Sir 'I'll double check that' had a ghastly PMQs and Her Britannic Majesty Kemi has well and truly got the measure of him these days. She doesn't let up any more.
I don't think an answer that starts with the single word, 'YES' in an attempted zinger but ends with 'I'll have to double check that' can be considered a success. Starmer will now have to 'double check' what he was afraid of saying for fear of misleading the Commons.
Good luck with that. London’s one of the worst cities for SD cars.
Because at the moment the humans can’t understand the cacophony of signs at certain junctions.
Councils also need to be very clear that every yellow box junction infringement and bus lane infringement and LTN infringement will accumulate exponentially increasing fines on the operators.
Make that £100 infringement for the 10th time today, and your last fine is £51,200, to be paid within a fortnight otherwise they all double.
Presumably these Waymos will be programme to avoid bus lanes? That's going create havoc. There are times when you have to go iinto a bus lane to avoid creating gridlock. In fact I have often thought that a work-to-rule by London drivers would reduce the capital to a standstill within hours because if every driver follows every rule inflexibly the whole system just grinds to a halt.
Driving on the west coast is infinitely easier than in the UK, ditto LA over london
So London is perhaps the ultimate test. All those tiny medieval streets in the City
Perhaps that’s why Google have chosen The Smoke. It’s a top tier, busy, chaotic world city but with narrow ancient streets in places (unlike NYC)
It’s meant to be exemplary. If they can get it to work in London it can work anywhere
Delhi?
I have a work colleague originally from Delhi. He has just passed his driving test, in Glasgow, after "unlearning" how he drove in Delhi. He says it is really stressful driving in Glasgow because people are doing 30, whereas 15 or 20 was the most you can manage in Delhi if you are lucky.
You mean, in aggregate, people actually drive at the speed limit?
And its not just me that is uniquely doing that?
Poor Eabhal will be having fits of vapours, having to share the road with people who drive at the speed limit when its safe and legal to do so.
Why would I? I haven't suggested that anywhere.
But you might find that some people, like pedestrians and cyclists, would find a slower speed optimal for them. Unless you think it's only drivers who matter?
Yeah, you did. I said
They absolutely can and should be doing 30mph if its safe and legal to do so, just as a regular driver is. 30mph is the speed limit, they should be doing less if they need to but no need to default to less.
They shouldn't be speeding and doing 40 in a 30.
To which you responded
Yep, this proves my point. The concern is that they'll be programmed by someone like you.
I do not want to share the road with millions of BartholomewRoberts.
So when I said that if its safe and legal to be doing the speed limit then you absolutely can and should be doing the speed limit, but not doing 40 in a 30, and you said you don't want to share the road with vehicles programmed by someone like me, what did you mean other than rejecting the idea of doing 30 in a 30 when its safe and legal to do so?
As for others wanting a slower speed optimal for them, they should get that on their paths, not the road. Build cycle paths or footpaths for pedestrians or cyclists, yes, but roads should be set at speeds for vehicles first and foremost, absolutely.
Those quotes don't demontrate that. Please don't put words in my mouth.
In fact, I've even suggested that self-driving cars might allow cars to drive faster than the current speed limit where the risk-profile is low, such as on motorways.
The rest of yoru post is crap. It's a carriageway. It's up to the horse.
I quoted the words, I didn't put anything in your mouth.
Do you agree with the idea that vehicles in a 30mph zone can and should be doing 30mph if its safe and legal to do so, or not?
Slow down if you need to slow down, as I said, but if its safe and legal to be doing 30 then that should be the default and not discouraged.
Yes. I think your idea of safe is rather different to mine though.
But you're advocating for killing children outside primary schools (this misrepresenting thing is fun!)
As someone who may vote Green at the next GE, I am not put off by Polanskis position on the independence issue.
If those countries want to secede from the UK then that is a matter for them, and English voters should not oppose it, indeed should come to amicable settlements in order to cement long term good relationships.
I can't work out if you've become an anti Brexit troll or just completely lost the plot.
A separate Welsh Green party has been an issue of debate in the party on and off over the years I believe.
I think mainly the Welsh Greens weren't sure they had the size/organisational capacity to operate on their own. Certainly it doesn't seem to be a Unionist stance from the English Greens holding it back.
Be interested to know how a Waymo would distinguish a set of classic temporary roadworks traffic lights that aren't working/stuck on red versus a very long hold but functionally operational 4-way type set of lights.
Control of the Waymo gets passed to a man in a warehouse if they get stuck. It's one of the features they have that the Teslas do not.
As someone who may vote Green at the next GE, I am not put off by Polanskis position on the independence issue.
If those countries want to secede from the UK then that is a matter for them, and English voters should not oppose it, indeed should come to amicable settlements in order to cement long term good relationships.
Agree on that point but you're a Sound Money man, Foxy, like me. How do you square this with a Polanski Green vote?
Be interested to know how a Waymo would distinguish a set of classic temporary roadworks traffic lights that aren't working/stuck on red versus a very long hold but functionally operational 4-way type set of lights.
Control of the Waymo gets passed to a man in a warehouse if they get stuck. It's one of the features they have that the Teslas do not.
Could they use the same technology (control by a man in a warehouse) for lorry deliveries? Would be a lot nicer job sitting in a warehouse driving and going home at the end of shift rather than sleeping in the cab in some lorry park. Could have the Lorries driving for longer too as you just swap out the warehouse driver after mandatory hours reached.
A separate Welsh Green party has been an issue of debate in the party on and off over the years I believe.
I think mainly the Welsh Greens weren't sure they had the size/organisational capacity to operate on their own. Certainly it doesn't seem to be a Unionist stance from the English Greens holding it back.
They've only got 8 councillors in Wales out of 1231 wards with just over 2% of the vote in 2022. I don't think a Green Party (Wales) is practical
Good luck with that. London’s one of the worst cities for SD cars.
Because at the moment the humans can’t understand the cacophony of signs at certain junctions.
Councils also need to be very clear that every yellow box junction infringement and bus lane infringement and LTN infringement will accumulate exponentially increasing fines on the operators.
Make that £100 infringement for the 10th time today, and your last fine is £51,200, to be paid within a fortnight otherwise they all double.
Presumably these Waymos will be programme to avoid bus lanes? That's going create havoc. There are times when you have to go iinto a bus lane to avoid creating gridlock. In fact I have often thought that a work-to-rule by London drivers would reduce the capital to a standstill within hours because if every driver follows every rule inflexibly the whole system just grinds to a halt.
Driving on the west coast is infinitely easier than in the UK, ditto LA over london
So London is perhaps the ultimate test. All those tiny medieval streets in the City
Perhaps that’s why Google have chosen The Smoke. It’s a top tier, busy, chaotic world city but with narrow ancient streets in places (unlike NYC)
It’s meant to be exemplary. If they can get it to work in London it can work anywhere
Delhi?
I have a work colleague originally from Delhi. He has just passed his driving test, in Glasgow, after "unlearning" how he drove in Delhi. He says it is really stressful driving in Glasgow because people are doing 30, whereas 15 or 20 was the most you can manage in Delhi if you are lucky.
You mean, in aggregate, people actually drive at the speed limit?
And its not just me that is uniquely doing that?
Poor @Eabhal will be having fits of vapours, having to share the road with people who drive at the speed limit when its safe and legal to do so.
As a driving instructor will tell you, driving at 20mph, persistently in 30mph zone, will get you failed on your test.
Quite rightly too, the speed limit is a limit not a target, but if its safe and legal to be doing the limit, you should be doing it or approximately close to it.
The Blue states subsidising the Red states in US is gonna become an explosive issue if all this insurrection/war zone/send in the military shit continues much longer.
Why should Blue states send $ to Trump to be partly used to fund an invasion of their own state?
Downtown Portland does have a truly eerie ambience
A kind of opulent dysfunction. The city is clearly wealthy; it is also clearly suffering quite unusually
Is there any evidence that the resident population finds this suffering is unusual?
What are you, a moron?
I’m pretty sure that when the owners of Gucci were choosing their flagship store location in Portland they didn’t say “I know, let’s put it on this corner which is infested with Fent addicts 24/7, ideally we want juddering zombies blocking the door at 2pm. Customers love that stuff”
I asked about the opinion of the citizens of Portland not fucking Gucci. And I'm the moron?
"An upper-middle-class former banker friend recently attended a Reform UK selection meeting for council candidates in a decaying southern coastal town. Although he is a man of the world who once worked on oil rigs and in a shoe shop, my banker friend professed himself ‘shocked’ by the standards of dress and deportment of the other would-be candidates. Naturally all were overweight and tattooed, and all were dressed in shorts, baseball caps and hooded tracksuit tops – the standard everyday uniform of most British men under the age of 60. They were, it is fair to say, an average representation of the male members of what was once called ‘the working class’."
Yes, Reform are now the natural party of the white working class male, as Labour voters and most Labour MPs were 100 or even 50 years ago.
Labour meanwhile both in parliament and in its core vote is now the party of the public sector middle classes and most ethnic minorities
That doesn't feel right (the ethnic minorities bit)? Have you got any recent stats? ISTR it's only the Muslims where their support is greater than you would expect controlling for other factors (and that's dwindling away now the Islamofascists are on the rise).
Labour won 72% of the Black vote at the 2024 GE, 44% of the Pakistani vote and 40% of the Indian vote and 48% of other ethnic minority voters and 59% of Mixed race.
So even on the current national swing to Reform, you would still expect Labour to be ahead with ethnic minorities. Doesn't seem to be a massive swing in the black vote to Kemi such that the Tories might win Tottenham or Hackney as they won a Leicester seat with Rishi either!
Good luck with that. London’s one of the worst cities for SD cars.
Because at the moment the humans can’t understand the cacophony of signs at certain junctions.
Councils also need to be very clear that every yellow box junction infringement and bus lane infringement and LTN infringement will accumulate exponentially increasing fines on the operators.
Make that £100 infringement for the 10th time today, and your last fine is £51,200, to be paid within a fortnight otherwise they all double.
Presumably these Waymos will be programme to avoid bus lanes? That's going create havoc. There are times when you have to go iinto a bus lane to avoid creating gridlock. In fact I have often thought that a work-to-rule by London drivers would reduce the capital to a standstill within hours because if every driver follows every rule inflexibly the whole system just grinds to a halt.
Driving on the west coast is infinitely easier than in the UK, ditto LA over london
So London is perhaps the ultimate test. All those tiny medieval streets in the City
Perhaps that’s why Google have chosen The Smoke. It’s a top tier, busy, chaotic world city but with narrow ancient streets in places (unlike NYC)
It’s meant to be exemplary. If they can get it to work in London it can work anywhere
Delhi?
I have a work colleague originally from Delhi. He has just passed his driving test, in Glasgow, after "unlearning" how he drove in Delhi. He says it is really stressful driving in Glasgow because people are doing 30, whereas 15 or 20 was the most you can manage in Delhi if you are lucky.
You mean, in aggregate, people actually drive at the speed limit?
And its not just me that is uniquely doing that?
Poor @Eabhal will be having fits of vapours, having to share the road with people who drive at the speed limit when its safe and legal to do so.
As a driving instructor will tell you, driving at 20mph, persistently in 30mph zone, will get you failed on your test.
Quite rightly too, the speed limit is a limit not a target, but if its safe and legal to be doing the limit, you should be doing it or approximately close to it.
That's not just me that thinks that.
So it is a target then (if safe).
People should drive at a legal and safe speed.
So doing 40mph in good conditions in a 40mph zone would be safe and legal.
Doing 35mph would also be safe and reasonable for a driver wanting higher fuel efficiency.
Doing 20mph would not likely be safe as it would force other cars to overtake.
As a driving instructor will tell you, driving at 20mph, persistently in 30mph zone, will get you failed on your test.
Quite rightly too, the speed limit is a limit not a target, but if its safe and legal to be doing the limit, you should be doing it or approximately close to it.
That's not just me that thinks that.
Indeed. The position of the DVSA is that you should avoid causing an actual or potential hazard to yourself or others on the road, and examiners get quite annoyed if you do this.
If you're going beyond the speed limit, that's a hazard. If it's safe to do the limit but you're going well below it, that's also a hazard as it may cause other traffic to overtake in a potentially unsafe way.
Mind you, I don't know what mental gymnastics are required to square this approach with legislation that severely restricts the speed of some vehicles but also allows them to go on 70mph roads and cause havoc.
Sir 'I'll double check that' had a ghastly PMQs and Her Britannic Majesty Kemi has well and truly got the measure of him these days. She doesn't let up any more.
I find John Crace rather dull and predictable which tends to make him rather less amusing than he possibly think he is.
Not a patch on Marina Hyde who can genuinely be funny, as well as spiky and original, and quite often insightful. Her take on Trump is well worth a read:
I think she captures what many political commentators miss. Trump has never really progressed from being a Celeb. That's the best way of understanding him.
Be interested to know how a Waymo would distinguish a set of classic temporary roadworks traffic lights that aren't working/stuck on red versus a very long hold but functionally operational 4-way type set of lights.
Control of the Waymo gets passed to a man in a warehouse if they get stuck. It's one of the features they have that the Teslas do not.
Could they use the same technology (control by a man in a warehouse) for lorry deliveries? Would be a lot nicer job sitting in a warehouse driving and going home at the end of shift rather than sleeping in the cab in some lorry park. Could have the Lorries driving for longer too as you just swap out the warehouse driver after mandatory hours reached.
Good luck with that. London’s one of the worst cities for SD cars.
Because at the moment the humans can’t understand the cacophony of signs at certain junctions.
Councils also need to be very clear that every yellow box junction infringement and bus lane infringement and LTN infringement will accumulate exponentially increasing fines on the operators.
Make that £100 infringement for the 10th time today, and your last fine is £51,200, to be paid within a fortnight otherwise they all double.
Presumably these Waymos will be programme to avoid bus lanes? That's going create havoc. There are times when you have to go iinto a bus lane to avoid creating gridlock. In fact I have often thought that a work-to-rule by London drivers would reduce the capital to a standstill within hours because if every driver follows every rule inflexibly the whole system just grinds to a halt.
Driving on the west coast is infinitely easier than in the UK, ditto LA over london
So London is perhaps the ultimate test. All those tiny medieval streets in the City
Perhaps that’s why Google have chosen The Smoke. It’s a top tier, busy, chaotic world city but with narrow ancient streets in places (unlike NYC)
It’s meant to be exemplary. If they can get it to work in London it can work anywhere
Delhi?
I have a work colleague originally from Delhi. He has just passed his driving test, in Glasgow, after "unlearning" how he drove in Delhi. He says it is really stressful driving in Glasgow because people are doing 30, whereas 15 or 20 was the most you can manage in Delhi if you are lucky.
You mean, in aggregate, people actually drive at the speed limit?
And its not just me that is uniquely doing that?
Poor @Eabhal will be having fits of vapours, having to share the road with people who drive at the speed limit when its safe and legal to do so.
As a driving instructor will tell you, driving at 20mph, persistently in 30mph zone, will get you failed on your test.
Quite rightly too, the speed limit is a limit not a target, but if its safe and legal to be doing the limit, you should be doing it or approximately close to it.
That's not just me that thinks that.
So it is a target then (if safe).
People should drive at a legal and safe speed.
So doing 40mph in good conditions in a 40mph zone would be safe and legal.
Doing 35mph would also be safe and reasonable for a driver wanting higher fuel efficiency.
Doing 20mph would not likely be safe as it would force other cars to overtake.
There's no must or should in the Highway Code regarding minimum speed (other than where it's indicated), but I think you can get done for inconsiderate or even dangerous depending on location. The only thing it mentions is holding up a big queue, and that's a "should" IIRC.
Tourists not using passing places to let locals past is the one that really pisses me off.
The Blue states subsidising the Red states in US is gonna become an explosive issue if all this insurrection/war zone/send in the military shit continues much longer.
Why should Blue states send $ to Trump to be partly used to fund an invasion of their own state?
It's almost like someone wants the USA to break up into bickering states and factions. Might be a pretty penny to be made on the upside.
Downtown Portland does have a truly eerie ambience
A kind of opulent dysfunction. The city is clearly wealthy; it is also clearly suffering quite unusually
Is there any evidence that the resident population finds this suffering is unusual?
What are you, a moron?
I’m pretty sure that when the owners of Gucci were choosing their flagship store location in Portland they didn’t say “I know, let’s put it on this corner which is infested with Fent addicts 24/7, ideally we want juddering zombies blocking the door at 2pm. Customers love that stuff”
I asked about the opinion of the citizens of Portland not fucking Gucci. And I'm the moron?
On Portland:
The federal district court judge in Oregon has extended for two weeks her order barring the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard soldiers in Portland, Ore. Judge Karin Immergut extended two temporary restraining orders on Wednesday, one barring the deployment of Oregon or California National Guard soldiers and a broader ruling prohibiting the use of any National Guard troops in Portland.
As someone who may vote Green at the next GE, I am not put off by Polanskis position on the independence issue.
If those countries want to secede from the UK then that is a matter for them, and English voters should not oppose it, indeed should come to amicable settlements in order to cement long term good relationships.
Agree on that point but you're a Sound Money man, Foxy, like me. How do you square this with a Polanski Green vote?
I dont support every Polanski policy, but I do like enough of them to be engaged. It was great to see him turn Yusef into toast on Referm friendly BBCQT last week. A breath of fresh air.
It’s flying at 10,000ft, which is indicative of a pressuration problem.
They’ve been using a number of these for diplomats and journalists over the past few days.
Twitter says it's Hegseth. Cant be Vance, it would be Air Force Two if he was.
The only two runways in Wales capable of landing a 757 are in Cardiff: one in Cardiff Airport, one in St Athan. It's not heading towards either one. Where is it going?
As someone who may vote Green at the next GE, I am not put off by Polanskis position on the independence issue.
If those countries want to secede from the UK then that is a matter for them, and English voters should not oppose it, indeed should come to amicable settlements in order to cement long term good relationships.
Agree on that point but you're a Sound Money man, Foxy, like me. How do you square this with a Polanski Green vote?
I dont support every Polanski policy, but I do like enough of them to be engaged. It was great to see him turn Yusef into toast on Referm friendly BBCQT last week. A breath of fresh air.
Though Yusuf is one of the weaker links at the top of Reform. He tries the breathless right wing talking points, but he's nowhere near as good at it as Farage.
Reform can't stay a one man band, but (so far) it only really works when it is.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
Be interested to know how a Waymo would distinguish a set of classic temporary roadworks traffic lights that aren't working/stuck on red versus a very long hold but functionally operational 4-way type set of lights.
Control of the Waymo gets passed to a man in a warehouse if they get stuck. It's one of the features they have that the Teslas do not.
Could they use the same technology (control by a man in a warehouse) for lorry deliveries? Would be a lot nicer job sitting in a warehouse driving and going home at the end of shift rather than sleeping in the cab in some lorry park. Could have the Lorries driving for longer too as you just swap out the warehouse driver after mandatory hours reached.
Please hold, your call is important to us.
Hope they always have enough warehouse staff.
The way that Waymo worked in each area they expanded into was -
1) Try out the vehicles with drivers 2) When they had logged enough miles/per driver intervention, the remote option was used. 3) As they logged less and less remote interventions, they increased the number of cars. 4) When the number of interventions was low enough, they launched the service.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
Rebellion means they can avoid an election or elections.
They have no intention of ever relinquishing power.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
If the Administration seems out of control, that's because all the mechanisms that ought to control them are failing. Mostly by self-immolation.
It's getting to the point where Michael York's line from Tomorrow Belongs To Me doesn't even work as a rhetorical question.
As someone who may vote Green at the next GE, I am not put off by Polanskis position on the independence issue.
If those countries want to secede from the UK then that is a matter for them, and English voters should not oppose it, indeed should come to amicable settlements in order to cement long term good relationships.
Agree on that point but you're a Sound Money man, Foxy, like me. How do you square this with a Polanski Green vote?
I dont support every Polanski policy, but I do like enough of them to be engaged. It was great to see him turn Yusef into toast on Referm friendly BBCQT last week. A breath of fresh air.
Though Yusuf is one of the weaker links at the top of Reform. He tries the breathless right wing talking points, but he's nowhere near as good at it as Farage.
Reform can't stay a one man band, but (so far) it only really works when it is.
I think Polanski risks the same with the Greens, though they have more depth of activists it remains to be seen how many truly are behind Polanskis new style, though the members seem to be.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
Rebellion means they can avoid an election or elections.
They have no intention of ever relinquishing power.
That's also, perhaps, a reason behind ICE's unnecessary and uncontrolled brutality ?
Rebellion means they can avoid an election or elections.
They have no intention of ever relinquishing power.
That's how I see it. Trump has immunity from prosecution, but those around him don't. Lots of them will end up in cells if a Democrat president takes office, so they will do everything they can to ensure that doesn't happen. Even if it means breaking up the US.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
Rebellion means they can avoid an election or elections.
They have no intention of ever relinquishing power.
That's also, perhaps, a reason behind ICE's unnecessary and uncontrolled brutality ?
Yep - and being met with remarkable restraint. My feed is full of them abducting people dressed as frogs.
Still think it was extremely risky by Badenoch to suggest she wants that here. If it escalates and there are protestors shot...
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
If the Administration seems out of control, that's because all the mechanisms that ought to control them are failing. Mostly by self-immolation.
It's getting to the point where Michael York's line from Tomorrow Belongs To Me doesn't even work as a rhetorical question.
The smug section about "Checks and Balances" in every US politics textbook is going to need some revision.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
Supreme Court: The Founding Fathers would have wanted the Executive to do this!
Heck, I didn't know the FF, maybe they would have.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
If the Administration seems out of control, that's because all the mechanisms that ought to control them are failing. Mostly by self-immolation.
It's getting to the point where Michael York's line from Tomorrow Belongs To Me doesn't even work as a rhetorical question.
The smug section about "Checks and Balances" in every US politics textbook is going to need some revision.
There might not be US politics for much longer, so that could be solved easily.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
If the Administration seems out of control, that's because all the mechanisms that ought to control them are failing. Mostly by self-immolation.
It's getting to the point where Michael York's line from Tomorrow Belongs To Me doesn't even work as a rhetorical question.
The smug section about "Checks and Balances" in every US politics textbook is going to need some revision.
System has held up suprisingly well for a long time I suppose. But even when there are formal rules about things, society relies on people and institutions choosing not to abuse power or ignore the rules - ask many an authoritarian state with plenty of 'enshrined' rights (which is one reason people often oversell the benefits of codifying our constitution as if in itself it ensures rights).
Just so their justices don't get any crazy ideas about thwarting him...
Aaron Rupar @atrupar · 22m Trump says lawyers challenging his power to impose tariffs are "aligned with foreign nations" and adds that he plans to go to the Supreme Court to watch the arguments of the tariffs case
Just so their justices don't get any crazy ideas about thwarting him...
Aaron Rupar @atrupar · 22m Trump says lawyers challenging his power to impose tariffs are "aligned with foreign nations" and adds that he plans to go to the Supreme Court to watch the arguments of the tariffs case
Imagine Trump sat there trying to follow the legal argument, which is about 1,000 feet over his head, pulling stupid faces, and struggling to keep awake. What a gigantic berk he is.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
If the Administration seems out of control, that's because all the mechanisms that ought to control them are failing. Mostly by self-immolation.
It's getting to the point where Michael York's line from Tomorrow Belongs To Me doesn't even work as a rhetorical question.
The smug section about "Checks and Balances" in every US politics textbook is going to need some revision.
System has held up suprisingly well for a long time I suppose. But even when there are formal rules about things, society relies on people and institutions choosing not to abuse power or ignore the rules - ask many an authoritarian state with plenty of 'enshrined' rights (which is one reason people often oversell the benefits of codifying our constitution as if in itself it ensures rights).
It's ultimately the people themselves who are the check on abuse of power, and one of the reasons that Congressional Republicans have abdicated their responsibilities is that their voters have insisted that they do so. Just look at what has happened to those Republicans - such as Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney - who didn't tow the Trump line.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
If the Administration seems out of control, that's because all the mechanisms that ought to control them are failing. Mostly by self-immolation.
It's getting to the point where Michael York's line from Tomorrow Belongs To Me doesn't even work as a rhetorical question.
The smug section about "Checks and Balances" in every US politics textbook is going to need some revision.
I'm not sure we can be so smug, either.
The US is hardly the only place where democracy is subject to challenge. We're not there, for now, but we could be.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
If the Administration seems out of control, that's because all the mechanisms that ought to control them are failing. Mostly by self-immolation.
It's getting to the point where Michael York's line from Tomorrow Belongs To Me doesn't even work as a rhetorical question.
The smug section about "Checks and Balances" in every US politics textbook is going to need some revision.
I'm not sure we can be so smug, either.
The US is hardly the only place where democracy is subject to challenge. We're not there, for now, but we could be.
Yep we have fewer Checks and Balances, and consequently even more exposed.
I suppose the King could dissolve a government that was tending towards tyranny and call new elections, but that would create its own constitutional crisis.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
If the Administration seems out of control, that's because all the mechanisms that ought to control them are failing. Mostly by self-immolation.
It's getting to the point where Michael York's line from Tomorrow Belongs To Me doesn't even work as a rhetorical question.
The smug section about "Checks and Balances" in every US politics textbook is going to need some revision.
I'm not sure we can be so smug, either.
The US is hardly the only place where democracy is subject to challenge. We're not there, for now, but we could be.
Right, but our challenge is the robustness of our informal system, unlike their formal one. It may be more or less fallible, but it's different in character.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
It would have been nice to see what Kearns and Tugenhat said in court about their former worker who is one of the accused spies. Kearns chaired the Foreign Select Committee and is a Leics MP, generally one of the better ones
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
If crime really is bad there, I don't see what the problem is.
The China spying case leading the news. Good. First time for ages I haven't switched it off straight away.
I really haven't followed this story at all.
Is there a one paragraph summary somewhere?
Dominic Cummings has tried to throw Boris under the Chinese bus. Fortunately the media aren't interested and are going for Jonathan Powell and Starmer.
There was a lawyer on R4 PM saying that the CPS are remiss if they were reliant on the Government saying China were dodgy in order to obtain a conviction.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
If crime really is bad there, I don't see what the problem is.
why not send the troops into the cities in Republican states that have crime rates far higher than SF if that is the objective?
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
If the Administration seems out of control, that's because all the mechanisms that ought to control them are failing. Mostly by self-immolation.
It's getting to the point where Michael York's line from Tomorrow Belongs To Me doesn't even work as a rhetorical question.
The smug section about "Checks and Balances" in every US politics textbook is going to need some revision.
I'm not sure we can be so smug, either.
The US is hardly the only place where democracy is subject to challenge. We're not there, for now, but we could be.
Right, but our challenge is the robustness of our informal system, unlike their formal one. It may be more or less fallible, but it's different in character.
Indeed. Our governments could do a lot more than pre-Trump Presidents could manage, in many ways.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
If crime really is bad there, I don't see what the problem is.
It's not. SF has been cleaned up recently too.
This is the early stages of Civil War, don't buy the bullshit.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
Rebellion means they can avoid an election or elections.
They have no intention of ever relinquishing power.
I think more a matter of fixing elections by voter suppression. The USA (unlike the UK) continues with elections even when at war, even in 1864 at the height of their own Civil War, albeit without votes from rebel states.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
If crime really is bad there, I don't see what the problem is.
why not send the troops into the cities in Republican states that have crime rates far higher than SF if that is the objective?
He has.
Memphis, Tennessee.
Perhaps if Dem cities hadn't boasted about flouting federal laws Trump wouldn't have an excuse for acting as he is doing.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
If crime really is bad there, I don't see what the problem is.
The police are trained to police: arrest criminals, maintain order, maintain the existing rule of law The army are trained to wage war: kill people, create disorder, impose a new rule of law.
Using the army to police a city is asking for trouble. See Bloody Sunday for a UK example.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
Rebellion means they can avoid an election or elections.
They have no intention of ever relinquishing power.
I think more a matter of fixing elections by voter suppression. The USA (unlike the UK) continues with elections even when at war, even in 1864 at the height of their own Civil War, albeit without votes from rebel states.
Supreme Court will probably hand him the 2026 midterms anyway now via redistricting. So this rush towards martial law seems a little hasty.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
If crime really is bad there, I don't see what the problem is.
Crime isn't particularly bad in San Francisco, though. It's certainly a fraction of the level of -say- Memphis.
The release of the hostages is a great win and enormous step, but the most critical element of any peace deal is the demilitarization of Hamas, which Hamas has said is not going to happen.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
If crime really is bad there, I don't see what the problem is.
Crime isn't particularly bad in San Francisco, though. It's certainly a fraction of the level of -say- Memphis.
The National Guard aren't trained to fight crime so it wouldn't matter even if crime was high in SF.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
If crime really is bad there, I don't see what the problem is.
Crime isn't particularly bad in San Francisco, though. It's certainly a fraction of the level of -say- Memphis.
The distinction between criminal-on-criminal and criminal-on-civilian crime abides though, no?
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
Rebellion means they can avoid an election or elections.
They have no intention of ever relinquishing power.
I think more a matter of fixing elections by voter suppression. The USA (unlike the UK) continues with elections even when at war, even in 1864 at the height of their own Civil War, albeit without votes from rebel states.
Supreme Court will probably hand him the 2026 midterms anyway now via redistricting. So this rush towards martial law seems a little hasty.
I think the Texas redistricting could backfire badly: it's creating a whole bunch of districts which the Republicans could easily lose if their Hispanic vote share were to drop back.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
If crime really is bad there, I don't see what the problem is.
why not send the troops into the cities in Republican states that have crime rates far higher than SF if that is the objective?
He has.
Memphis, Tennessee.
Perhaps if Dem cities hadn't boasted about flouting federal laws Trump wouldn't have an excuse for acting as he is doing.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
Rebellion means they can avoid an election or elections.
They have no intention of ever relinquishing power.
I think more a matter of fixing elections by voter suppression. The USA (unlike the UK) continues with elections even when at war, even in 1864 at the height of their own Civil War, albeit without votes from rebel states.
They're certainly going to try to fix elections. Both sides in the US have indulged in blatant gerrymandering, the Republicans will just turn the dial up to 11. And a major GOP donor now owns the largest supplier of voting machines.
But if you rig an election enough the other side won't accept the result, so you get civil war and a break-up.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
Rebellion means they can avoid an election or elections.
They have no intention of ever relinquishing power.
I think more a matter of fixing elections by voter suppression. The USA (unlike the UK) continues with elections even when at war, even in 1864 at the height of their own Civil War, albeit without votes from rebel states.
Supreme Court will probably hand him the 2026 midterms anyway now via redistricting. So this rush towards martial law seems a little hasty.
I think the Texas redistricting could backfire badly: it's creating a whole bunch of districts which the Republicans could easily lose if their Hispanic vote share were to drop back.
I'm liking the sound of this as you would have thought the Hispanic are pissed seeing as they could be dragged off the street and into a car by a thug any minute, but it's the hope that kills you.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
Rebellion means they can avoid an election or elections.
They have no intention of ever relinquishing power.
I think more a matter of fixing elections by voter suppression. The USA (unlike the UK) continues with elections even when at war, even in 1864 at the height of their own Civil War, albeit without votes from rebel states.
Supreme Court will probably hand him the 2026 midterms anyway now via redistricting. So this rush towards martial law seems a little hasty.
These are just excuses for the Dems being crap.
How about they stop being the party of unrestricted abortion, trans obsessions and illegal immigration.
And start focusing on economic and social issues that affect working class voters.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
If the Administration seems out of control, that's because all the mechanisms that ought to control them are failing. Mostly by self-immolation.
It's getting to the point where Michael York's line from Tomorrow Belongs To Me doesn't even work as a rhetorical question.
The smug section about "Checks and Balances" in every US politics textbook is going to need some revision.
I'm not sure we can be so smug, either.
The US is hardly the only place where democracy is subject to challenge. We're not there, for now, but we could be.
Yep we have fewer Checks and Balances, and consequently even more exposed.
I suppose the King could dissolve a government that was tending towards tyranny and call new elections, but that would create its own constitutional crisis.
The Royal Family does not have the self-confidence in its constitutional position to go against the advice of its ministers. We know that from the prorogation. This fundamental weakness of the Royal Family is one of the better arguments for a Republic.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
Rebellion means they can avoid an election or elections.
They have no intention of ever relinquishing power.
I think more a matter of fixing elections by voter suppression. The USA (unlike the UK) continues with elections even when at war, even in 1864 at the height of their own Civil War, albeit without votes from rebel states.
Supreme Court will probably hand him the 2026 midterms anyway now via redistricting. So this rush towards martial law seems a little hasty.
These are just excuses for the Dems being crap.
How about they stop being the party of unrestricted abortion, trans obsessions and illegal immigration.
And start focusing on economic and social issues that affect working class voters.
The 13 seats Your Party would win with today's Electoral Calculus MRP.
Bradford West Blackburn Islington North Bethnal Green and Stepney Birmingham Ladywood Leicester South Birmingham Perry Barr Dewsbury and Batley Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley Slough Ilford South Ilford North East Ham
"Celia Imrie's fart steals the show on Celebrity Traitors"
The programme as a whole was very entertaining. First thing on BBC I've looked forward to watching for about 20 years.
I am not a fan of reality TV, but I have been hooked on Traitors since the first season, entertaining and a great concept and it is now popular in the US too.
The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter · 18m BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The administration is out of control, and appears to be trying to foment rebellion.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration. https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
Rebellion means they can avoid an election or elections.
They have no intention of ever relinquishing power.
I think more a matter of fixing elections by voter suppression. The USA (unlike the UK) continues with elections even when at war, even in 1864 at the height of their own Civil War, albeit without votes from rebel states.
Supreme Court will probably hand him the 2026 midterms anyway now via redistricting. So this rush towards martial law seems a little hasty.
These are just excuses for the Dems being crap.
How about they stop being the party of unrestricted abortion, trans obsessions and illegal immigration.
And start focusing on economic and social issues that affect working class voters.
How them grocery prices going?
And health insurance premiums?
Those are the issues the Dems need to campaign on.
And contrast the struggles of workers compared to the corruption of the Trump clan.
Will they though ?
Or will they yet again retreat to their middle class liberal support of unrestricted abortion, trans rights and illegal immigrants ?
"Celia Imrie's fart steals the show on Celebrity Traitors"
The programme as a whole was very entertaining. First thing on BBC I've looked forward to watching for about 20 years.
I am not a fan of reality TV, but I have been hooked on Traitors since the first season, entertaining and a great concept and it is now popular in the US too.
Agree 100%. Because of my stupid attitude towards anything new (assuming they won't be worth watching), I didn't start watching until series 3. I've watched them all now on iPlayer but would have been nice to see the first two series when they were first on.
Comments
However, it is nice to see you back.
But you're advocating for killing children outside primary schools (this misrepresenting thing is fun!)
Why should Blue states send $ to Trump to be partly used to fund an invasion of their own state?
And I'm the moron?
So even on the current national swing to Reform, you would still expect Labour to be ahead with ethnic minorities. Doesn't seem to be a massive swing in the black vote to Kemi such that the Tories might win Tottenham or Hackney as they won a Leicester seat with Rishi either!
https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/49877-ethnic-minority-britons-at-the-2024-general-election
So doing 40mph in good conditions in a 40mph zone would be safe and legal.
Doing 35mph would also be safe and reasonable for a driver wanting higher fuel efficiency.
Doing 20mph would not likely be safe as it would force other cars to overtake.
If you're going beyond the speed limit, that's a hazard. If it's safe to do the limit but you're going well below it, that's also a hazard as it may cause other traffic to overtake in a potentially unsafe way.
Mind you, I don't know what mental gymnastics are required to square this approach with legislation that severely restricts the speed of some vehicles but also allows them to go on 70mph roads and cause havoc.
Not a patch on Marina Hyde who can genuinely be funny, as well as spiky and original, and quite often insightful. Her take on Trump is well worth a read:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/14/donald-trump-taylor-swift-peace-deal-star
I think she captures what many political commentators miss. Trump has never really progressed from being a Celeb. That's the best way of understanding him.
Hope they always have enough warehouse staff.
Tourists not using passing places to let locals past is the one that really pisses me off.
The federal district court judge in Oregon has extended for two weeks her order barring the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard soldiers in Portland, Ore. Judge Karin Immergut extended two temporary restraining orders on Wednesday, one barring the deployment of Oregon or California National Guard soldiers and a broader ruling prohibiting the use of any National Guard troops in Portland.
NY Times live blog
In PPE Medpro news ... (though the URL is surely wrong in calling it a fine).
The Trump administration will set price floors across a range of industries to combat market manipulation by China, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1978465132083864014
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360854062/had-wonderful-life-former-prime-minister-jim-bolger-dies-aged-90
Reform can't stay a one man band, but (so far) it only really works when it is.
@KobeissiLetter
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18m
BREAKING: President Trump is considering sending National Guard troops to San Francisco as a part of his "crime crackdown."
Too late. Leon's already left.
The Trump administration has frozen or cut $27 billion in funding in Democrat districts, compared to $739 million in Republican districts. There are open abuses of power occurring daily that would’ve been unthinkable under any other administration.
https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1978458214397001835
1) Try out the vehicles with drivers
2) When they had logged enough miles/per driver intervention, the remote option was used.
3) As they logged less and less remote interventions, they increased the number of cars.
4) When the number of interventions was low enough, they launched the service.
That's how they achieved their safety record
Red = Republican Party!
They have no intention of ever relinquishing power.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
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Trump on tariffs: "We're allowed to do whatever we want.
It's getting to the point where Michael York's line from Tomorrow Belongs To Me doesn't even work as a rhetorical question.
Still think it was extremely risky by Badenoch to suggest she wants that here. If it escalates and there are protestors shot...
The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.
https://x.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1978506855090430229
Heck, I didn't know the FF, maybe they would have.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
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Trump says lawyers challenging his power to impose tariffs are "aligned with foreign nations" and adds that he plans to go to the Supreme Court to watch the arguments of the tariffs case
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1978560020070445245
The US is hardly the only place where democracy is subject to challenge. We're not there, for now, but we could be.
I suppose the King could dissolve a government that was tending towards tyranny and call new elections, but that would create its own constitutional crisis.
It seems that Milei's commitment to free markets is thinner than a cigarette paper
Is there a one paragraph summary somewhere?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/china-spy-case-cummings-starmer-cps-b2846109.html
There was a lawyer on R4 PM saying that the CPS are remiss if they were reliant on the Government saying China were dodgy in order to obtain a conviction.
Both approaches have strengths and weaknesses.
This is the early stages of Civil War, don't buy the bullshit.
https://news.sky.com/liveblog-webview/politics-latest-starmer-india-labour-gaza-protests-tax-12593360
"Celia Imrie's fart steals the show on Celebrity Traitors"
Memphis, Tennessee.
Perhaps if Dem cities hadn't boasted about flouting federal laws Trump wouldn't have an excuse for acting as he is doing.
The army are trained to wage war: kill people, create disorder, impose a new rule of law.
Using the army to police a city is asking for trouble. See Bloody Sunday for a UK example.
@AmbJohnBolton
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The release of the hostages is a great win and enormous step, but the most critical element of any peace deal is the demilitarization of Hamas, which Hamas has said is not going to happen.
https://x.com/AmbJohnBolton/status/1978563596884807739
Last week's was a 10 I thought.
But if you rig an election enough the other side won't accept the result, so you get civil war and a break-up.
The Voting Rights act may be key in the South?
How about they stop being the party of unrestricted abortion, trans obsessions and illegal immigration.
And start focusing on economic and social issues that affect working class voters.
And health insurance premiums?
Bradford West
Blackburn
Islington North
Bethnal Green and Stepney
Birmingham Ladywood
Leicester South
Birmingham Perry Barr
Dewsbury and Batley
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
Slough
Ilford South
Ilford North
East Ham
Don't know how you have the will power to wait!
https://bsky.app/profile/jessicaelgot.bsky.social/post/3m3b52djvb226
The Chinese would do better lurking on PB.
What is the single common denominator? All three have pissed off Trump. It is as simple as that.
And contrast the struggles of workers compared to the corruption of the Trump clan.
Will they though ?
Or will they yet again retreat to their middle class liberal support of unrestricted abortion, trans rights and illegal immigrants ?