhaps the result of AI is that we lose our intelligence.
The owners of paper books will be king - they're the only people that can be even close to certain about facts.
I'm currently (and slowly) slinging out my books. Even the recycling centre has given up on the idea of saving them for reuse and resale and now just directs people to the cardboard skip.
But there is an interesting finding that AI makes programmers faster.
LOL. Scooped by rkrkrk with a different link to the same study.
Got any old linux/unix/C stuff?
Let me know if you have a wishlist. A complete (maybe) set of Stevens, for instance.
I still can’t part with mine. Koenighan and Ritchie? Horstmann, the Gang of Four. Loved them so much.
Lots ms tech that never quite worked. COM+, jeeze, my head. That got recycled.
Can we be revisionist about the Gang of Four? Design patterns and even OOP itself are questionable now. What are the useful parts of C++ for instance? C with namespaces!
MS flavour of the month technologies could be lucrative for consultants and contractors, one such assured me, provided they could identify which ones would be around long enough to be widely adopted but short-lived so newbies did not learn them.
That Guardian article about AI tanking the graduate job market has an interesting comment from a recruitment consultant saying that the ability to read, write, and form an analysis without using the internet are now "elite skills." Wouldn't it be great if we had degree subjects that teach just that?
Perhaps the result of AI is that we lose our intelligence.
The owners of paper books will be king - they're the only people that can be even close to certain about facts.
I'm currently (and slowly) slinging out my books. Even the recycling centre has given up on the idea of saving them for reuse and resale and now just directs people to the cardboard skip.
But there is an interesting finding that AI makes programmers faster.
LOL. Scooped by rkrkrk with a different link to the same study.
Got any old linux/unix/C stuff?
Let me know if you have a wishlist. A complete (maybe) set of Stevens, for instance.
I still can’t part with mine. Koenighan and Ritchie? Horstmann, the Gang of Four. Loved them so much.
Lots ms tech that never quite worked. COM+, jeeze, my head. That got recycled.
Can we be revisionist about the Gang of Four? Design patterns and even OOP itself are questionable now. What are the useful parts of C++ for instance? C with namespaces!
MS flavour of the month technologies could be lucrative for consultants and contractors, one such assured me, provided they could identify which ones would be around long enough to be widely adopted but short-lived so newbies did not learn them.
Some of us thought they were questionable then. Or worse. Sitting out faddish technologies has not enriched me, but there we are.
Trump gatecrashing the trophy presentation and staying there after the handover with the likes of Cole Palmer basically going what's he doing here very surreal.
Donald Trump has formally accepted an invitation from King Charles III to join him and Queen Camilla for an unprecedented second state visit, Buckingham Palace has said.
The US president will be accompanied by his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, for the trip - which is set to take place from 17 to 19 September - and will be hosted at Windsor Castle.
North Korea has supplied Russia with over 12 million artillery shells and 28,000 containers of weapons, according to a report by South Korean intelligence, cited by Yonhap News Agency.
A Palestinian woman has used the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to access medical treatment in Britain, despite Government objections.
The 69-year-old was allowed to enter the country to visit her daughter and receive private medical treatment for spinal and mental health conditions, after arguing that she had the right to a family life under article eight of the convention.
The decision was made by an immigration judge, who rejected the Government’s argument that it could open the floodgates to similar claims from other conflict zones.
The Home Office argued that it could lead to a “proliferation” of a “very large number” of applications for medical treatment in the UK from people living in Gaza and other war zones. It said this would “undermine” immigration controls and put pressure on stretched public services.
Well, I put a tenner on England to win the test against India when we were 185-9. I got 7/2 and it's now 6/4 so I've got the value if not necessarily the result.
Mrs Stodge will enjoy a fish and chip supper if the England bowlers do their bit.
First hour is crucial. Two quick wickets and it could be over in a truce. No wicket before lunch and I think it’s game over. But could be enthralling. So muc( better than the fast food T20 rubbish.
Autocorrect really is having a bad evening. It's first made Hyufd muddle compliment and complement and now suggested England and India will negotiate terms.
The future is AI, as a certain knapper keeps (not) telling us.
Rather a depressing article in the Graun. Basically all the job applications these days are the same because AI. Or so it claims. No longer a measure of personal competence.
Someone I worked with at a university many moons ago used to claim she marked coursework by throwing all the folders of work from the top of her stairs and the ones that landed furthest got a first.
I was rather appalled at the time about unprofessionalism but given what we read about AI and students maybe she was years ahead of her time.
When my mother was Head of Music at a grammar school she used to pay teenage Dura an impecunious amount to do her marking while she watched Coronation Street. I had no fucking idea what I was doing and generally just awarded marks based on neat presentation.
A Palestinian woman has used the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to access medical treatment in Britain, despite Government objections.
The 69-year-old was allowed to enter the country to visit her daughter and receive private medical treatment for spinal and mental health conditions, after arguing that she had the right to a family life under article eight of the convention.
The decision was made by an immigration judge, who rejected the Government’s argument that it could open the floodgates to similar claims from other conflict zones.
The Home Office argued that it could lead to a “proliferation” of a “very large number” of applications for medical treatment in the UK from people living in Gaza and other war zones. It said this would “undermine” immigration controls and put pressure on stretched public services.
A Palestinian woman has used the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to access medical treatment in Britain, despite Government objections.
The 69-year-old was allowed to enter the country to visit her daughter and receive private medical treatment for spinal and mental health conditions, after arguing that she had the right to a family life under article eight of the convention.
The decision was made by an immigration judge, who rejected the Government’s argument that it could open the floodgates to similar claims from other conflict zones.
The Home Office argued that it could lead to a “proliferation” of a “very large number” of applications for medical treatment in the UK from people living in Gaza and other war zones. It said this would “undermine” immigration controls and put pressure on stretched public services.
Paul Johnson saying the quiet bit out loud, people on £40-70k is where all the money is to get extra tax revenue and where the government will have to get it from. Also, if we could borrow at the rate German can, we would save £50bn a year, makes all dicking around with WFA and private school VAT in perspective.
The number of people hunting for jobs in Britain surged in June at the fastest rate since the height of the Covid pandemic, industry figures show, amid growing business fears over tax rises and the economic outlook.
In a survey of 400 UK recruitment and employment consultancies, the REC found that permanent placements had dropped at the fastest pace in 22 months, alongside weaker levels of pay growth and reports of redundancies and reduced appetite for staff.
Paul Johnson saying the quiet bit out loud, people on £40-70k is where all the money is to get extra tax revenue and where the government will have to get it from. Also, if we could borrow at the rate German can, we would save £50bn a year, makes all dicking around with WFA and private school VAT in perspective.
What is Musk's advantage in AI ? I'm not really seeing one - the first mover advantage of Tesla and SpaceX doesn't exist - and his venture is burning a billion dollars a month.
If you were a Tesla shareholder (I am not) would you vote for this ?
ELON MUSK ANNOUNCED THAT TESLA SHAREHOLDERS WILL VOTE ON WHETHER THE COMPANY SHOULD INVEST IN HIS AI VENTURE, XAI. || MUSK CLAIMS TESLA WOULD HAVE ALREADY INVESTED IF IT WERE SOLELY HIS DECISION, AS XAI REPORTEDLY SEEKS A $200 BILLION VALUATION. https://x.com/FirstSquawk/status/1944542730086170982
Isn't Leominster the location of his Wife's family's mansion?
For those who don't remember, during the Covid pandemic he decided to ignore lockdown and travel between his various homes.
More amusingly, he criticised the Reform candidate at the last election for living in Gedling, just outside the Newark constituency.
He is an utter scumbag.
'He is an utter scumbag', perhaps he might be ruthless enough to win a general election then? Certainly general election winners are by no means all Saints.
It is however comparatively unusual for them to be utter scumbags. Blair, who hid it well, Wilson, who was slightly fortunate in his timing, Lloyd George due to unusual circumstances and perhaps Churchill, by a whisker.*
After that I'm actually struggling. Most Prime Ministers are of course as you say, not saints but that's different from being genuinely dreadful human beings in the way Jenrick is. Such people tend to rather put voters off.
*Autocorrect changed that to 'by a whiskey,' which still worked but wasn't what I meant.
I am sure Boris will be delighted he is not in your 'utter scumbag' category
I don’t think he has the patience or energy to be a genuine scumbag. He’s just an unpleasant buffoon.
I’m intrigued that you think he is an ‘utter scumbag’ though. Damascene conversion?
No I don't think that, 'unpleasant buffoon' is a relative complement for him coming from you
If it helps, I'll go along with scumbag. Head and shoulders ahead of any Prime Minister until Farage or Jenrick.
He sold his soul and the nation to climb the greasy pole.
What is Musk's advantage in AI ? I'm not really seeing one - the first mover advantage of Tesla and SpaceX doesn't exist - and his venture is burning a billion dollars a month.
If you were a Tesla shareholder (I am not) would you vote for this ?
ELON MUSK ANNOUNCED THAT TESLA SHAREHOLDERS WILL VOTE ON WHETHER THE COMPANY SHOULD INVEST IN HIS AI VENTURE, XAI. || MUSK CLAIMS TESLA WOULD HAVE ALREADY INVESTED IF IT WERE SOLELY HIS DECISION, AS XAI REPORTEDLY SEEKS A $200 BILLION VALUATION. https://x.com/FirstSquawk/status/1944542730086170982
Buy a fan. They are cheap, don't use much energy, don't dry the air out, unlike aircon, .
Aircon via air sources heat pumps does not "dry the air out".
I recently bought one of those Ranvoo neck aircon gadgets. It is very effective at cooling the neck and therefore brain and body but like all aircon, it vents hot air, in this case onto my ears.
For £200, I'd not recommend it for that reason. Cheaper would be some sort of frozen tie-like material provided you do not wrap it all the way round and risk strangulation.
ASHPs are only of utility if the hot air is vented outside.
Yes and no. I mean yes, but this is for cooling the person, not the room, so the hot air only needs to be vented an inch or so away. However, in my case, this means warm ears. It is a shame because they are nice gadgets (perhaps a tad heavy). Conceptually, it is like cooling a CPU in a PC or laptop, or a fridge. Sure, heat is only transferred but for some purposes, that is enough.
What is going on at State ? What's the rationale (if any) behind firing so many of their highly experienced employees ? The "make it respond faster" reason is patent nonsense.
A close friend was one of the US diplomats expelled from Russia in 2017 in retaliation for US sanctions. He’s also one of the over 1300 laid off from the State Dept. on Friday.
The number of people hunting for jobs in Britain surged in June at the fastest rate since the height of the Covid pandemic, industry figures show, amid growing business fears over tax rises and the economic outlook.
In a survey of 400 UK recruitment and employment consultancies, the REC found that permanent placements had dropped at the fastest pace in 22 months, alongside weaker levels of pay growth and reports of redundancies and reduced appetite for staff.
You are like the Grim Reaper. Post after negative post about all the dreadful things this awful government is doing to the good people of Blighty. It is draining!
So here it is, you win. "Bring back Boris! Bring back Truss! Bring back Boris! Bring back Truss!" God they were good!
Let's rid ourselves of this shower and bring the A Team back. Bring back Boris, bring back Truss (and Kwarteng).
What is going on at State ? What's the rationale (if any) behind firing so many of their highly experienced employees ? The "make it respond faster" reason is patent nonsense.
A close friend was one of the US diplomats expelled from Russia in 2017 in retaliation for US sanctions. He’s also one of the over 1300 laid off from the State Dept. on Friday.
Energy secretary’s ‘radical truth-telling’ comes as Reform plans net zero bonfire and Tories also ditch targets
In what is planned to be an annual event, the energy security and net zero secretary will make a “state of the climate” address to the Commons setting out the findings of a new Met Office-led report that says the UK is already facing extreme weather and its effects.
What is going on at State ? What's the rationale (if any) behind firing so many of their highly experienced employees ? The "make it respond faster" reason is patent nonsense.
A close friend was one of the US diplomats expelled from Russia in 2017 in retaliation for US sanctions. He’s also one of the over 1300 laid off from the State Dept. on Friday.
He must be lying, as we all know there was no trouble between Russia and the US from 2017 to 2021. Trump said so.
I am on holiday and save for the dreadful SkyNews the only other English speaking channel is CNN. CNN are clearly bewildered after what happened last November. The anchors spend all day with talking heads attempting with little success to normalise the bizarre activities of the Trump "administration" (well it is no such thing it's just autocratic madness).
What is Musk's advantage in AI ? I'm not really seeing one - the first mover advantage of Tesla and SpaceX doesn't exist - and his venture is burning a billion dollars a month.
If you were a Tesla shareholder (I am not) would you vote for this ?
ELON MUSK ANNOUNCED THAT TESLA SHAREHOLDERS WILL VOTE ON WHETHER THE COMPANY SHOULD INVEST IN HIS AI VENTURE, XAI. || MUSK CLAIMS TESLA WOULD HAVE ALREADY INVESTED IF IT WERE SOLELY HIS DECISION, AS XAI REPORTEDLY SEEKS A $200 BILLION VALUATION. https://x.com/FirstSquawk/status/1944542730086170982
Energy secretary’s ‘radical truth-telling’ comes as Reform plans net zero bonfire and Tories also ditch targets
In what is planned to be an annual event, the energy security and net zero secretary will make a “state of the climate” address to the Commons setting out the findings of a new Met Office-led report that says the UK is already facing extreme weather and its effects.
What is Musk's advantage in AI ? I'm not really seeing one - the first mover advantage of Tesla and SpaceX doesn't exist - and his venture is burning a billion dollars a month.
If you were a Tesla shareholder (I am not) would you vote for this ?
ELON MUSK ANNOUNCED THAT TESLA SHAREHOLDERS WILL VOTE ON WHETHER THE COMPANY SHOULD INVEST IN HIS AI VENTURE, XAI. || MUSK CLAIMS TESLA WOULD HAVE ALREADY INVESTED IF IT WERE SOLELY HIS DECISION, AS XAI REPORTEDLY SEEKS A $200 BILLION VALUATION. https://x.com/FirstSquawk/status/1944542730086170982
What is going on at State ? What's the rationale (if any) behind firing so many of their highly experienced employees ? The "make it respond faster" reason is patent nonsense.
A close friend was one of the US diplomats expelled from Russia in 2017 in retaliation for US sanctions. He’s also one of the over 1300 laid off from the State Dept. on Friday.
He must be lying, as we all know there was no trouble between Russia and the US from 2017 to 2021. Trump said so.
I am on holiday and save for the dreadful SkyNews the only other English speaking channel is CNN. CNN are clearly bewildered after what happened last November. The anchors spend all day with talking heads attempting with little success to normalise the bizarre activities of the Trump "administration" (well it is no such thing it's just autocratic madness).
They really don't know what has hit them do they?
The flipside of "the libs" not being able to comprehend Trump, is MAGA being completely unaware their guy was best buds with Epstein
Energy secretary’s ‘radical truth-telling’ comes as Reform plans net zero bonfire and Tories also ditch targets
In what is planned to be an annual event, the energy security and net zero secretary will make a “state of the climate” address to the Commons setting out the findings of a new Met Office-led report that says the UK is already facing extreme weather and its effects.
What's next? A huge stone listing everything that's wrong with the climate?
Mad Ed apparently sees himself as a combination of Greta Thunberg and the American President. Pissing away billions we don't have on "climate aid" then this idiotic "State of the Climate Address".
Too bad Starmer seems to have bottled sacking him.
A Palestinian woman has used the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to access medical treatment in Britain, despite Government objections.
The 69-year-old was allowed to enter the country to visit her daughter and receive private medical treatment for spinal and mental health conditions, after arguing that she had the right to a family life under article eight of the convention.
The decision was made by an immigration judge, who rejected the Government’s argument that it could open the floodgates to similar claims from other conflict zones.
The Home Office argued that it could lead to a “proliferation” of a “very large number” of applications for medical treatment in the UK from people living in Gaza and other war zones. It said this would “undermine” immigration controls and put pressure on stretched public services.
If she’s paying (or someone else is paying) for her “private medical treatment”, and assuming she’s no drain on the public purse otherwise, that’s a net benefit to the economy, surely?
To those wanting someone prepared to walk the walk, my nieces are nine and six. Unless they want to be doctors, dentists, engineers etc., I shall be telling them not to go to university.
Nice try but sorry - has to be your kids and in the here and now rather than many years hence.
Thanks for that. That there are no children at my end is part of my reasoning. Have a good evening.
I didn't mean to offend. Just the 2nd point then. It's years away at those ages.
Cookie, despite his excellent answer, also fails. It's only with his eldest child where it's a 'here and now' matter, and she is going to uni with his blessing.
I find this topic odd. Like, why do you doubt everyone's sincerity? I thought the left hate the grad tax? Yes, we agree!
Hang on, where am I impugning anybody's sincerity?
This is just an exercise to see if the view that uni is no longer worth it is evidenced by PBers steering their 16/17 year old children (or nieces and nephews) away from going.
That's all. There's no finger pointing or snark here. It's research.
The more I think about it, the more I think the anger will be the reverse of what you and others have expressed. It won't be that the middle classes tell others not to go to uni (whilst telling their own kids to go), it will be that middle class parents will have the confidence to tell their kids to swerve uni. You've got to be quite gutsy to go against the orthodoxy and the anger will be that it's the working classes who are the mugs.
Actually its already happening to some extent. Sharp elbowed middle class parents are pushing little Johnny towards the better Degree Apprenticeships that offer a good salary from fairly early on.
I suspect degree apprenticeships are a decent way forward. Some of the university benefits with none of the debt.
I don't believe that is what the PB Russell Group elitists are driving at. Keep the remaining universities "clean" for Tarquin to get his law degree and pupillage whilst Chardonnay (who otherwise would have read for a media studies degree at Worcester) starts on the bin lorry NVQ straight after her A level exams
Rachel Reeves is set to introduce a “new Big Bang” by slashing regulation on financial services next week
She will tell banking bosses to “forget New York and Paris” and bring their staff to London or Leeds
I read that as indicating that she’s desperate for any sort of economic boost and has recently had her ear bent at some lush city dinner…
Or in the Treasury "What the UK economy needs is an inverted pyramid of securities all based on the mortgage repayments of a couple in Salford" or post Greensill an imaginary couple in an imaginary house. "The problem is regulators aren't capable of understanding sophisticated financial securities like these. Our auditors from (Big 4 accountants who've done a very incurious audit) have signed it all off"
What is going on at State ? What's the rationale (if any) behind firing so many of their highly experienced employees ? The "make it respond faster" reason is patent nonsense.
A close friend was one of the US diplomats expelled from Russia in 2017 in retaliation for US sanctions. He’s also one of the over 1300 laid off from the State Dept. on Friday.
He must be lying, as we all know there was no trouble between Russia and the US from 2017 to 2021. Trump said so.
I am on holiday and save for the dreadful SkyNews the only other English speaking channel is CNN. CNN are clearly bewildered after what happened last November. The anchors spend all day with talking heads attempting with little success to normalise the bizarre activities of the Trump "administration" (well it is no such thing it's just autocratic madness).
They really don't know what has hit them do they?
The flipside of "the libs" not being able to comprehend Trump, is MAGA being completely unaware their guy was best buds with Epstein
They are completely flummoxed
What list? Epstein, wasn't he the Manager of the Beatles and Bill Clinton's buddy back in the sixties?
What is Musk's advantage in AI ? I'm not really seeing one - the first mover advantage of Tesla and SpaceX doesn't exist - and his venture is burning a billion dollars a month.
If you were a Tesla shareholder (I am not) would you vote for this ?
ELON MUSK ANNOUNCED THAT TESLA SHAREHOLDERS WILL VOTE ON WHETHER THE COMPANY SHOULD INVEST IN HIS AI VENTURE, XAI. || MUSK CLAIMS TESLA WOULD HAVE ALREADY INVESTED IF IT WERE SOLELY HIS DECISION, AS XAI REPORTEDLY SEEKS A $200 BILLION VALUATION. https://x.com/FirstSquawk/status/1944542730086170982
(My bet is that there's a heck of a lot of corruption going on in the whole AI area. Like crypto, there are vast sums of money being 'invested' with little or no oversight.)
A Palestinian woman has used the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to access medical treatment in Britain, despite Government objections.
The 69-year-old was allowed to enter the country to visit her daughter and receive private medical treatment for spinal and mental health conditions, after arguing that she had the right to a family life under article eight of the convention.
The decision was made by an immigration judge, who rejected the Government’s argument that it could open the floodgates to similar claims from other conflict zones.
The Home Office argued that it could lead to a “proliferation” of a “very large number” of applications for medical treatment in the UK from people living in Gaza and other war zones. It said this would “undermine” immigration controls and put pressure on stretched public services.
If she’s paying (or someone else is paying) for her “private medical treatment”, and assuming she’s no drain on the public purse otherwise, that’s a net benefit to the economy, surely?
Yep. It's the Telegraph log rolling an anti ECHR agenda with essentially no real justification. Right wing propaganda.
What is Musk's advantage in AI ? I'm not really seeing one - the first mover advantage of Tesla and SpaceX doesn't exist - and his venture is burning a billion dollars a month.
If you were a Tesla shareholder (I am not) would you vote for this ?
ELON MUSK ANNOUNCED THAT TESLA SHAREHOLDERS WILL VOTE ON WHETHER THE COMPANY SHOULD INVEST IN HIS AI VENTURE, XAI. || MUSK CLAIMS TESLA WOULD HAVE ALREADY INVESTED IF IT WERE SOLELY HIS DECISION, AS XAI REPORTEDLY SEEKS A $200 BILLION VALUATION. https://x.com/FirstSquawk/status/1944542730086170982
(My bet is that there's a heck of a lot of corruption going on in the whole AI area. Like crypto, there are vast sums of money being 'invested' with little or no oversight.)
I only recently found out that Microsoft have been struggling to scale their AI compute for OpenAI, so OpenAI have been making a lot of use of a 3rd party company, who have pivoted from being crypto mining firm whose only client is Microsoft / OpenAI.
North Korea has supplied Russia with over 12 million artillery shells and 28,000 containers of weapons, according to a report by South Korean intelligence, cited by Yonhap News Agency.
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Couple of quiet weeks before the King George at Ascot and then Goodwood.
Dad found that very funny indeed. So did the rest of the committee he was writing the report for. But it put him off spellcheck and autocomplete for life.
Yay
West Indian batsmen can bat all day
Not just corrupt but cheap, all to deprive the residents of tower hamlets of £50m that could have provided much needed facilities.
Then I realised it was the score, not the odds.
Back to the drawing board.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/jul/13/student-debt-graduates-share-job-hunting-woes-ai-fallout
I really do believe that it would be absurd to have financial sanctions on either team in such an enthralling match as we're seeing, which is guaranteed to have a result
Metro
Politicians
'We do not trust any of you'
Least surprising comments by the public with serious loss of trust across the nation
NOTA winner
https://news.sky.com/story/fridays-national-newspaper-front-pages-12427754?postid=9876020#liveblog-body
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/13/glastonbury-england-silent-majority-politics
I was rather appalled at the time about unprofessionalism but given what we read about AI and students maybe she was years ahead of her time.
[Sam Leitch voice] They'll be rioting in the streets of Paris tonight!
And of course its a two way street. Its easier than ever to use AI to bash out a letters / transcripts of why you want to join Acme Bolts, Nuts and Rivets Inc and so all these companies are getting 1000s of applications.
North Korea has supplied Russia with over 12 million artillery shells and 28,000 containers of weapons, according to a report by South Korean intelligence, cited by Yonhap News Agency.
P.S: North Korea supplies Russia with up to 40% of all the munitions used against Ukraine, according to the head of Ukraine's Military Intelligence.
https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1944353539549004266
This is just an exercise to see if the view that uni is no longer worth it is evidenced by PBers steering their 16/17 year old children (or nieces and nephews) away from going.
That's all. There's no finger pointing or snark here. It's research.
Kevin Hassett completely bombs on ABC when pressed by Jon Karl to explain how Trump can possibly justify 50% tariffs on Brazil even though the country has a trade deficit with the US
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1944414570090475689
*Literally Trump's rationale for the threatened tariff.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt7908628/mediaviewer/rm3454559488/
(recommended)
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/boris-johnson-wants-to-build-roundabout-under-the-isle-of-man
"Prime minister Boris Johnson wants to build a giant roundabout under the Isle of Man, connecting England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, according to The Sunday Times"
Apparently his treatment for manic delusion is going as well as can be expected.
What's worrying me slightly now is that you (and perhaps other PBers in a similar position) will be unduly influenced by the need to pass this test I'm setting.
I don't want that. So I'm not going to raise this again unless it's already the topic.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/13/diversity-inclusion-experts-skilled-work-visas-poet-blogger/
Are bloggers still a thing? I imagine they might magically now be again.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8d6lzn733jo
Steve Bannon: Do you believe the DOJ and the FBI have any credibility left to pursue the Epstein case?
Guest: No. In 2016 we trusted the plan with Trump, but now Trump has become the deep state.*
https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1944241432195141732
*This is, of course, literally true, and unremarkable.
That's how it works when you become president.
What they all missed was that, once Trump was President, there's no way of making Trump do anything he doesn't want to do.
It's a bit surprising that so many allegedly smart people missed that detail.
She will tell banking bosses to “forget New York and Paris” and bring their staff to London or Leeds
Typically of HM Treasury, they've not noticed you can play chess on your phone for free these days.
Those who say YES - "Do you think Donald Trump was involved in crimes allegedly committed by Jeffrey Epstein?"
🟠 All: 40%
🔵 Democrats: 69%
⚪ Independents: 41%
🔴 Republicans: 7%
https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/1944469851046907993
Lots ms tech that never quite worked. COM+, jeeze, my head. That got recycled.
MS flavour of the month technologies could be lucrative for consultants and contractors, one such assured me, provided they could identify which ones would be around long enough to be widely adopted but short-lived so newbies did not learn them.
England to beat Wales 1/25
Sinner at Wimbledon Evens
Chelsea CWC 17/4
My favourite tech book:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Modem-Sourcebook-Andrew-Margolis-1995-10-12/dp/B01HC0SFDE/
Extraordinarily well-written.
The US president will be accompanied by his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, for the trip - which is set to take place from 17 to 19 September - and will be hosted at Windsor Castle.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g25ne7gw6o
Trump: "I am very disappointed with President Putin."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g25ne7gw6o
The 69-year-old was allowed to enter the country to visit her daughter and receive private medical treatment for spinal and mental health conditions, after arguing that she had the right to a family life under article eight of the convention.
The decision was made by an immigration judge, who rejected the Government’s argument that it could open the floodgates to similar claims from other conflict zones.
The Home Office argued that it could lead to a “proliferation” of a “very large number” of applications for medical treatment in the UK from people living in Gaza and other war zones. It said this would “undermine” immigration controls and put pressure on stretched public services.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/13/palestinian-uses-echr-to-come-to-uk/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWaTB5r8npQ
But worst than that f##king Prof Peston still doing his 5 minutes to ask a single question.
In a survey of 400 UK recruitment and employment consultancies, the REC found that permanent placements had dropped at the fastest pace in 22 months, alongside weaker levels of pay growth and reports of redundancies and reduced appetite for staff.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/14/job-hunters-uk-rise-june-fastest-covid-pandemic
Robert Peston, Oxford PPE.
I'm not really seeing one - the first mover advantage of Tesla and SpaceX doesn't exist - and his venture is burning a billion dollars a month.
If you were a Tesla shareholder (I am not) would you vote for this ?
ELON MUSK ANNOUNCED THAT TESLA SHAREHOLDERS WILL VOTE ON WHETHER THE COMPANY SHOULD INVEST IN HIS AI VENTURE, XAI. || MUSK CLAIMS TESLA WOULD HAVE ALREADY INVESTED IF IT WERE SOLELY HIS DECISION, AS XAI REPORTEDLY SEEKS A $200 BILLION VALUATION.
https://x.com/FirstSquawk/status/1944542730086170982
Is he getting short of cash ?
He sold his soul and the nation to climb the greasy pole.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/spacex-to-invest-2-billion-into-elon-musks-xai-413934de
They raised $10bn a month or so ago and already back to the well.
What's the rationale (if any) behind firing so many of their highly experienced employees ? The "make it respond faster" reason is patent nonsense.
A close friend was one of the US diplomats expelled from Russia in 2017 in retaliation for US sanctions. He’s also one of the over 1300 laid off from the State Dept. on Friday.
He told me, “Putin gave me five days to leave. Rubio gave me five hours.”
https://x.com/mattduss/status/1944466633667543453
You are like the Grim Reaper. Post after negative post about all the dreadful things this awful government is doing to the good people of Blighty. It is draining!
So here it is, you win. "Bring back Boris! Bring back Truss! Bring back Boris! Bring back Truss!" God they were good!
Let's rid ourselves of this shower and bring the A Team back. Bring back Boris, bring back Truss (and Kwarteng).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYmakox01nI
Really interesting interview with somebody who knows what they are talking about. Plenty of criticism of IDF while insight into the what is going on.
In what is planned to be an annual event, the energy security and net zero secretary will make a “state of the climate” address to the Commons setting out the findings of a new Met Office-led report that says the UK is already facing extreme weather and its effects.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/14/ed-miliband-net-zero-betraying-future-generations
They really don't know what has hit them do they?
Put another lump of Polish anthracite on the Rayburn.
They are completely flummoxed
Mad Ed apparently sees himself as a combination of Greta Thunberg and the American President. Pissing away billions we don't have on "climate aid" then this idiotic "State of the Climate Address".
Too bad Starmer seems to have bottled sacking him.
I don't believe that is what the PB Russell Group elitists are driving at. Keep the remaining universities "clean" for Tarquin to get his law degree and pupillage whilst Chardonnay (who otherwise would have read for a media studies degree at Worcester) starts on the bin lorry NVQ straight after her A level exams
"What the UK economy needs is an inverted pyramid of securities all based on the mortgage repayments of a couple in Salford" or post Greensill an imaginary couple in an imaginary house. "The problem is regulators aren't capable of understanding sophisticated financial securities like these. Our auditors from (Big 4 accountants who've done a very incurious audit) have signed it all off"
(My bet is that there's a heck of a lot of corruption going on in the whole AI area. Like crypto, there are vast sums of money being 'invested' with little or no oversight.)