I was wondering about this the other day; as she's been released on licence, are there more restrictions on what she can say, when compared to you or I? In other words, what does released on licence mean?
But I wonder if he’s got this totally wrong. For a start these are saltires - so this might just be a very Nat community? And normal?
Can any of our North British correspondents elucidate?
With the caveat that this could be a small number of people putting up lots of flags, which has a different meaning to lots of people putting up one flag each...
What's the ratio of Union flags to English/Scottish/Welsh flags more generally? And what can we muse about from that?
I dunno but I’m intrigued
Flagging has apparently spread to Ireland as well. Which has produced the superb irony of Sinn Fein type Irish nationalists COMPLAINING about Irish people putting up Irish flags “because they are just copying stupid Brits and loyalists”
Um. That sounds a bit unlikely. There have always been more flags flown in Ireland than in Britain.
“Oh SHIT ! The flag shaggers have arrived in Dublin. We’re doomed !”
“The insecurity of these clowns. Wouldn’t know what Irish culture is if it slapped them in the face. For many they think it’s freckles and red hair. Following the worst behaviour of loyalists and Brit nationalists. Marking their patch. Pathetic.”
Why are people on the extreme right and extreme left obsessed with sex. Is it because they don’t get much ?
The extreme right think everyone’s a nonce and the extreme left thinks flying a flag shows a sexual inclination towards it.
Odd.
Projection.
The extreme right are all nonces. The extreme left shag the USSR flag every morning.
Perhaps they should hook up and expand all that pent up sexual energy together. Only take a few minutes 👍
They may both be a little less stressed after.
I believe the far right have a more interesting sexual narrative. The story of Unity Mitford's willing availability to Senior Nazis is quite fascinating.
Slightly less competent, mind. She managed to shoot herself in the head, but survive for several months only to die painfully and slowly from the complications. Poor show.
If they’re not careful, Sinn Fein are going to be deeply damaged or destroyed as an electoral force in the south - by a nationalist party much more concerned with migration than reunification
Which will be quite the irony
Nah, the shinners are too clever for that, if they sense Ireland is going in that direction they will have a chameleon like adjustment to all of their policies. They are the original anti-immigration party of Ireland, there won't be a major party that can outflank them on it.
As someone from NI - no, they won’t. SF built their modern (post violence) version on being progressive-left on internal politics. To become anti-immigrant would end them.
One region that should become both warmer and wetter and more supportive of intensive agriculture this century is Northern Russia and most of Siberia. Import a few tens of millions of climate refugees into Mother Russia and there’ll be no need to go raiding neighbours to top up the population.
One region that should become both warmer and wetter and more supportive of intensive agriculture this century is Northern Russia and most of Siberia. Import a few tens of millions of climate refugees into Mother Russia and there’ll be no need to go raiding neighbours to top up the population.
I was wondering about this the other day; as she's been released on licence, are there more restrictions on what she can say, when compared to you or I? In other words, what does released on licence mean?
She must have something massive on Sir Keir if they're making this much of a thing about it. Did he call her in prison personally, screaming that the accusation of 'two-tier justice' was destroying his government and that she must recant and declare that she deserved everything she got?
Nightmare? Depends what she's going to say. Can't say she was framed as she pled guilty. Can't say she was entrapped to plead guilty as she didn't raise that as a point of appeal. Can't say that she didn't say what she said.
So.....? Have her as the mouthpiece for the "send the darkies home" campaign? That won't give Starmer too many sleepless nights.
If they’re not careful, Sinn Fein are going to be deeply damaged or destroyed as an electoral force in the south - by a nationalist party much more concerned with migration than reunification
Which will be quite the irony
Nah, the shinners are too clever for that, if they sense Ireland is going in that direction they will have a chameleon like adjustment to all of their policies. They are the original anti-immigration party of Ireland, there won't be a major party that can outflank them on it.
As someone from NI - no, they won’t. SF built their modern (post violence) version on being progressive-left on internal politics. To become anti-immigrant would end them.
Putin was never going to, and likely will never agree to meet Zelensky. The current Russian regime simply won't accept Ukraine as a sovereign nation, and symbolic events matter to them (a sharp contrast with Trump, who appears not to have had a clue what inviting Putin to meet on US soil implied).
Russian FM Lavrov makes clear that there’s no Putin-Zelensky bilateral meeting planned nor is one happening anytime soon: “There is no meeting planned. And I'm not challenging this, but you -- you cannot, cannot, I think, understand what I am saying. Putin is ready to meet with Zelenskyy when the agenda would be ready for a summit. And this agenda is not ready at all.” https://x.com/ChristopherJM/status/1958859584296108513
Maybe it would be better if instead of Reform winning the election, instead by getting to 40% in the polls pretty soon they force the mainstream parties to radically change their policies.
But to what? Reform policies are cakeism. There’s not a meaningful policy platform for the other parties to adopt. The reason to vote Reform is not policy, it’s identity. Same as voting for Gaza independents.
EVERY PARTY'S POLICIES ARE CAKEISM.
Labour say they wont increase taxes but will spaff loads on public services = Growing debt and private sector decline Conservative cut taxes and cut spending = Growing debt and public service decline Lib Dem campaign against building houses or reservoirs or nuclear power plants but are in support of immigration and don't see the infrastructure contradiction there
But I wonder if he’s got this totally wrong. For a start these are saltires - so this might just be a very Nat community? And normal?
Can any of our North British correspondents elucidate?
With the caveat that this could be a small number of people putting up lots of flags, which has a different meaning to lots of people putting up one flag each...
What's the ratio of Union flags to English/Scottish/Welsh flags more generally? And what can we muse about from that?
I dunno but I’m intrigued
Flagging has apparently spread to Ireland as well. Which has produced the superb irony of Sinn Fein type Irish nationalists COMPLAINING about Irish people putting up Irish flags “because they are just copying stupid Brits and loyalists”
Um. That sounds a bit unlikely. There have always been more flags flown in Ireland than in Britain.
“Oh SHIT ! The flag shaggers have arrived in Dublin. We’re doomed !”
“The insecurity of these clowns. Wouldn’t know what Irish culture is if it slapped them in the face. For many they think it’s freckles and red hair. Following the worst behaviour of loyalists and Brit nationalists. Marking their patch. Pathetic.”
Why are people on the extreme right and extreme left obsessed with sex. Is it because they don’t get much ?
The extreme right think everyone’s a nonce and the extreme left thinks flying a flag shows a sexual inclination towards it.
Odd.
Projection.
The extreme right are all nonces. The extreme left shag the USSR flag every morning.
Perhaps they should hook up and expand all that pent up sexual energy together. Only take a few minutes 👍
They may both be a little less stressed after.
I believe the far right have a more interesting sexual narrative. The story of Unity Mitford's willing availability to Senior Nazis is quite fascinating.
Slightly less competent, mind. She managed to shoot herself in the head, but survive for several months only to die painfully and slowly from the complications. Poor show.
She actually survived nine years after shooting herself and apparently managed to fit in an affair with an RAF officer. Dunno if that indicates greater or lesser competency.
If they’re not careful, Sinn Fein are going to be deeply damaged or destroyed as an electoral force in the south - by a nationalist party much more concerned with migration than reunification
Which will be quite the irony
Nah, the shinners are too clever for that, if they sense Ireland is going in that direction they will have a chameleon like adjustment to all of their policies. They are the original anti-immigration party of Ireland, there won't be a major party that can outflank them on it.
As someone from NI - no, they won’t. SF built their modern (post violence) version on being progressive-left on internal politics. To become anti-immigrant would end them.
There's going to be people who have been raised on "protecting Irish culture" that will force them to change or be supplanted and I think they're too smart to be supplanted.
Nightmare? Depends what she's going to say. Can't say she was framed as she pled guilty. Can't say she was entrapped to plead guilty as she didn't raise that as a point of appeal. Can't say that she didn't say what she said.
So.....? Have her as the mouthpiece for the "send the darkies home" campaign? That won't give Starmer too many sleepless nights.
The government’s worst case scenario is probably that she says something that’s clearly in breach of her licence conditions, and someone has to decide whether to recall her.
That, or she gives a bland interview on UK TV then heads off to the US podcast circuit. Is she allowed to travel?
She’s somewhat more articulate and photogenic than “Tommy”.
[Full details on posting; Reform on 22% first pref but hard to know what to make of it all as the first runner in the constituency in the 2022 election was an Independent and I've no idea who was voting for him]
One of the grittier East Ren seats I guess. Council website says the seat had been held by the late Cllr Betty Cunningham, who was 26 years as a councillor, she would have a decent personal vote. Mr Sarwar will be pleased with the result
A very good result for Labour. Not many transfers from Reform. It looks like they are the NOTA party.
Putin was never going to, and likely will never agree to meet Zelensky. The current Russian regime simply won't accept Ukraine as a sovereign nation, and symbolic events matter to them (a sharp contrast with Trump, who appears not to have had a clue what inviting Putin to meet on US soil implied).
Russian FM Lavrov makes clear that there’s no Putin-Zelensky bilateral meeting planned nor is one happening anytime soon: “There is no meeting planned. And I'm not challenging this, but you -- you cannot, cannot, I think, understand what I am saying. Putin is ready to meet with Zelenskyy when the agenda would be ready for a summit. And this agenda is not ready at all.” https://x.com/ChristopherJM/status/1958859584296108513
Trump has a press conference scheduled for midday.
Has the penny finally dropped that the Russians are playing him for time and have no interest in peace, while the whole of Europe is steadfast behind supporting Ukraine to keep fighting?
The Home Office is appealing the High Court’s injunction preventing migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel. Dan Jarvis told broadcasters the government remains committed to closing all asylum hotels, but wants it to be done in a “managed and ordered way, and that’s why we will appeal this decision.“
Connolly’s sentence is the sort of talking point that enrages a certain voter, but it’s not going to be of much pertinence to most voters unless Labour rise to it. They have up until now sensibly kept quite quiet about the whole thing, and if they continue to have any good sense they’ll keep that up.
As soon as they wade into that debate, they’ll be put on the back foot.
Nightmare? Depends what she's going to say. Can't say she was framed as she pled guilty. Can't say she was entrapped to plead guilty as she didn't raise that as a point of appeal. Can't say that she didn't say what she said.
So.....? Have her as the mouthpiece for the "send the darkies home" campaign? That won't give Starmer too many sleepless nights.
The government’s worst case scenario is probably that she says something that’s clearly in breach of her licence conditions, and someone has to decide whether to recall her.
That, or she gives a bland interview on UK TV then heads off to the US podcast circuit. Is she allowed to travel?
She’s somewhat more articulate and photogenic than “Tommy”.
She has a fairly narrow path to follow. She doesn't want to get into trouble with the law, but (I'm guessing) she does want to generate a lot of sympathy for her position. It's also perfectly possible that she turns away some of the people who were instinctively sympathetic to her. Or she may be able to use her situation to her own advantage.
The choice of channel and interviewer is interesting.
I hope she's getting good advice. There'll be lots of people wanting to use her.
The Home Office is appealing the High Court’s injunction preventing migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel. Dan Jarvis told broadcasters the government remains committed to closing all asylum hotels, but wants it to be done in a “managed and ordered way, and that’s why we will appeal this decision.“
Logistically and practically it makes sense. Politically, it is going to look awful.
Putin was never going to, and likely will never agree to meet Zelensky. The current Russian regime simply won't accept Ukraine as a sovereign nation, and symbolic events matter to them (a sharp contrast with Trump, who appears not to have had a clue what inviting Putin to meet on US soil implied).
Russian FM Lavrov makes clear that there’s no Putin-Zelensky bilateral meeting planned nor is one happening anytime soon: “There is no meeting planned. And I'm not challenging this, but you -- you cannot, cannot, I think, understand what I am saying. Putin is ready to meet with Zelenskyy when the agenda would be ready for a summit. And this agenda is not ready at all.” https://x.com/ChristopherJM/status/1958859584296108513
Trump has a press conference scheduled for midday.
Has the penny finally dropped that the Russians are playing him for time and have no interest in peace, while the whole of Europe is steadfast behind supporting Ukraine to keep fighting?
What do you think ?
My prediction is he'll give him another "two weeks".
The Home Office is appealing the High Court’s injunction preventing migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel. Dan Jarvis told broadcasters the government remains committed to closing all asylum hotels, but wants it to be done in a “managed and ordered way, and that’s why we will appeal this decision.“
Nightmare? Depends what she's going to say. Can't say she was framed as she pled guilty. Can't say she was entrapped to plead guilty as she didn't raise that as a point of appeal. Can't say that she didn't say what she said.
So.....? Have her as the mouthpiece for the "send the darkies home" campaign? That won't give Starmer too many sleepless nights.
The government’s worst case scenario is probably that she says something that’s clearly in breach of her licence conditions, and someone has to decide whether to recall her.
That, or she gives a bland interview on UK TV then heads off to the US podcast circuit. Is she allowed to travel?
She’s somewhat more articulate and photogenic than “Tommy”.
She has a fairly narrow path to follow. She doesn't want to get into trouble with the law, but (I'm guessing) she does want to generate a lot of sympathy for her position. It's also perfectly possible that she turns away some of the people who were instinctively sympathetic to her. Or she may be able to use her situation to her own advantage.
The choice of channel and interviewer is interesting.
I hope she's getting good advice. There'll be lots of people wanting to use her.
Given she's now free, what sympathy does she expect ?
Putin was never going to, and likely will never agree to meet Zelensky. The current Russian regime simply won't accept Ukraine as a sovereign nation, and symbolic events matter to them (a sharp contrast with Trump, who appears not to have had a clue what inviting Putin to meet on US soil implied).
Russian FM Lavrov makes clear that there’s no Putin-Zelensky bilateral meeting planned nor is one happening anytime soon: “There is no meeting planned. And I'm not challenging this, but you -- you cannot, cannot, I think, understand what I am saying. Putin is ready to meet with Zelenskyy when the agenda would be ready for a summit. And this agenda is not ready at all.” https://x.com/ChristopherJM/status/1958859584296108513
Trump has a press conference scheduled for midday.
Has the penny finally dropped that the Russians are playing him for time and have no interest in peace, while the whole of Europe is steadfast behind supporting Ukraine to keep fighting?
If they’re not careful, Sinn Fein are going to be deeply damaged or destroyed as an electoral force in the south - by a nationalist party much more concerned with migration than reunification
Which will be quite the irony
Nah, the shinners are too clever for that, if they sense Ireland is going in that direction they will have a chameleon like adjustment to all of their policies. They are the original anti-immigration party of Ireland, there won't be a major party that can outflank them on it.
As someone from NI - no, they won’t. SF built their modern (post violence) version on being progressive-left on internal politics. To become anti-immigrant would end them.
There's going to be people who have been raised on "protecting Irish culture" that will force them to change or be supplanted and I think they're too smart to be supplanted.
You don't realise how much Sinn Fein have morphed into Jezbollah with more shamrocks
Nightmare? Depends what she's going to say. Can't say she was framed as she pled guilty. Can't say she was entrapped to plead guilty as she didn't raise that as a point of appeal. Can't say that she didn't say what she said.
So.....? Have her as the mouthpiece for the "send the darkies home" campaign? That won't give Starmer too many sleepless nights.
The government’s worst case scenario is probably that she says something that’s clearly in breach of her licence conditions, and someone has to decide whether to recall her.
That, or she gives a bland interview on UK TV then heads off to the US podcast circuit. Is she allowed to travel?
She’s somewhat more articulate and photogenic than “Tommy”.
She has a fairly narrow path to follow. She doesn't want to get into trouble with the law, but (I'm guessing) she does want to generate a lot of sympathy for her position. It's also perfectly possible that she turns away some of the people who were instinctively sympathetic to her. Or she may be able to use her situation to her own advantage.
The choice of channel and interviewer is interesting.
I hope she's getting good advice. There'll be lots of people wanting to use her.
She would be well advised to keep quiet.
Saying she was justified in calling for arson of occupied buildings isn't going to play well. Farage is far too wiley to get close to that. Tacit support for riots and mob violence is his limit.
The Home Office is appealing the High Court’s injunction preventing migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel. Dan Jarvis told broadcasters the government remains committed to closing all asylum hotels, but wants it to be done in a “managed and ordered way, and that’s why we will appeal this decision.“
I would put the chances of the government winning an appeal on the injunction at over 50%. The balance of convenience is by no means clear. On the substantive issue of change of use in the longer run, they would probably lose, though on that one they would have time to pass primary legislation to legalise it (unless of course 800 Labour backbenchers decide their seats are more important than orderly government, which they might).
Connolly’s sentence is the sort of talking point that enrages a certain voter, but it’s not going to be of much pertinence to most voters unless Labour rise to it. They have up until now sensibly kept quite quiet about the whole thing, and if they continue to have any good sense they’ll keep that up.
As soon as they wade into that debate, they’ll be put on the back foot.
Yes the best thing is to ignore her, the worry is that she comes out fighting and they don’t have the choice. I’m guessing that the BBC and Channel 4 news are ignoring the story so far.
Dates back over half a century, but regularly upgraded and still in production, in Ukraine (another version powers the Bayraktar stealth drone). nearly 10k built, so there'll be a lot of spares and old kit knocking around. And it only has to last 3000km, so can be bolted together from obsolete parted out kit.
But I wonder if he’s got this totally wrong. For a start these are saltires - so this might just be a very Nat community? And normal?
Can any of our North British correspondents elucidate?
With the caveat that this could be a small number of people putting up lots of flags, which has a different meaning to lots of people putting up one flag each...
What's the ratio of Union flags to English/Scottish/Welsh flags more generally? And what can we muse about from that?
I dunno but I’m intrigued
Flagging has apparently spread to Ireland as well. Which has produced the superb irony of Sinn Fein type Irish nationalists COMPLAINING about Irish people putting up Irish flags “because they are just copying stupid Brits and loyalists”
Um. That sounds a bit unlikely. There have always been more flags flown in Ireland than in Britain.
“Oh SHIT ! The flag shaggers have arrived in Dublin. We’re doomed !”
“The insecurity of these clowns. Wouldn’t know what Irish culture is if it slapped them in the face. For many they think it’s freckles and red hair. Following the worst behaviour of loyalists and Brit nationalists. Marking their patch. Pathetic.”
Why are people on the extreme right and extreme left obsessed with sex. Is it because they don’t get much ?
The extreme right think everyone’s a nonce and the extreme left thinks flying a flag shows a sexual inclination towards it.
Odd.
Projection.
The extreme right are all nonces. The extreme left shag the USSR flag every morning.
Perhaps they should hook up and expand all that pent up sexual energy together. Only take a few minutes 👍
They may both be a little less stressed after.
Reminds me of the line about cars being a phallic substitute - “If your personal equipment looks anything like a Porsche, see immediate medical attention.”
If they’re not careful, Sinn Fein are going to be deeply damaged or destroyed as an electoral force in the south - by a nationalist party much more concerned with migration than reunification
Which will be quite the irony
Nah, the shinners are too clever for that, if they sense Ireland is going in that direction they will have a chameleon like adjustment to all of their policies. They are the original anti-immigration party of Ireland, there won't be a major party that can outflank them on it.
As someone from NI - no, they won’t. SF built their modern (post violence) version on being progressive-left on internal politics. To become anti-immigrant would end them.
There's going to be people who have been raised on "protecting Irish culture" that will force them to change or be supplanted and I think they're too smart to be supplanted.
You don't realise how much Sinn Fein have morphed into Jezbollah with more shamrocks
Then they'll be supplanted just as the Tories have been here.
If they’re not careful, Sinn Fein are going to be deeply damaged or destroyed as an electoral force in the south - by a nationalist party much more concerned with migration than reunification
Which will be quite the irony
Nah, the shinners are too clever for that, if they sense Ireland is going in that direction they will have a chameleon like adjustment to all of their policies. They are the original anti-immigration party of Ireland, there won't be a major party that can outflank them on it.
As someone from NI - no, they won’t. SF built their modern (post violence) version on being progressive-left on internal politics. To become anti-immigrant would end them.
There's going to be people who have been raised on "protecting Irish culture" that will force them to change or be supplanted and I think they're too smart to be supplanted.
You don't realise how much Sinn Fein have morphed into Jezbollah with more shamrocks
Then they'll be supplanted just as the Tories have been here.
Dates back over half a century, but regularly upgraded and still in production, in Ukraine (another version powers the Bayraktar stealth drone). nearly 10k built, so there'll be a lot of spares and old kit knocking around. And it only has to last 3000km, so can be bolted together from obsolete parted out kit.
Yup, they have loads of them and current manufacturing capacity. The bomb on the front starts life as an existing and numerous bomb too, so once the concept is proven they’re going to be easy to make in the thousands.
Maybe it would be better if instead of Reform winning the election, instead by getting to 40% in the polls pretty soon they force the mainstream parties to radically change their policies.
But to what? Reform policies are cakeism. There’s not a meaningful policy platform for the other parties to adopt. The reason to vote Reform is not policy, it’s identity. Same as voting for Gaza independents.
EVERY PARTY'S POLICIES ARE CAKEISM.
Labour say they wont increase taxes but will spaff loads on public services = Growing debt and private sector decline Conservative cut taxes and cut spending = Growing debt and public service decline Lib Dem campaign against building houses or reservoirs or nuclear power plants but are in support of immigration and don't see the infrastructure contradiction there
Citation needed for a lot of the above.
Parties and party activists say all sorts of things, but I’m taking actual policy as written in election manifestos and government bills.
The 3 traditional parties, plus the SNP and Plaid, produced manifestos a year ago with relatively detailed policies that at least attempt to add up fiscally. All 5 made some assumptions that could be contested, but all 5 attempted to fully cost their policy platforms.
Reform and the Greens both wrote manifestos based entirely on vibes, without even a pretence of credibly costing them. Because they don’t actually need to. Their vote is not policy based. See IFS, Neidle and others on this.
So it seems Labour latest relaunch is going to be echoing many of the media talking heads that Britain isn't broken after all...all a bit whiplash, after telling us consistently over the past year how everything is broken. I am not sure spin that they have fixed (the foundations) is going to fly.
But I wonder if he’s got this totally wrong. For a start these are saltires - so this might just be a very Nat community? And normal?
Can any of our North British correspondents elucidate?
With the caveat that this could be a small number of people putting up lots of flags, which has a different meaning to lots of people putting up one flag each...
What's the ratio of Union flags to English/Scottish/Welsh flags more generally? And what can we muse about from that?
I dunno but I’m intrigued
Flagging has apparently spread to Ireland as well. Which has produced the superb irony of Sinn Fein type Irish nationalists COMPLAINING about Irish people putting up Irish flags “because they are just copying stupid Brits and loyalists”
Um. That sounds a bit unlikely. There have always been more flags flown in Ireland than in Britain.
“Oh SHIT ! The flag shaggers have arrived in Dublin. We’re doomed !”
“The insecurity of these clowns. Wouldn’t know what Irish culture is if it slapped them in the face. For many they think it’s freckles and red hair. Following the worst behaviour of loyalists and Brit nationalists. Marking their patch. Pathetic.”
Simon Jack presenting WATO this lunchtime was much more World-centric than Montague or Dimond. He was very good. I get the impression the presenter has a great deal of editorial influence on BBC radio.
Maybe it would be better if instead of Reform winning the election, instead by getting to 40% in the polls pretty soon they force the mainstream parties to radically change their policies.
But to what? Reform policies are cakeism. There’s not a meaningful policy platform for the other parties to adopt. The reason to vote Reform is not policy, it’s identity. Same as voting for Gaza independents.
EVERY PARTY'S POLICIES ARE CAKEISM.
Labour say they wont increase taxes but will spaff loads on public services = Growing debt and private sector decline Conservative cut taxes and cut spending = Growing debt and public service decline Lib Dem campaign against building houses or reservoirs or nuclear power plants but are in support of immigration and don't see the infrastructure contradiction there
Citation needed for a lot of the above.
Parties and party activists say all sorts of things, but I’m taking actual policy as written in election manifestos and government bills.
The 3 traditional parties, plus the SNP and Plaid, produced manifestos a year ago with relatively detailed policies that at least attempt to add up fiscally. All 5 made some assumptions that could be contested, but all 5 attempted to fully cost their policy platforms.
Reform and the Greens both wrote manifestos based entirely on vibes, without even a pretence of credibly costing them. Because they don’t actually need to. Their vote is not policy based. See IFS, Neidle and others on this.
Anyone who has been paying attention to British politics for the last decade needs no citations for any of my comments. It is clear to see from the actions of the parties; words in a manifesto butter no parsnips for most voters.
So it seems Labour latest relaunch is going to be echoing many of the media talking heads that Britain isn't broken after all...all a bit whiplash, after telling us consistently over the past year how everything is broken. I am not sure spin that they have fixed (the foundations) is going to fly.
Your team have been very impressive this week. They utterly smashed Labour asylum policy with the hotel judgement. I don't know what Farage was doing but he and his reprobate Party haven't been at the immigration races this week.
Philp, Kemi and Jenrick have all been very small boats effective.
The hapless Dan Jarvis was on for Labour defending the hotel judgement appeal, and to think he was once a favourite to become Labour leader.
This fleg is yet to be surpassed as the apogean symbol of Ingerlish culture.
This is jolly. What are we meant to infer by 'badge'? And is 'bags' a celebration of crisps? I hope so. Worth celebrating, but rarely elevated to something in anyone's top four. Hull City fans particularly fond of doing a telf.
This fleg is yet to be surpassed as the apogean symbol of Ingerlish culture.
This is jolly. What are we meant to infer by 'badge'? And is 'bags' a celebration of crisps? I hope so. Worth celebrating, but rarely elevated to something in anyone's top four. Hull City fans particularly fond of doing a telf.
Can't tell if this is laboured irony or genuine ignorance.
If they’re not careful, Sinn Fein are going to be deeply damaged or destroyed as an electoral force in the south - by a nationalist party much more concerned with migration than reunification
Which will be quite the irony
Nah, the shinners are too clever for that, if they sense Ireland is going in that direction they will have a chameleon like adjustment to all of their policies. They are the original anti-immigration party of Ireland, there won't be a major party that can outflank them on it.
Perhaps. But I wonder if they’ve been colonised by their own Marxism and wokery and are now incapable of pivoting. They show no sign of it so far (in the south)
Peadar Tóibín of Aontú is probably the one to watch. He does well in the media.
That said, FG and FF are not going to want to be outflanked by an anti-immigrant party themselves, and will be working hard to corner that part of the electorate.
You know how to help your chances of winning elections?
Govern well.
Seems most parties are willing to do anything to win - except that...
I did read on here that the SNP should choose to govern really well to advance the Indy cause. Obviously the thrawn bastards have avoided doing this, from stubbornness no doubt.
So it seems Labour latest relaunch is going to be echoing many of the media talking heads that Britain isn't broken after all...all a bit whiplash, after telling us consistently over the past year how everything is broken. I am not sure spin that they have fixed (the foundations) is going to fly.
Your team have been very impressive this week. They utterly smashed Labour asylum policy with the hotel judgement. I don't know what Farage was doing but he and his reprobate Party haven't been at the immigration races this week.
Philp, Kemi and Jenrick have all been very small boats effective.
The hapless Dan Jarvis was on for Labour defending the hotel judgement appeal, and to think he was once a favourite to become Labour leader.
My team are doing incredibly well...Crewe Alex are top of the league with 100% win record this season. I don't support any other teams, not even in the Hundred.
This fleg is yet to be surpassed as the apogean symbol of Ingerlish culture.
This is jolly. What are we meant to infer by 'badge'? And is 'bags' a celebration of crisps? I hope so. Worth celebrating, but rarely elevated to something in anyone's top four. Hull City fans particularly fond of doing a telf.
Badge is Stone Island, a clothing label favoured by soccer casuals (are they still called that?), bags heavily cut coke.
This fleg is yet to be surpassed as the apogean symbol of Ingerlish culture.
This is jolly. What are we meant to infer by 'badge'? And is 'bags' a celebration of crisps? I hope so. Worth celebrating, but rarely elevated to something in anyone's top four. Hull City fans particularly fond of doing a telf.
Can't tell if this is laboured irony or genuine ignorance.
Genuine ignorance, on this occasion. Well, 'bags' from the picture could be drinks. But I've never heard drinks referred to as such. I've also heard condoms referred to as 'bags', but fron the picture I'm 90% sure it's not that. Wait - it's cocaine, isn't it? They'd be much better off with crisps. Still no idea about badge, though.
Nightmare? Depends what she's going to say. Can't say she was framed as she pled guilty. Can't say she was entrapped to plead guilty as she didn't raise that as a point of appeal. Can't say that she didn't say what she said.
So.....? Have her as the mouthpiece for the "send the darkies home" campaign? That won't give Starmer too many sleepless nights.
The government’s worst case scenario is probably that she says something that’s clearly in breach of her licence conditions, and someone has to decide whether to recall her.
That, or she gives a bland interview on UK TV then heads off to the US podcast circuit. Is she allowed to travel?
She’s somewhat more articulate and photogenic than “Tommy”.
She has a fairly narrow path to follow. She doesn't want to get into trouble with the law, but (I'm guessing) she does want to generate a lot of sympathy for her position. It's also perfectly possible that she turns away some of the people who were instinctively sympathetic to her. Or she may be able to use her situation to her own advantage.
The choice of channel and interviewer is interesting.
I hope she's getting good advice. There'll be lots of people wanting to use her.
Given she's now free, what sympathy does she expect ?
The sort of sympathy that might being in a few quid, I expect.
I might be wrong through, but the choice of interviewer is interesting.
The Home Office is appealing the High Court’s injunction preventing migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel. Dan Jarvis told broadcasters the government remains committed to closing all asylum hotels, but wants it to be done in a “managed and ordered way, and that’s why we will appeal this decision.“
Logistically and practically it makes sense. Politically, it is going to look awful.
Jarvis's presentation was particularly poor. It was from the Geoff Hoon school of media management.
This fleg is yet to be surpassed as the apogean symbol of Ingerlish culture.
This is jolly. What are we meant to infer by 'badge'? And is 'bags' a celebration of crisps? I hope so. Worth celebrating, but rarely elevated to something in anyone's top four. Hull City fans particularly fond of doing a telf.
Can't tell if this is laboured irony or genuine ignorance.
Genuine ignorance, on this occasion. Well, 'bags' from the picture could be drinks. But I've never heard drinks referred to as such. I've also heard condoms referred to as 'bags', but fron the picture I'm 90% sure it's not that. Wait - it's cocaine, isn't it? They'd be much better off with crisps. Still no idea about badge, though.
I've just felt a glow of vague warmth towards the hundred. It may be fundamentally stupid, but at least it genuinely celebrates crisps.
The Home Office is appealing the High Court’s injunction preventing migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel. Dan Jarvis told broadcasters the government remains committed to closing all asylum hotels, but wants it to be done in a “managed and ordered way, and that’s why we will appeal this decision.“
Logistically and practically it makes sense. Politically, it is going to look awful.
Jarvis's presentation was particularly poor. It was from the Geoff Hoon school of media management.
Probably applies to every vaguely sentient pol of the last 20 years but I’m sure Jarvis was touted as future PM/LOTO material at one point. Edit: sorry, I see you referred to that in an earlier post.
So it seems Labour latest relaunch is going to be echoing many of the media talking heads that Britain isn't broken after all...all a bit whiplash, after telling us consistently over the past year how everything is broken. I am not sure spin that they have fixed (the foundations) is going to fly.
Your team have been very impressive this week. They utterly smashed Labour asylum policy with the hotel judgement. I don't know what Farage was doing but he and his reprobate Party haven't been at the immigration races this week.
Philp, Kemi and Jenrick have all been very small boats effective.
The hapless Dan Jarvis was on for Labour defending the hotel judgement appeal, and to think he was once a favourite to become Labour leader.
I don't think that was ever based on much beyond ex army, straight shoulders and good hair.
This fleg is yet to be surpassed as the apogean symbol of Ingerlish culture.
This is jolly. What are we meant to infer by 'badge'? And is 'bags' a celebration of crisps? I hope so. Worth celebrating, but rarely elevated to something in anyone's top four. Hull City fans particularly fond of doing a telf.
Badge is Stone Island, a clothing label favoured by soccer casuals (are they still called that?), bags heavily cut coke.
Thanks. You could have sat me there all day and I'd never have got Stone Island. It looked vaguely like the NATO logo but that seemed even more unlikely than a celebration of crisps.
Still, that is what I will now associate Hull City with: NATO, crisps and unfussy women. And being the only league club with no letters you can colour in.
I was wondering about this the other day; as she's been released on licence, are there more restrictions on what she can say, when compared to you or I? In other words, what does released on licence mean?
I thought it was not committing offences - so no more dodgy facebook posts about burning down hotels, for a start.
I don't think she'd be unable to speak about her experiences.
This fleg is yet to be surpassed as the apogean symbol of Ingerlish culture.
This is jolly. What are we meant to infer by 'badge'? And is 'bags' a celebration of crisps? I hope so. Worth celebrating, but rarely elevated to something in anyone's top four. Hull City fans particularly fond of doing a telf.
Badge is Stone Island, a clothing label favoured by soccer casuals (are they still called that?), bags heavily cut coke.
I quite enjoy the Facebook page that posts pictures of people who are contorting themselves in painful ways to ensure their Stone Island badge is visible in photos.
Almost as good as the weird Wolf T-shirt/fleece/matching trousers thing and the “dry-robe wankers” - really don’t understand those particular fashions.
The Home Office is appealing the High Court’s injunction preventing migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel. Dan Jarvis told broadcasters the government remains committed to closing all asylum hotels, but wants it to be done in a “managed and ordered way, and that’s why we will appeal this decision.“
Logistically and practically it makes sense. Politically, it is going to look awful.
Jarvis's presentation was particularly poor. It was from the Geoff Hoon school of media management.
Probably applies to every vaguely sentient pol of the last 20 years but I’m sure Jarvis was touted as future PM/LOTO material at one point.
Yes, he was. On the basis of ex-military and good hair. Well, no danger of baldness anyway.
This fleg is yet to be surpassed as the apogean symbol of Ingerlish culture.
This is jolly. What are we meant to infer by 'badge'? And is 'bags' a celebration of crisps? I hope so. Worth celebrating, but rarely elevated to something in anyone's top four. Hull City fans particularly fond of doing a telf.
Can't tell if this is laboured irony or genuine ignorance.
You should add the semiotics of flags to your tutoring offering.
This fleg is yet to be surpassed as the apogean symbol of Ingerlish culture.
This is jolly. What are we meant to infer by 'badge'? And is 'bags' a celebration of crisps? I hope so. Worth celebrating, but rarely elevated to something in anyone's top four. Hull City fans particularly fond of doing a telf.
Badge is Stone Island, a clothing label favoured by soccer casuals (are they still called that?), bags heavily cut coke.
I quite enjoy the Facebook page that posts pictures of people who are contorting themselves in painful ways to ensure their Stone Island badge is visible in photos.
Almost as good as the weird Wolf T-shirt/fleece/matching trousers thing and the “dry-robe wankers” - really don’t understand those particular fashions.
So it seems Labour latest relaunch is going to be echoing many of the media talking heads that Britain isn't broken after all...all a bit whiplash, after telling us consistently over the past year how everything is broken. I am not sure spin that they have fixed (the foundations) is going to fly.
Your team have been very impressive this week. They utterly smashed Labour asylum policy with the hotel judgement. I don't know what Farage was doing but he and his reprobate Party haven't been at the immigration races this week.
Philp, Kemi and Jenrick have all been very small boats effective.
The hapless Dan Jarvis was on for Labour defending the hotel judgement appeal, and to think he was once a favourite to become Labour leader.
I don't think that was ever based on much beyond ex army, straight shoulders and good hair.
Burnham is, by comparison looking more like the man.
The Home Office is appealing the High Court’s injunction preventing migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel. Dan Jarvis told broadcasters the government remains committed to closing all asylum hotels, but wants it to be done in a “managed and ordered way, and that’s why we will appeal this decision.“
Logistically and practically it makes sense. Politically, it is going to look awful.
Jarvis's presentation was particularly poor. It was from the Geoff Hoon school of media management.
Probably applies to every vaguely sentient pol of the last 20 years but I’m sure Jarvis was touted as future PM/LOTO material at one point.
Yes, he was. On the basis of ex-military and good hair. Well, no danger of baldness anyway.
He could take the Gavin Newsom shitposting road to the top, but it seems unlikely.
If they’re not careful, Sinn Fein are going to be deeply damaged or destroyed as an electoral force in the south - by a nationalist party much more concerned with migration than reunification
Which will be quite the irony
Nah, the shinners are too clever for that, if they sense Ireland is going in that direction they will have a chameleon like adjustment to all of their policies. They are the original anti-immigration party of Ireland, there won't be a major party that can outflank them on it.
As someone from NI - no, they won’t. SF built their modern (post violence) version on being progressive-left on internal politics. To become anti-immigrant would end them.
There's going to be people who have been raised on "protecting Irish culture" that will force them to change or be supplanted and I think they're too smart to be supplanted.
You don't realise how much Sinn Fein have morphed into Jezbollah with more shamrocks
They started tacking against immigration last July, at least trying to ride the wave of local protests against accommodation for asylum seekers, so they're at about Ed Miliband's (2015) position now, rather than Corbyn.
It wouldn't be a simple switch for them to make, but I can see them trying.
So it seems Labour latest relaunch is going to be echoing many of the media talking heads that Britain isn't broken after all...all a bit whiplash, after telling us consistently over the past year how everything is broken. I am not sure spin that they have fixed (the foundations) is going to fly.
Good god, they really are clueless.
How the f*ck are they still working out their messaging over a year after entering government? This is the stuff that they had to be getting right in the first two weeks!
So it seems Labour latest relaunch is going to be echoing many of the media talking heads that Britain isn't broken after all...all a bit whiplash, after telling us consistently over the past year how everything is broken. I am not sure spin that they have fixed (the foundations) is going to fly.
Your team have been very impressive this week. They utterly smashed Labour asylum policy with the hotel judgement. I don't know what Farage was doing but he and his reprobate Party haven't been at the immigration races this week.
Philp, Kemi and Jenrick have all been very small boats effective.
The hapless Dan Jarvis was on for Labour defending the hotel judgement appeal, and to think he was once a favourite to become Labour leader.
I don't think that was ever based on much beyond ex army, straight shoulders and good hair.
Burnham is, by comparison looking more like the man.
It appears to have become almost expected in GM's public sector that Andrew Gwynne will step down and Burnham will stand in the resultant by-election. Though whether that is based on anything more substantial than we know on here (i.e. such a by-election is reasonably forseeable and reasonably winnable) I don't know!
So it seems Labour latest relaunch is going to be echoing many of the media talking heads that Britain isn't broken after all...all a bit whiplash, after telling us consistently over the past year how everything is broken. I am not sure spin that they have fixed (the foundations) is going to fly.
Your team have been very impressive this week. They utterly smashed Labour asylum policy with the hotel judgement. I don't know what Farage was doing but he and his reprobate Party haven't been at the immigration races this week.
Philp, Kemi and Jenrick have all been very small boats effective.
The hapless Dan Jarvis was on for Labour defending the hotel judgement appeal, and to think he was once a favourite to become Labour leader.
I don't think that was ever based on much beyond ex army, straight shoulders and good hair.
Burnham is, by comparison looking more like the man.
Burnham's appeal is that he has been, as Mayor, opposing nasty cuts and advocating more spending on his city. Oppositional soft left politics.
The moment he has to make some hard choices, that appeal will evaporate and you will be left with the hapless, failed minister.
In last week’s Takimag, our favorite doctor laments the increasing usage of informality in language, clothing, and even tombstones in his native Britain
Dignity is lost when people lose the appreciation that language that is right in one circumstance is not right in another. We have come to view any distinctions in dress, conduct, or language as inherently snobbish or even antidemocratic."
The Home Office is appealing the High Court’s injunction preventing migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel. Dan Jarvis told broadcasters the government remains committed to closing all asylum hotels, but wants it to be done in a “managed and ordered way, and that’s why we will appeal this decision.“
Logistically and practically it makes sense. Politically, it is going to look awful.
Jarvis's presentation was particularly poor. It was from the Geoff Hoon school of media management.
Probably applies to every vaguely sentient pol of the last 20 years but I’m sure Jarvis was touted as future PM/LOTO material at one point.
Yes, he was. On the basis of ex-military and good hair. Well, no danger of baldness anyway.
He could take the Gavin Newsom shitposting road to the top, but it seems unlikely.
From my understanding of Dan Jarvis - yes, I'd agree, unlikely. He has always struck me as reasonably conciliatory.
There is a very good article in the WaPo today about Trump's attempts to end the SMO for those of us who are either clever enough to edit the page source to get past the paywall or stupid enough to give Bezos more money.
Basically... Witkoff is just a MAGA flying monkey who doesn't know what the fuck he is doing. Trump thinks he can sway Putin by the strength of their personal relationship. Russia's position hasn't change one iota since Istanbul 2022. Putin talked Trump out of applying harder sanctions in Alaska.
I think we can all see the utility that AI can conceivably deliver. If businesses aren’t seeing the benefits of it yet, they will do in due course. Whether that’s going to be as quick as predicted… hmmm.
The problem is that AI is still highly fallible. As a very casual user, the confidence I have in its output varies from topic to topic, but probably averages at about 60-80%. In many professional settings, that just isn’t enough of a confidence level to relinquish control entirely and rely on the output. In time, I’m sure that will change.
Interestingly (well, to me, anyway) the upper ceiling of AI may be close for physical reasons - it may be we are close to the point where chips can't be made any smaller and more efficient than they are. I'd have thought that even if that were the case we could still twist a lot more gains out of the software though.
Also interestingly - at least two young people I know refuse to use it on principle.
If they’re not careful, Sinn Fein are going to be deeply damaged or destroyed as an electoral force in the south - by a nationalist party much more concerned with migration than reunification
Which will be quite the irony
Nah, the shinners are too clever for that, if they sense Ireland is going in that direction they will have a chameleon like adjustment to all of their policies. They are the original anti-immigration party of Ireland, there won't be a major party that can outflank them on it.
As someone from NI - no, they won’t. SF built their modern (post violence) version on being progressive-left on internal politics. To become anti-immigrant would end them.
There's going to be people who have been raised on "protecting Irish culture" that will force them to change or be supplanted and I think they're too smart to be supplanted.
You don't realise how much Sinn Fein have morphed into Jezbollah with more shamrocks
Then they'll be supplanted just as the Tories have been here.
In the late nineties, they morphed from being anti-EU and anti-abortion, to being enthusiasts for both, and generally acting as the most left wing Irish party on social issues. Right wing Irish Republicans were willing to tolerate this, because of their support for unification. But, there are signs that the immigration issue could cost them much of their base, unless they're prepared to shift, which in turn, means losing the posh left wing vote.
There is a very good article in the WaPo today about Trump's attempts to end the SMO for those of us who are either clever enough to edit the page source to get past the paywall or stupid enough to give Bezos more money.
Basically... Witkoff is just a MAGA flying monkey who doesn't know what the fuck he is doing. Trump thinks he can sway Putin by the strength of their personal relationship. Russia's position hasn't change one iota since Istanbul 2022. Putin talked Trump out of applying harder sanctions in Alaska.
Interestingly (well, to me, anyway) the upper ceiling of AI may be close for physical reasons - it may be we are close to the point where chips can't be made any smaller and more efficient than they are. I'd have thought that even if that were the case we could still twist a lot more gains out of the software though.
Also interestingly - at least two young people I know refuse to use it on principle.
It's not the minimum size of the chips - you can just go sideways and used more GPUs. Physical limits on minimum chip feature size have been an issue for years, as well.
It's that stacking in more GPUs beyond certain points is yielding minimal returns.
It's quite common to have computational problems where exponential increases in the amount of processing yield linear (or less) improvements beyond various limits.
This fleg is yet to be surpassed as the apogean symbol of Ingerlish culture.
This is jolly. What are we meant to infer by 'badge'? And is 'bags' a celebration of crisps? I hope so. Worth celebrating, but rarely elevated to something in anyone's top four. Hull City fans particularly fond of doing a telf.
This fleg is yet to be surpassed as the apogean symbol of Ingerlish culture.
This is jolly. What are we meant to infer by 'badge'? And is 'bags' a celebration of crisps? I hope so. Worth celebrating, but rarely elevated to something in anyone's top four. Hull City fans particularly fond of doing a telf.
[Full details on posting; Reform on 22% first pref but hard to know what to make of it all as the first runner in the constituency in the 2022 election was an Independent and I've no idea who was voting for him]
One of the grittier East Ren seats I guess. Council website says the seat had been held by the late Cllr Betty Cunningham, who was 26 years as a councillor, she would have a decent personal vote. Mr Sarwar will be pleased with the result
A very good result for Labour. Not many transfers from Reform. It looks like they are the NOTA party.
Here’s the information regarding transfers of votes, for anyone interested.
There is a very good article in the WaPo today about Trump's attempts to end the SMO for those of us who are either clever enough to edit the page source to get past the paywall or stupid enough to give Bezos more money.
Basically... Witkoff is just a MAGA flying monkey who doesn't know what the fuck he is doing. Trump thinks he can sway Putin by the strength of their personal relationship. Russia's position hasn't change one iota since Istanbul 2022. Putin talked Trump out of applying harder sanctions in Alaska.
Isn't that pretty well what we've been saying for weeks now ?
This fleg is yet to be surpassed as the apogean symbol of Ingerlish culture.
This is jolly. What are we meant to infer by 'badge'? And is 'bags' a celebration of crisps? I hope so. Worth celebrating, but rarely elevated to something in anyone's top four. Hull City fans particularly fond of doing a telf.
And here I was thinking that it was an ad for a party organised by @Dura_Ace - hookers, blow, a sleepy leopard & NATO
Sounds like a typical night out for me out at university, except for the hookers, blow, and a sleepy leopard (tiger).
Honestly second year at uni and the NATO intervention to stop genocide was all the rage, those were the days, especially as the SNP leader at the time was pro genocide.
There is a very good article in the WaPo today about Trump's attempts to end the SMO for those of us who are either clever enough to edit the page source to get past the paywall or stupid enough to give Bezos more money.
Basically... Witkoff is just a MAGA flying monkey who doesn't know what the fuck he is doing. Trump thinks he can sway Putin by the strength of their personal relationship. Russia's position hasn't change one iota since Istanbul 2022. Putin talked Trump out of applying harder sanctions in Alaska.
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She managed to shoot herself in the head, but survive for several months only to die painfully and slowly from the complications.
Poor show.
So.....? Have her as the mouthpiece for the "send the darkies home" campaign? That won't give Starmer too many sleepless nights.
The current Russian regime simply won't accept Ukraine as a sovereign nation, and symbolic events matter to them (a sharp contrast with Trump, who appears not to have had a clue what inviting Putin to meet on US soil implied).
Russian FM Lavrov makes clear that there’s no Putin-Zelensky bilateral meeting planned nor is one happening anytime soon: “There is no meeting planned. And I'm not challenging this, but you -- you cannot, cannot, I think, understand what I am saying. Putin is ready to meet with Zelenskyy when the agenda would be ready for a summit. And this agenda is not ready at all.”
https://x.com/ChristopherJM/status/1958859584296108513
Labour say they wont increase taxes but will spaff loads on public services = Growing debt and private sector decline
Conservative cut taxes and cut spending = Growing debt and public service decline
Lib Dem campaign against building houses or reservoirs or nuclear power plants but are in support of immigration and don't see the infrastructure contradiction there
That, or she gives a bland interview on UK TV then heads off to the US podcast circuit. Is she allowed to travel?
She’s somewhat more articulate and photogenic than “Tommy”.
Has the penny finally dropped that the Russians are playing him for time and have no interest in peace, while the whole of Europe is steadfast behind supporting Ukraine to keep fighting?
As soon as they wade into that debate, they’ll be put on the back foot.
The choice of channel and interviewer is interesting.
I hope she's getting good advice. There'll be lots of people wanting to use her.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1958864044405780617.html
(Obviously could be bollocks, believe what you want to believe, fog of war, Ukranian propoganda etc).
My prediction is he'll give him another "two weeks".
No?
Saying she was justified in calling for arson of occupied buildings isn't going to play well. Farage is far too wiley to get close to that. Tacit support for riots and mob violence is his limit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivchenko_AI-25
Dates back over half a century, but regularly upgraded and still in production, in Ukraine (another version powers the Bayraktar stealth drone).
nearly 10k built, so there'll be a lot of spares and old kit knocking around. And it only has to last 3000km, so can be bolted together from obsolete parted out kit.
Parties and party activists say all sorts of things, but I’m taking actual policy as written in election manifestos and government bills.
The 3 traditional parties, plus the SNP and Plaid, produced manifestos a year ago with relatively detailed policies that at least attempt to add up fiscally. All 5 made some assumptions that could be contested, but all 5 attempted to fully cost their policy platforms.
Reform and the Greens both wrote manifestos based entirely on vibes, without even a pretence of credibly costing them. Because they don’t actually need to. Their vote is not policy based. See IFS, Neidle and others on this.
I'm going to chalk that down to permanently online people having a typically daft reaction to something online.
Oh, I see.
Govern well.
Seems most parties are willing to do anything to win - except that...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afroditi_Latinopoulou
Philp, Kemi and Jenrick have all been very small boats effective.
The hapless Dan Jarvis was on for Labour defending the hotel judgement appeal, and to think he was once a favourite to become Labour leader.
https://x.com/spectatorindex/status/1958854624334815326?s=61&t=LYVEHh2mqFy1oUJAdCfe-Q
That said, FG and FF are not going to want to be outflanked by an anti-immigrant party themselves, and will be working hard to corner that part of the electorate.
Well, 'bags' from the picture could be drinks. But I've never heard drinks referred to as such. I've also heard condoms referred to as 'bags', but fron the picture I'm 90% sure it's not that.
Wait - it's cocaine, isn't it?
They'd be much better off with crisps.
Still no idea about badge, though.
I might be wrong through, but the choice of interviewer is interesting.
Edit: sorry, I see you referred to that in an earlier post.
It's all going to end up like Pinochet's Chile.
If Bolton is deemed a commie traitor, I don't see much hope for the likes of Schiff and Newsom.
Still, that is what I will now associate Hull City with: NATO, crisps and unfussy women. And being the only league club with no letters you can colour in.
I don't think she'd be unable to speak about her experiences.
Almost as good as the weird Wolf T-shirt/fleece/matching trousers thing and the “dry-robe wankers” - really don’t understand those particular fashions.
It wouldn't be a simple switch for them to make, but I can see them trying.
How the f*ck are they still working out their messaging over a year after entering government? This is the stuff that they had to be getting right in the first two weeks!
Say farewell to the AI bubble, and get ready for the crash.
“The thought was that this growth would be exponential,” says Alex Hanna, a technology critic. Instead, Hanna says, “We’re hitting a wall.”
https://x.com/MrEwanMorrison/status/1958672284883067273
The moment he has to make some hard choices, that appeal will evaporate and you will be left with the hapless, failed minister.
"A Loss for Words
In last week’s Takimag, our favorite doctor laments the increasing usage of informality in language, clothing, and even tombstones in his native Britain
Dignity is lost when people lose the appreciation that language that is right in one circumstance is not right in another. We have come to view any distinctions in dress, conduct, or language as inherently snobbish or even antidemocratic."
https://www.skepticaldoctor.com
Basically... Witkoff is just a MAGA flying monkey who doesn't know what the fuck he is doing. Trump thinks he can sway Putin by the strength of their personal relationship. Russia's position hasn't change one iota since Istanbul 2022. Putin talked Trump out of applying harder sanctions in Alaska.
The problem is that AI is still highly fallible. As a very casual user, the confidence I have in its output varies from topic to topic, but probably averages at about 60-80%. In many professional settings, that just isn’t enough of a confidence level to relinquish control entirely and rely on the output. In time, I’m sure that will change.
I'd have thought that even if that were the case we could still twist a lot more gains out of the software though.
Also interestingly - at least two young people I know refuse to use it on principle.
It's that stacking in more GPUs beyond certain points is yielding minimal returns.
It's quite common to have computational problems where exponential increases in the amount of processing yield linear (or less) improvements beyond various limits.
If only there was a former DPP in a prominent political position at the moment?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/gethebadgein/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/26/lucy-connolly-prison-appeal-free-speech/
https://eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/media/11763/Candidate-Votes-Per-Stage-Report/pdf/b78af608-1263-4d2a-90ca-a13f6c8044f9.pdf?m=1755865626153
Honestly second year at uni and the NATO intervention to stop genocide was all the rage, those were the days, especially as the SNP leader at the time was pro genocide.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/diabetes-health-check-smartphone-app-nhs-b2812419.html
I did not expect that Foxy's job would be the first victim of AI.