I have eighteen pubs within easy walking distance. Ten in Barnes and eight just across the river in Hammersmith. They are busy. You usually need to book to get a table for a meal or even a drink outside at the riverside pubs. Maybe Barnes is a particularly boozy place. Or maybe it's because you can walk home, or catch a bus. My nearest pub is literally 30 paces from my front door (60 on the way back).
What's easy walking distance in metres (or yards), or time?
Eighteen within 30 minutes, or a mile and a half, or 3,000 steps.
There are nine within 15 minutes. Six of them on the towpath from the Old Ship to the Blue Boat.
Thanks, that's useful. But if you give me a mile and a half it's around 20 I think. Plus Sports and Social Clubs, and probably 2 or 3 dance halls - including one which does enormous Northern Soul Events. And a lot of restaurants.
Looking at Google, I make it 9-10 within 15 minutes walk, and 18-20 within 30 minutes walk, after several losses in the last decade. Two are A38 pubs - a Toby Carvery and a Hungry Horse.
That's probably one pub per 2.5-3k people. We are evidently still reasonably well pubbed.
WRT Texas, the growth in the Hispanic population is offset, by more of them voting Republican
Well it was - before ICE set about destroying the Republican's chances with that cohort.
I thought (but happy to be proven wrong) but the average Hispanic in Texas is more settled, for some families the border crossed them rather than the other way around. Most of the violent ICE stuff has been in California, Florida and Arizona rather than Texas.
Trump approval in Texas (not split by ethnic breakdown) was 52% in February compared to 44% a month ago:
"Jeremy Corbyn has hinted that the name might not change after their founding conference. My strong recommendation, based on years of observing political movements, is to not change it.
Setting up a new political party is incredibly difficult. You don’t need the added complication of a rebrand after establishing an initial identity. Rebrands are challenging at the best of times, let alone under the intense scrutiny of national media.
Furthermore, “Your Party” is actually a good name. It’s short, memorable, and directly reflects a core founding principle: that the party will be highly democratic and grassroots-led. This connection to its overarching proposition makes the name feel authentic and credible."
My thought was wasn't that deeper orange the colour of the Liberals before all the SDP/Alliance/LibDems era?
Should be no registration issues - no political parties with You or derivatives in their name at present.
It's claimed numbers are I think also newsletter subscriptions.
I have eighteen pubs within easy walking distance. Ten in Barnes and eight just across the river in Hammersmith. They are busy. You usually need to book to get a table for a meal or even a drink outside at the riverside pubs. Maybe Barnes is a particularly boozy place. Or maybe it's because you can walk home, or catch a bus. My nearest pub is literally 30 paces from my front door (60 on the way back).
What's easy walking distance in metres (or yards), or time?
It must be different when you live in a village, but to me a pub is a social centre for people to meet and socialise. Also somewhere to go for an informal meal. I assume it’s different in the city, but I would hate to live in the city. Our village pub charges £3.75 for a pint of real ale. I would expect to pay double that in the city. When a pub charges more that a fiver a pint we call it Glasgow prices.
I have eighteen pubs within easy walking distance. Ten in Barnes and eight just across the river in Hammersmith. They are busy. You usually need to book to get a table for a meal or even a drink outside at the riverside pubs. Maybe Barnes is a particularly boozy place. Or maybe it's because you can walk home, or catch a bus. My nearest pub is literally 30 paces from my front door (60 on the way back).
What's easy walking distance in metres (or yards), or time?
It must be different when you live in a village, but to me a pub is a social centre for people to meet and socialise. Also somewhere to go for an informal meal. I assume it’s different in the city, but I would hate to live in the city. Our village pub charges £3.75 for a pint of real ale. I would expect to pay double that in the city. When a pub charges more that a fiver a pint we call it Glasgow prices.
I have noted a thing that seems to be uniting the lefties and right wing tw@tterai, moaning about the online safety bill.
Yes, universal loathing, and with justification
How did the Tories create something this monstrous? Allowing Labour to censor the entire internet?
It’s yet another reason to vote Reform
It's getting hard(arf) to look at porn now.
It’s yet another reason to vote Reform.
Bit of rain in the air.
It’s yet another reason to vote Reform.
I'm bored.
It’s yet another reason to vote Reform.
Etc.
I've yet to find ANY reason, good or otherwise, to vote Reform.
In charge their bubble will burst even quicker than Labours has. Sadly the electorate will just move on to the next charlatan offering simplistic solutions.
Not necessarily, they'll probably tack to the centre once in government like Fash Karen's mob, Fratelli d'Italia.
Also, they will have a lot on entryists at the next GE with no particular ideological attachment to their retarded platform. If you were an individual with an appetite for politics then the Fukkers are the hot ticket right now. If you become a Fukker MP then a great deal of your competition for PPS roles, ministries, cabinet, etc. are going to be lard brained nativists in Adidas trakkies. So, they'll campaign in turquoise and govern in grey.
I don't see any reason why the current crumbling 'centre' would be an attractive place to tack to. Most centrist policies just aren't very good. I don't see why a Government unburdened by any sort mandate for them would be compelled to adopt them. Why would Reform suddenly decide they like Net Zero? Or high immigration? They will be glad to be shot of them, as will most other people.
I'm sceptical. Reform would suddenly decide things because they are in the main a political-marketing operation, and don't have much of an ideology. Someone might give them some money, and they would change their spots.
In 2021 still as Reform, in their Senedd manifesto they talked about "a net-zero carbon future", supported remote working, and that solar and wind power had a place. *
What changed? Fossil fuel interests gave them several million ££, and now it's "Net Stupid Zero".
Innovation and technology will be the key to deliver a net-zero carbon future. We believe that scientists, engineers, and politicians need to work smartly together.
Everyone in Wales needs to do their bit. Government needs to support communities to change how we travel, shop and heat our homes. We can embrace the opportunities offered by the shift towards more remote working through the pandemic to reduce unnecessary commuting. Not everyone wants to, or has the space to work from home, and we support creating local hubs, where people can still socially interact without the need to travel.
The shift towards electric cars is a key feature of reducing the impact on the environment. The demand for electricity will rise significantly to power these vehicles and we need to focus on how we generate this electricity by increasing how much electricity comes from renewable sources. Wind turbines and solar panels will play a part, but the sun doesn’t always shine, and the wind doesn’t always blow, but the tide will always ebb and flow.
I have eighteen pubs within easy walking distance. Ten in Barnes and eight just across the river in Hammersmith. They are busy. You usually need to book to get a table for a meal or even a drink outside at the riverside pubs. Maybe Barnes is a particularly boozy place. Or maybe it's because you can walk home, or catch a bus. My nearest pub is literally 30 paces from my front door (60 on the way back).
What's easy walking distance in metres (or yards), or time?
It must be different when you live in a village, but to me a pub is a social centre for people to meet and socialise. Also somewhere to go for an informal meal. I assume it’s different in the city, but I would hate to live in the city. Our village pub charges £3.75 for a pint of real ale. I would expect to pay double that in the city. When a pub charges more that a fiver a pint we call it Glasgow prices.
Wait until you see Edinburgh prices.
Which are, basically, London prices.
I had a pint and fish and chips for under £10 in the Standing Order in Edinburgh last month. A good Spoons if you find yourself there.
I have eighteen pubs within easy walking distance. Ten in Barnes and eight just across the river in Hammersmith. They are busy. You usually need to book to get a table for a meal or even a drink outside at the riverside pubs. Maybe Barnes is a particularly boozy place. Or maybe it's because you can walk home, or catch a bus. My nearest pub is literally 30 paces from my front door (60 on the way back).
Barnes is a lovely place, but is there anywhere less representative of the rest of the country.
I have noted a thing that seems to be uniting the lefties and right wing tw@tterai, moaning about the online safety bill.
Yes, universal loathing, and with justification
How did the Tories create something this monstrous? Allowing Labour to censor the entire internet?
It’s yet another reason to vote Reform
It's getting hard(arf) to look at porn now.
It’s yet another reason to vote Reform.
Bit of rain in the air.
It’s yet another reason to vote Reform.
I'm bored.
It’s yet another reason to vote Reform.
Etc.
I've yet to find ANY reason, good or otherwise, to vote Reform.
In charge their bubble will burst even quicker than Labours has. Sadly the electorate will just move on to the next charlatan offering simplistic solutions.
Not necessarily, they'll probably tack to the centre once in government like Fash Karen's mob, Fratelli d'Italia.
Also, they will have a lot on entryists at the next GE with no particular ideological attachment to their retarded platform. If you were an individual with an appetite for politics then the Fukkers are the hot ticket right now. If you become a Fukker MP then a great deal of your competition for PPS roles, ministries, cabinet, etc. are going to be lard brained nativists in Adidas trakkies. So, they'll campaign in turquoise and govern in grey.
I don't see any reason why the current crumbling 'centre' would be an attractive place to tack to. Most centrist policies just aren't very good. I don't see why a Government unburdened by any sort mandate for them would be compelled to adopt them. Why would Reform suddenly decide they like Net Zero? Or high immigration? They will be glad to be shot of them, as will most other people.
I'm sceptical. Reform would suddenly decide things because they are in the main a political-marketing operation, and don't have much of an ideology. Someone might give them some money, and they would change their spots.
In 2021 still as Reform, in their Senedd manifesto they talked about "a net-zero carbon future", supported remote working, and that solar and wind power had a place. *
What changed?
They realised the public really are stupid enough to embrace climate change denialism, even when the results of climate change are starting us in the face.
And Farage cares about nothing but short-term PR gimmicks.
I have eighteen pubs within easy walking distance. Ten in Barnes and eight just across the river in Hammersmith. They are busy. You usually need to book to get a table for a meal or even a drink outside at the riverside pubs. Maybe Barnes is a particularly boozy place. Or maybe it's because you can walk home, or catch a bus. My nearest pub is literally 30 paces from my front door (60 on the way back).
Barnes is a lovely place, but is there anywhere less representative of the rest of the country.
I have eighteen pubs within easy walking distance. Ten in Barnes and eight just across the river in Hammersmith. They are busy. You usually need to book to get a table for a meal or even a drink outside at the riverside pubs. Maybe Barnes is a particularly boozy place. Or maybe it's because you can walk home, or catch a bus. My nearest pub is literally 30 paces from my front door (60 on the way back).
What's easy walking distance in metres (or yards), or time?
It must be different when you live in a village, but to me a pub is a social centre for people to meet and socialise. Also somewhere to go for an informal meal. I assume it’s different in the city, but I would hate to live in the city. Our village pub charges £3.75 for a pint of real ale. I would expect to pay double that in the city. When a pub charges more that a fiver a pint we call it Glasgow prices.
Wait until you see Edinburgh prices.
Which are, basically, London prices.
I had a pint and fish and chips for under £10 in the Standing Order in Edinburgh last month. A good Spoons if you find yourself there.
A former bank, going by the name. High street banks, jumpers for goalposts. Which illustrates another phenomenon, closing pubs where people live and work and opening them where they shop.
I have eighteen pubs within easy walking distance. Ten in Barnes and eight just across the river in Hammersmith. They are busy. You usually need to book to get a table for a meal or even a drink outside at the riverside pubs. Maybe Barnes is a particularly boozy place. Or maybe it's because you can walk home, or catch a bus. My nearest pub is literally 30 paces from my front door (60 on the way back).
Barnes is a lovely place, but is there anywhere less representative of the rest of the country.
It’s an example of a village surviving being absorbed into a city.
There are a number in London. Sadly, there is little sign that the planners of New Towns have learnt this lesson.
I am more and more convinced they are just using some crap open source LLM from 2023 for everything having not done anything work prior to getting into government.
IIRC crowding more paying passengers onto a boat than it is designed for is already a criminal offence.
With unlimited fines. Again, IIRC
Suppose the question is- can you prove that they are paying passengers? (See the old "honesty box/raffle ticket" approaches to unlicenced speakeasies for good causes back in the day.) Whereas counting people on the boat is more unambiguous.
I am more and more convinced they are just using some crap open source LLM from 2023 for everything having not done anything work prior to getting into government.
I am increasingly convinced they are all working for Farage
IIRC crowding more paying passengers onto a boat than it is designed for is already a criminal offence.
With unlimited fines. Again, IIRC
Suppose the question is- can you prove that they are paying passengers? (See the old "honesty box/raffle ticket" approaches to unlicenced speakeasies for good causes back in the day.) Whereas counting people on the boat is more unambiguous.
It sounds Lilliputian, but if it helps, it helps.
The Victorians (under whom such laws were introduced) had no problem nailing people for this.
I have decided that Zia Yusuf reminds me a bit of J D Vance. Impressive, hungry, but punchy, and a bit of a loose canon.
I feel that Reform would be safer with Suella and her husband balancing out the top team. But Zia obviously saw to that challenge by going after them (quite unfairly) over Afghanistan.
I'm interested what do you see in JD Vance? I think the best British comparison for him is perhaps Jenrick.
I am not sure Jenrick, the son of a FD / MD of various companies with a comfortable upbringing is a good comparison to J D Vance.
Compare their political flexibility over the last decade, and their entirely tactical political stances?
Has Jenrick showed political flexibility? As far I was aware he has been on the right of the Tory party, the only difference in the past year is he has got on the old Monjargo and upped his social media game.
Longer term he has completely changed his spots. He was an ardent remainer when elected, and known as "Robert Generic" because he was so moderate.
More sport: today sees the final round of the Scottish Women's Open and the only golf news concerns some old boy who has got the American taxpayer to advertise his golf course.
I have eighteen pubs within easy walking distance. Ten in Barnes and eight just across the river in Hammersmith. They are busy. You usually need to book to get a table for a meal or even a drink outside at the riverside pubs. Maybe Barnes is a particularly boozy place. Or maybe it's because you can walk home, or catch a bus. My nearest pub is literally 30 paces from my front door (60 on the way back).
What's easy walking distance in metres (or yards), or time?
It must be different when you live in a village, but to me a pub is a social centre for people to meet and socialise. Also somewhere to go for an informal meal. I assume it’s different in the city, but I would hate to live in the city. Our village pub charges £3.75 for a pint of real ale. I would expect to pay double that in the city. When a pub charges more that a fiver a pint we call it Glasgow prices.
Wait until you see Edinburgh prices.
Which are, basically, London prices.
I had a pint and fish and chips for under £10 in the Standing Order in Edinburgh last month. A good Spoons if you find yourself there.
A former bank, going by the name. High street banks, jumpers for goalposts. Which illustrates another phenomenon, closing pubs where people live and work and opening them where they shop.
Spain 1996 - Damon Hill said a lot of the drivers thought the conditions were too poor to race in. Bernie walks along the grid at 13:50 and tells the drivers that the race is starting at 14:00 - "get in your cars".
The top of Eau Rouge is dangerous in the dry. The tarmac runoff area is a disgrace. The rain doesn't make it any less safe.
I have decided that Zia Yusuf reminds me a bit of J D Vance. Impressive, hungry, but punchy, and a bit of a loose canon.
I feel that Reform would be safer with Suella and her husband balancing out the top team. But Zia obviously saw to that challenge by going after them (quite unfairly) over Afghanistan.
I'm interested what do you see in JD Vance? I think the best British comparison for him is perhaps Jenrick.
I am not sure Jenrick, the son of a FD / MD of various companies with a comfortable upbringing is a good comparison to J D Vance.
Compare their political flexibility over the last decade, and their entirely tactical political stances?
Has Jenrick showed political flexibility? As far I was aware he has been on the right of the Tory party, the only difference in the past year is he has got on the old Monjargo and upped his social media game.
Longer term he has completely changed his spots. He was an ardent remainer when elected, and known as "Robert Generic" because he was so moderate.
Watching Trump playing an iron shot off the fairway apron at Turnberry. He's got a horrible "snatchy" style of swing. He reads a put well mind.
He has a terrible swing with head up and I have no idea how he hits a ball
It was comical how Sky showed his tee shot yesterday then it appears he had to play another ball repeatedly adding 1,3,5,7,9 off the tee but it wa just Sky repeating the same shot
More sport: today sees the final round of the Scottish Women's Open and the only golf news concerns some old boy who has got the American taxpayer to advertise his golf course.
Unless the US treasury is paying for massively increased policing & security in North Britain, I’m pretty sure we’re on the hook for some of the advertising budget.
Those of you who are interested in Christian Nationalism in the US, you may enjoy this video from the YouTuber MrBeat (not MrBeast!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfmEll6-sBY (20 mins)
Healey means ready to scamper after Big Daddy Trump if he decides this is a foreign war he wants to expend US blood and treasure upon. If the whim meister goes the other way, so will we.
Oh FFS. How? We can't even stop Chinese hackers infiltrating our infrastructure, let alone Chinese warships. And has anyone told the keyboard warrior-in-chief that we have recently signed a trade deal with China?
All these things that the Tories say they will do, that they couldn't be arsed doing when they were the government for 14 years.
As for the recently qualified doctors, if they thought that the pay was shite*, why did they go to Med School?
Of course, the pay isn't shite; they are on a conveyor belt to a six figure salary.
A lot of the junior doctors' anger, or rather depression, is due to non-financial causes like massive student debt (since their courses are longer than most students'), lack of training places, very short notice of training place allocation so they are forced to rent flats halfway across the country at only a few days' notice, lower priority than foreign medics (although the government is said to be fixing this) and thanks to Jeremy Hunt, having to work 7-days a week even if the chances of someone needing an emergency botox top-up are minimal.
Oh FFS. How? We can't even stop Chinese hackers infiltrating our infrastructure, let alone Chinese warships. And has anyone told the keyboard warrior-in-chief that we have recently signed a trade deal with China?
Agree. We can't do the basics at home, but we want to get involved in conflicts on the other side of the world. Ridiculous.
All these things that the Tories say they will do, that they couldn't be arsed doing when they were the government for 14 years.
As for the recently qualified doctors, if they thought that the pay was shite*, why did they go to Med School?
Of course, the pay isn't shite; they are on a conveyor belt to a six figure salary.
A lot of the junior doctors' anger, or rather depression, is due to non-financial causes like massive student debt (since their courses are longer than most students'), lack of training places, very short notice of training place allocation so they are forced to rent flats halfway across the country at only a few days' notice, lower priority than foreign medics (although the government is said to be fixing this) and thanks to Jeremy Hunt, having to work 7-days a week even if the chances of someone needing an emergency botox top-up are minimal.
It’s almost as if there is a linkage between treating your staff to 1950s employment conditions and getting 1950s industrial relations.
(One thing that has interested me for years is the remarkable TFR variation from year to year in both the UK and the US. That suggests to me that the common long term explanations for the decline are incomplete. It would be interesting to see if, for example, changes in morale would help explain those short term variations.)
(One thing that has interested me for years is the remarkable TFR variation from year to year in both the UK and the US. That suggests to me that the common long term explanations for the decline are incomplete. It would be interesting to see if, for example, changes in morale would help explain those short term variations.)
The figures for any particular year are probably not particularly reliable to 2 or even 1 decimal place.
I have noted a thing that seems to be uniting the lefties and right wing tw@tterai, moaning about the online safety bill.
Yes, universal loathing, and with justification
How did the Tories create something this monstrous? Allowing Labour to censor the entire internet?
It’s yet another reason to vote Reform
It's getting hard(arf) to look at porn now.
It’s yet another reason to vote Reform.
Bit of rain in the air.
It’s yet another reason to vote Reform.
I'm bored.
It’s yet another reason to vote Reform.
Etc.
I've yet to find ANY reason, good or otherwise, to vote Reform.
In charge their bubble will burst even quicker than Labours has. Sadly the electorate will just move on to the next charlatan offering simplistic solutions.
Not necessarily, they'll probably tack to the centre once in government like Fash Karen's mob, Fratelli d'Italia.
Also, they will have a lot on entryists at the next GE with no particular ideological attachment to their retarded platform. If you were an individual with an appetite for politics then the Fukkers are the hot ticket right now. If you become a Fukker MP then a great deal of your competition for PPS roles, ministries, cabinet, etc. are going to be lard brained nativists in Adidas trakkies. So, they'll campaign in turquoise and govern in grey.
I don't see any reason why the current crumbling 'centre' would be an attractive place to tack to. Most centrist policies just aren't very good. I don't see why a Government unburdened by any sort mandate for them would be compelled to adopt them. Why would Reform suddenly decide they like Net Zero? Or high immigration? They will be glad to be shot of them, as will most other people.
I'm sceptical. Reform would suddenly decide things because they are in the main a political-marketing operation, and don't have much of an ideology. Someone might give them some money, and they would change their spots.
In 2021 still as Reform, in their Senedd manifesto they talked about "a net-zero carbon future", supported remote working, and that solar and wind power had a place. *
What changed? Fossil fuel interests gave them several million ££, and now it's "Net Stupid Zero".
Innovation and technology will be the key to deliver a net-zero carbon future. We believe that scientists, engineers, and politicians need to work smartly together.
Everyone in Wales needs to do their bit. Government needs to support communities to change how we travel, shop and heat our homes. We can embrace the opportunities offered by the shift towards more remote working through the pandemic to reduce unnecessary commuting. Not everyone wants to, or has the space to work from home, and we support creating local hubs, where people can still socially interact without the need to travel.
The shift towards electric cars is a key feature of reducing the impact on the environment. The demand for electricity will rise significantly to power these vehicles and we need to focus on how we generate this electricity by increasing how much electricity comes from renewable sources. Wind turbines and solar panels will play a part, but the sun doesn’t always shine, and the wind doesn’t always blow, but the tide will always ebb and flow.
Your argument is illogical - if Reform are a creature of whoever funds them, and 'fossil fuel interests' have first dibs, why would they change that stance once in power?
Even in the document you post, they are highlighting the unreliability of wind and solar probably as much as was politically possible in 2021, which was a very different world. I also thought/think local working hubs are a good idea, and I also support tidal.
Everyone thinks that I and other energy realists have a strange aversion to things that don't belch out carbon - I don't. I have an aversion to the bill-payer being taken for a ride because their money is hosed at ineffective and unreliable forms of power generation that are simply there to farm subsidies.
I have decided that Zia Yusuf reminds me a bit of J D Vance. Impressive, hungry, but punchy, and a bit of a loose canon.
I feel that Reform would be safer with Suella and her husband balancing out the top team. But Zia obviously saw to that challenge by going after them (quite unfairly) over Afghanistan.
I'm interested what do you see in JD Vance? I think the best British comparison for him is perhaps Jenrick.
I am not sure Jenrick, the son of a FD / MD of various companies with a comfortable upbringing is a good comparison to J D Vance.
Compare their political flexibility over the last decade, and their entirely tactical political stances?
Has Jenrick showed political flexibility? As far I was aware he has been on the right of the Tory party, the only difference in the past year is he has got on the old Monjargo and upped his social media game.
Longer term he has completely changed his spots. He was an ardent remainer when elected, and known as "Robert Generic" because he was so moderate.
I am not sure that is the key issue why there are less boozers every year.....
It's certainly not - it's one of those social and cultural changes which has gone under the radar over the past 50 years or so. IN my part of East London, the traditional pub on every corner is now a corner shop where you can of course buy alcohol if you want.
I like pubs but the pubs I like have good food including a decent breakfast, comfortable seats and room to spread the Racing Post to mull over the day's equine entertainment. If I were in New Zealand, it would have a TAB (Tote) counter where I can place my bets and watch the races (pub meets betting shop). I'm not interested in ales with Dickensian names or any of that nonsense nor do I want a pub that's a night club by any other name or some venue on folk tryout night.
Fewer and better would be my conclusion on pubs these days - I also have to say the biggest revolution has been in the quality of pub food and I don't just mean the gastropub.
As well as social change, the big killer is ever higher turn over taxes which they can't escape, and of course cost of living / inflation it very expensive to go for a pint even of coke cola.
Sunday lunch in a pub for 4 now can easily set you back £100-150 now without drinking.
Tax and inflation was higher in the 1970s than now and more had more children still
Not sure what that has to do with pubs, but go and have a look how much a pint cost in the 70s in today's money...hint it wasn't £8-10.
I had a pint for £2.60 yesterday.
And one for £1.60 last week (Wetherspoons).
While in today's Times:
Let us switch from Tesco to Ocado and upgrade our weekly shop to £80. Instead of one bottle of wine a week, we order two OK-ish ones (£25) and get at least three drinks at a pub (£15).
You can get better than OKish wine for less than £5 (when bought on the regular offers) at supermarkets.
The relative cost of drinking in different parts of the country seems more unreal than the housing costs do.
You cannot get "better than OKish" wine for under £5 a bottle from a supermarket
Try McGuigan's black label, especially the merlot and pinot.
Better than Okish for everyday drinking - even if you prefer something different for special occasions.
Of course there are people who will boast about drinking far more expensive wine without being able to tell the difference between that and a £5 bottle.
I have eighteen pubs within easy walking distance. Ten in Barnes and eight just across the river in Hammersmith. They are busy. You usually need to book to get a table for a meal or even a drink outside at the riverside pubs. Maybe Barnes is a particularly boozy place. Or maybe it's because you can walk home, or catch a bus. My nearest pub is literally 30 paces from my front door (60 on the way back).
Barnes is a lovely place, but is there anywhere less representative of the rest of the country.
It’s an example of a village surviving being absorbed into a city.
There are a number in London. Sadly, there is little sign that the planners of New Towns have learnt this lesson.
That's a really interesting question.
Part of the answer is building new towns as a collection of villages.
I get the feeling that the Home Office Spads are now just trolling her. She must have cancelled their summer hols - or something.
It is the silly season though.
Ridiculous, the boat should meet the requirements of CE category C and not be loaded beyond the certified passenger limit. Might as well use the existing regulations.
Watching Trump playing an iron shot off the fairway apron at Turnberry. He's got a horrible "snatchy" style of swing. He reads a put well mind.
He has a terrible swing with head up and I have no idea how he hits a ball
It was comical how Sky showed his tee shot yesterday then it appears he had to play another ball repeatedly adding 1,3,5,7,9 off the tee but it wa just Sky repeating the same shot
I thought he was renowned for playing his partner's ball? So it doesn't really matter how bad his swing is...
Australian twitter is still moaning about the rugby from yesterday....27 angles of the final clear out, 100,000s of pixels detailing all the subsubsection of the rules book that should have been considered by the ref...and they call us whinging poms.
They won't mind reviewing all the contentious decisions from the 2015 rugby world cup QF then (ha)
All these things that the Tories say they will do, that they couldn't be arsed doing when they were the government for 14 years.
As for the recently qualified doctors, if they thought that the pay was shite*, why did they go to Med School?
Of course, the pay isn't shite; they are on a conveyor belt to a six figure salary.
A lot of the junior doctors' anger, or rather depression, is due to non-financial causes like massive student debt (since their courses are longer than most students'), lack of training places, very short notice of training place allocation so they are forced to rent flats halfway across the country at only a few days' notice, lower priority than foreign medics (although the government is said to be fixing this) and thanks to Jeremy Hunt, having to work 7-days a week even if the chances of someone needing an emergency botox top-up are minimal.
A nephew is a JD and it's the training contracts/short-notice that is the main bugbear. The importation of foreign medics is a necessary short-term solution but the whole issue is the NHS has been run on short-term solutions for so long, it's dysfunctional.
There is a lot of evidence to suggest large parts of UK industry is similarly dysfunctional relying that it does on imported labour and subsidies. Perhaps we need to bin FPTP and go for AV?
Watching Trump playing an iron shot off the fairway apron at Turnberry. He's got a horrible "snatchy" style of swing. He reads a put well mind.
He has a terrible swing with head up and I have no idea how he hits a ball
It was comical how Sky showed his tee shot yesterday then it appears he had to play another ball repeatedly adding 1,3,5,7,9 off the tee but it wa just Sky repeating the same shot
I thought he was renowned for playing his partner's ball? So it doesn't really matter how bad his swing is...
Trump's version of Fourballs is he always plays the best placed ball.
Watching Trump playing an iron shot off the fairway apron at Turnberry. He's got a horrible "snatchy" style of swing. He reads a put well mind.
He has a terrible swing with head up and I have no idea how he hits a ball
It was comical how Sky showed his tee shot yesterday then it appears he had to play another ball repeatedly adding 1,3,5,7,9 off the tee but it wa just Sky repeating the same shot
I thought he was renowned for playing his partner's ball? So it doesn't really matter how bad his swing is...
Trump's version of Fourballs is he always plays the best placed ball.
Its maybe why he thinks he wins tournaments.
Greensomes i.e. you always play the best ball, is widely chosen as the variety of game when gambling on golf. Also keeps the game moving fast (by standards of golf).
Are we going to be able to take 60 wickets from 3 of the 5 matches in Oz
Not with an attack of Carse and Woakes. Stokes will have to bowl 400 overs in order to get the wickets and end up in a wheelchair.
For ages our bowling attack looked great with a shaky batting lineup. Other way round now lol
I don't know. Anderson was in the team for probably 2 more years than he should just because whenever they tried anybody else e.g. Overton, Potts, Robinson, they just weren't up to it.
Both Raikkonen and teammate Felipe Massa started the race on intermediates, but the FIA had asked teams to start on full wets given the poor track conditions.
The race start took place behind the safety car and Raikkonen and Massa were forced to pit to change tyres, dropping from third and fourth to the back of the field.
And at Silverstone 2012, Ferrari sent their cars out on inters in Q2 of qualifying. That was the wrong call, and as the rain continued, it was clear that they'd missed the boat. But, naturally, someone decided to red flag the session in the name of safety. And, of course, the session didn't restart until it was conveniently dry enough for inters.
Are we going to be able to take 60 wickets from 3 of the 5 matches in Oz
Not with an attack of Carse and Woakes. Stokes will have to bowl 400 overs in order to get the wickets and end up in a wheelchair.
For ages our bowling attack looked great with a shaky batting lineup. Other way round now lol
I don't know. Anderson was in the team for probably 2 more years than he should just because whenever they tried anybody else e.g. Overton, Potts, Robinson, they just weren't up to it.
Broad and Anderson papered over a lot of cracks.
Broad, Anderson, Woakes (Back when he had pace), Stokes. Never had a tier 1 world class spinner since probably Swann but the attack was previously better. Now Broad and Jimmy retired, Woakes is a medium pacer and Stokes carrying far too much tbh
I have eighteen pubs within easy walking distance. Ten in Barnes and eight just across the river in Hammersmith. They are busy. You usually need to book to get a table for a meal or even a drink outside at the riverside pubs. Maybe Barnes is a particularly boozy place. Or maybe it's because you can walk home, or catch a bus. My nearest pub is literally 30 paces from my front door (60 on the way back).
Barnes is a lovely place, but is there anywhere less representative of the rest of the country.
It’s an example of a village surviving being absorbed into a city.
There are a number in London. Sadly, there is little sign that the planners of New Towns have learnt this lesson.
That's a really interesting question.
Part of the answer is building new towns as a collection of villages.
I think so, yes. When you look at the really high value areas (where people pay a fortune to live) they combine the village feel (to an extent), with linkage to rest of a big city.
So a network of villages integrated to a larger framework by transport.
Watching Trump playing an iron shot off the fairway apron at Turnberry. He's got a horrible "snatchy" style of swing. He reads a put well mind.
He has a terrible swing with head up and I have no idea how he hits a ball
It was comical how Sky showed his tee shot yesterday then it appears he had to play another ball repeatedly adding 1,3,5,7,9 off the tee but it wa just Sky repeating the same shot
I thought he was renowned for playing his partner's ball? So it doesn't really matter how bad his swing is...
Trump's version of Fourballs is he always plays the best placed ball.
Its maybe why he thinks he wins tournaments.
Greensomes i.e. you always play the best ball, is widely chosen as the variety of game when gambling on golf. Also keeps the game moving fast (by standards of golf).
Ridiculous to read negative comments about England's performance. They're going into the final match 2-1 up at worst.
I, and I think a lot of others on here, would have been very pleased to take 2-1 going into the last test, at the start of the series. However we have been very poor since yesterday lunchtime and have rarely looked like taking a wicket. India have played well and fought hard of course.
The momentum is now with India for the final test and we will do well to hold on to the series win.
Oh FFS. How? We can't even stop Chinese hackers infiltrating our infrastructure, let alone Chinese warships. And has anyone told the keyboard warrior-in-chief that we have recently signed a trade deal with China?
Agree. We can't do the basics at home, but we want to get involved in conflicts on the other side of the world. Ridiculous.
We were one of the first out of the gates in the Korean War.
Britain's welfare and prosperity depends on defending the rules-based international order. Wherever in the world it is challenged.
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Looking at Google, I make it 9-10 within 15 minutes walk, and 18-20 within 30 minutes walk, after several losses in the last decade. Two are A38 pubs - a Toby Carvery and a Hungry Horse.
That's probably one pub per 2.5-3k people. We are evidently still reasonably well pubbed.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/06/25/524929/trump-has-net-negative-approval-in-texas-according-to-new-poll/
Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson discuss Trump's plans prior to the election in October of 2024.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9uvPcpU6VXo
Badenoch: Tories will ban doctor strikes
Conservative Party leader says BMA is ‘out of control’ and that current industrial action ‘is going too far’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/27/kemi-badenoch-tories-will-ban-doctor-strikes/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14943741/yvette-cooper-overcrowding-small-boats.html
Then again I remembered 2021.
In 2021 still as Reform, in their Senedd manifesto they talked about "a net-zero carbon future", supported remote working, and that solar and wind power had a place. *
What changed? Fossil fuel interests gave them several million ££, and now it's "Net Stupid Zero".
* Here's the document. See Chapter 8.:
https://manifesto.deryn.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Reform-UK-Wales-Senedd-2021-Contract-with-the-People-of-Wales-2.pdf
Innovation and technology will be the key to deliver a net-zero carbon future. We believe that scientists, engineers, and politicians need to work smartly together.
Everyone in Wales needs to do their bit. Government needs to support communities to change how we travel, shop and heat our homes. We can embrace the opportunities offered by the shift towards more remote working through the pandemic to reduce unnecessary commuting. Not everyone wants to, or has the space to work from home, and we support creating local hubs, where people can still socially interact without the need to travel.
The shift towards electric cars is a key feature of reducing the impact on the environment. The demand for electricity will rise significantly to power these vehicles and we need to focus on how we generate this electricity by increasing how much electricity comes from renewable sources. Wind turbines and solar panels will play a part, but the sun doesn’t always shine, and the wind doesn’t always blow, but the tide will always ebb and flow.
(Not going to happen. Police will be worried doctors will return the favour later.)
And Farage cares about nothing but short-term PR gimmicks.
With unlimited fines. Again, IIRC
There are a number in London. Sadly, there is little sign that the planners of New Towns have learnt this lesson.
It sounds Lilliputian, but if it helps, it helps.
Actually we probably will win the World Matchplay darts since Luke Littler and James Wade are both English.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/09/how-did-robert-jenrick-go-from-centrist-tory-to-anti-immigration-hardliner
Vance was a never-Trumper, who is now a Trump-fluffer, including justifying the craziest of Trump's policies.
To me the main conclusion there is that they are unpredictable.
The top of Eau Rouge is dangerous in the dry. The tarmac runoff area is a disgrace. The rain doesn't make it any less safe.
Like the Vicar of Bray only with actual power.
It was comical how Sky showed his tee shot yesterday then it appears he had to play another ball repeatedly adding 1,3,5,7,9 off the tee but it wa just Sky repeating the same shot
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/27/britain-ready-to-fight-over-taiwan-china-john-healey/
As for the recently qualified doctors, if they thought that the pay was shite*, why did they go to Med School?
Of course, the pay isn't shite; they are on a conveyor belt to a six figure salary.
It is the silly season though.
One thing which helps save them is catering, pub/restaurants seem to be faring better than traditional boozers, which are shutting shop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Kingdom
(One thing that has interested me for years is the remarkable TFR variation from year to year in both the UK and the US. That suggests to me that the common long term explanations for the decline are incomplete. It would be interesting to see if, for example, changes in morale would help explain those short term variations.)
Even in the document you post, they are highlighting the unreliability of wind and solar probably as much as was politically possible in 2021, which was a very different world. I also thought/think local working hubs are a good idea, and I also support tidal.
Everyone thinks that I and other energy realists have a strange aversion to things that don't belch out carbon - I don't. I have an aversion to the bill-payer being taken for a ride because their money is hosed at ineffective and unreliable forms of power generation that are simply there to farm subsidies.
They know it, we know the migrants know it
I just find the two figures somewhat similar.
Better than Okish for everyday drinking - even if you prefer something different for special occasions.
Of course there are people who will boast about drinking far more expensive wine without being able to tell the difference between that and a £5 bottle.
Part of the answer is building new towns as a collection of villages.
Draw surely hot favourite.
There is a lot of evidence to suggest large parts of UK industry is similarly dysfunctional relying that it does on imported labour and subsidies. Perhaps we need to bin FPTP and go for AV?
Its maybe why he thinks he wins tournaments.
Broad and Anderson papered over a lot of cracks.
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/tyre-confusion-costs-ferrari-at-fuji-4413409/4413409/
Both Raikkonen and teammate Felipe Massa started the race on intermediates, but the FIA had asked teams to start on full wets given the poor track conditions.
The race start took place behind the safety car and Raikkonen and Massa were forced to pit to change tyres, dropping from third and fourth to the back of the field.
And at Silverstone 2012, Ferrari sent their cars out on inters in Q2 of qualifying. That was the wrong call, and as the rain continued, it was clear that they'd missed the boat. But, naturally, someone decided to red flag the session in the name of safety. And, of course, the session didn't restart until it was conveniently dry enough for inters.
Now Broad and Jimmy retired, Woakes is a medium pacer and Stokes carrying far too much tbh
So a network of villages integrated to a larger framework by transport.
Stop that now China....the Coalition of the Willing will ensure that....International Law is followed....or will we proposed a motion at the UN.
DM....to China...we don't mean it really, please don't cut us off from all the things we depend on you for...Thanks.
The momentum is now with India for the final test and we will do well to hold on to the series win.
Do we hade a treaty obligation ?
If not then why bother ? We won’t fight for Ukraine.
Britain's welfare and prosperity depends on defending the rules-based international order. Wherever in the world it is challenged.