Mrs Stodge is very concerned about flying through the US on our next visit to the mother-in-law in NZ.
I'm more concerned about three months with the mother-in-law.
I've suggested we go through Vancouver - adds a bit to the journey time - or we go the other way, via Singapore or Hong Kong.
Came back through Singapore last year and if you have never been, its worth a day's stopover to see the Gardens by the Bay. They have a number of themed garden set up showing plants from different parts of the world.
Singapore’s an awesome city, well worth a visit if en route somewhere else.
Take the good bits of London, Dubai, and Hong Kong, all in the same place.
The only downside is that it costs about £30 for a Singapore Sling in the Raffles hotel bar.
Labour will now proceed to get thrashed by RefUK in half the constituency, whilst getting thrashed by the Greens in the other half.
It shows their complacency that they don't realise that this pattern will be repeated everywhere else. There are no Labour safe seats now.
Its quite the kamikaze strategy - this seat has very little in the way of middle class voters, save for the students and starting out young professionals in Levenshulme, its mostly white working class Denton and an growing ethnic minority electorate across Gorton, Belle Vue and Abbey Hey. I can't see anyone getting up a 'Stop Reform' bandwagon.
If Labour put up some local nonentity like Bev Craig, they'll lose, if they put up some imposed candidate from elsewhere, they'll get absolutely drubbed.
On the upside, we might not have to suffer George fucking Galloway turning up like an unflushable turd.
At least now they have their designated scapegoat. When Labour are reduced to single figures nationally, it will all be Andy Burnham's fault.
Isn't Wes Streeting the big winner from all this? He can challenge after the May elections without having to worry about Burnham.
He isn't popular amongst the general population
Or Labour members, the unions, Labour MPs and the constituents of Ilford North. There's literally zero chance of him ever becoming Labour leader.
Wes may well lose at the next GE!
You are assuming, of course, the the Muslim vote, will still be off it's own corral. I don't think that necessarily applies.
My friends and acquaintances provide plenty of anecdotal evidence of a reluctance to travel to the States. Anybody else come across similar?
Most Definitely! Spoke to a friend this morning who has deliberately avoided visiting New York on her way to her daughter's place in Canada. She and her husband quite fancied a short break in New York, and they still want to go, but say they won't do so for the forseeable future. On a walk with friends last Friday the discussion also turned to ways in which they could boycott US goods and services, as well as avoiding visiting there.
(FWIW these people are all retired professionals, well educated, with families and civic responsibilties. One family votes Labour, the other Green or Labour.)
Yeah they just elected a proper commie there. Doesn’t believe people should own property.
The Saudis just changed the law to allow foreigners to buy property.
It’s going to be as crazy as the original Dubai property boom from a couple of decades ago.
Buyer beware on the early projects though. There will be those that make millions, and those that either go bust or deliver well short of the sales pitch.
Remember that anyone ‘famous’ who appears in advertising is getting a free house out of it.
Special excusions to chop-chop square where beheadings can be watched after prayers every Friday. Only intending property buyers to apply. No time-wasters and dreamers
Think of the opportunities - if you are up for making adverts for Union Carbide, why not adverts to be projected on the sides of buildings round the beheading sites?
My friends and acquaintances provide plenty of anecdotal evidence of a reluctance to travel to the States. Anybody else come across similar?
Most Definitely! Spoke to a friend this morning who has deliberately avoided visiting New York on her way to her daughter's place in Canada. She and her husband quite fancied a short break in New York, and they still want to go, but say they won't do so for the forseeable future. On a walk with friends last Friday the discussion also turned to ways in which they could boycott US goods and services, as well as avoiding visiting there.
(FWIW these people are all retired professionals, well educated, with families and civic responsibilties. One family votes Labour, the other Green or Labour.)
Yeah they just elected a proper commie there. Doesn’t believe people should own property.
Yes President Trump isn't all bad. He has come out in favour of gun control.
My friends and acquaintances provide plenty of anecdotal evidence of a reluctance to travel to the States. Anybody else come across similar?
Most Definitely! Spoke to a friend this morning who has deliberately avoided visiting New York on her way to her daughter's place in Canada. She and her husband quite fancied a short break in New York, and they still want to go, but say they won't do so for the forseeable future. On a walk with friends last Friday the discussion also turned to ways in which they could boycott US goods and services, as well as avoiding visiting there.
(FWIW these people are all retired professionals, well educated, with families and civic responsibilties. One family votes Labour, the other Green or Labour.)
Yeah they just elected a proper commie there. Doesn’t believe people should own property.
Yes President Trump isn't all bad. He has come out in favour of gun control.
They will manage to internalise that. Somehow.
Then praise Trump for raising the chocolate ration from 30 grams to 20 grams.
Mrs Stodge is very concerned about flying through the US on our next visit to the mother-in-law in NZ.
I'm more concerned about three months with the mother-in-law.
I've suggested we go through Vancouver - adds a bit to the journey time - or we go the other way, via Singapore or Hong Kong.
Go the Eastern Route; much less chance of being shot down.
Until the US goes for Iran...
The flight time to Singapore is already longer as planes avoid the Middle East and Ukraine - the route goes over eastern Europe and Russia, Kazakhstan and fringes the Himalayas (Northern India) before turning south east over Thailand.
Aren’t many carriers also avoiding Russian airspace these days?
Yes, UK to Singapore flights are a horrible route at the moment.
The Saudis just changed the law to allow foreigners to buy property.
It’s going to be as crazy as the original Dubai property boom from a couple of decades ago.
Buyer beware on the early projects though. There will be those that make millions, and those that either go bust or deliver well short of the sales pitch.
Remember that anyone ‘famous’ who appears in advertising is getting a free house out of it.
Special excusions to chop-chop square where beheadings can be watched after prayers every Friday. Only intending property buyers to apply. No time-wasters and dreamers
Think of the opportunities - if you are up for making adverts for Union Carbide, why not adverts to be projected on the sides of buildings round the beheading sites?
"Wilkinson Sword - for a smooth shave" ?
How's this for a slogan for the next real estate development:
Mrs Stodge is very concerned about flying through the US on our next visit to the mother-in-law in NZ.
I'm more concerned about three months with the mother-in-law.
I've suggested we go through Vancouver - adds a bit to the journey time - or we go the other way, via Singapore or Hong Kong.
Came back through Singapore last year and if you have never been, its worth a day's stopover to see the Gardens by the Bay. They have a number of themed garden set up showing plants from different parts of the world.
Singapore’s an awesome city, well worth a visit if en route somewhere else.
Take the good bits of London, Dubai, and Hong Kong, all in the same place.
The only downside is that it costs about £30 for a Singapore Sling in the Raffles hotel bar.
Buying a drink in Raffles is one of those things you've got to do once.
The Saudis just changed the law to allow foreigners to buy property.
It’s going to be as crazy as the original Dubai property boom from a couple of decades ago.
Buyer beware on the early projects though. There will be those that make millions, and those that either go bust or deliver well short of the sales pitch.
Remember that anyone ‘famous’ who appears in advertising is getting a free house out of it.
20% discount if you support The Toon?
Expect Newcastle players to be helping them pitch it, yes.
The Saudis just changed the law to allow foreigners to buy property.
It’s going to be as crazy as the original Dubai property boom from a couple of decades ago.
Buyer beware on the early projects though. There will be those that make millions, and those that either go bust or deliver well short of the sales pitch.
Remember that anyone ‘famous’ who appears in advertising is getting a free house out of it.
Special excusions to chop-chop square where beheadings can be watched after prayers every Friday. Only intending property buyers to apply. No time-wasters and dreamers
Think of the opportunities - if you are up for making adverts for Union Carbide, why not adverts to be projected on the sides of buildings round the beheading sites?
"Wilkinson Sword - for a smooth shave" ?
How's this for a slogan for the next real estate development:
The Saudis just changed the law to allow foreigners to buy property.
It’s going to be as crazy as the original Dubai property boom from a couple of decades ago.
Buyer beware on the early projects though. There will be those that make millions, and those that either go bust or deliver well short of the sales pitch.
Remember that anyone ‘famous’ who appears in advertising is getting a free house out of it.
Special excusions to chop-chop square where beheadings can be watched after prayers every Friday. Only intending property buyers to apply. No time-wasters and dreamers
Think of the opportunities - if you are up for making adverts for Union Carbide, why not adverts to be projected on the sides of buildings round the beheading sites?
"Wilkinson Sword - for a smooth shave" ?
How's this for a slogan for the next real estate development:
"A stones throw from execution square"
A closer development was cancelled due to government cuts.
Boris double jobbed as MP and Mayor for about a year, have the rules changed since ?
Yes and no.
Mayors are the Police & Crime Commissioners however so cannot be concurrently be an MP however the Mayor of London shares the PCC duty with the Home Secretary so can double job.
Labour have their own internal rule which is what has scuppered Burnham.
Well, the TSE tip on the Greens is looking better than it might have with this Burnham news.
I hope you also followed my tips to lay Andy Burnham as Starmer's successor, it was never in doubt, and also a reason why I haven't been plagued with self doubt since 1998.
Mrs Stodge is very concerned about flying through the US on our next visit to the mother-in-law in NZ.
I'm more concerned about three months with the mother-in-law.
I've suggested we go through Vancouver - adds a bit to the journey time - or we go the other way, via Singapore or Hong Kong.
Came back through Singapore last year and if you have never been, its worth a day's stopover to see the Gardens by the Bay. They have a number of themed garden set up showing plants from different parts of the world.
Singapore’s an awesome city, well worth a visit if en route somewhere else.
Take the good bits of London, Dubai, and Hong Kong, all in the same place.
The only downside is that it costs about £30 for a Singapore Sling in the Raffles hotel bar.
Buying a drink in Raffles is one of those things you've got to do once.
My friends and acquaintances provide plenty of anecdotal evidence of a reluctance to travel to the States. Anybody else come across similar?
Most Definitely! Spoke to a friend this morning who has deliberately avoided visiting New York on her way to her daughter's place in Canada. She and her husband quite fancied a short break in New York, and they still want to go, but say they won't do so for the forseeable future. On a walk with friends last Friday the discussion also turned to ways in which they could boycott US goods and services, as well as avoiding visiting there.
(FWIW these people are all retired professionals, well educated, with families and civic responsibilties. One family votes Labour, the other Green or Labour.)
Yeah they just elected a proper commie there. Doesn’t believe people should own property.
Yes President Trump isn't all bad. He has come out in favour of gun control.
This whole episode has exposed the Big Lie of the 2nd ammendment crowd, that possessing a gun protects the innocent citizen from government oppression. As should have been self-evident, being armed only makes you more of a threat, and hence more vulnerable.
My friends and acquaintances provide plenty of anecdotal evidence of a reluctance to travel to the States. Anybody else come across similar?
Most Definitely! Spoke to a friend this morning who has deliberately avoided visiting New York on her way to her daughter's place in Canada. She and her husband quite fancied a short break in New York, and they still want to go, but say they won't do so for the forseeable future. On a walk with friends last Friday the discussion also turned to ways in which they could boycott US goods and services, as well as avoiding visiting there.
(FWIW these people are all retired professionals, well educated, with families and civic responsibilties. One family votes Labour, the other Green or Labour.)
Yeah they just elected a proper commie there. Doesn’t believe people should own property.
Yes President Trump isn't all bad. He has come out in favour of gun control.
A hair's breadth away from no excuse at all. ICE now have no controls at all on who they kill - except if there is a change in government. Trump has created an armed, anonymous force of 20,000 people for which a change in government is a disaster.
My friends and acquaintances provide plenty of anecdotal evidence of a reluctance to travel to the States. Anybody else come across similar?
Most Definitely! Spoke to a friend this morning who has deliberately avoided visiting New York on her way to her daughter's place in Canada. She and her husband quite fancied a short break in New York, and they still want to go, but say they won't do so for the forseeable future. On a walk with friends last Friday the discussion also turned to ways in which they could boycott US goods and services, as well as avoiding visiting there.
(FWIW these people are all retired professionals, well educated, with families and civic responsibilties. One family votes Labour, the other Green or Labour.)
Yeah they just elected a proper commie there. Doesn’t believe people should own property.
Yes President Trump isn't all bad. He has come out in favour of gun control.
This whole episode has exposed the Big Lie of the 2nd ammendment crowd, that possessing a gun protects the innocent citizen from government oppression. As should have been self-evident, being armed only makes you more of a threat, and hence more vulnerable.
TBF, the gangs in Minnesota seem quite happy to shoot anyone regardless of whether they're armed or not.
I also have anecdotal evidence of USians looking to move to more welcoming countries.
Similarly, anyone in the UK with a mixed race family who doesn't have a backup plan for what happens if a) Reform win and b) start getting a bit too excitable is a fool.
It's a great shame that Sir National Security risk has seen fit to legitimise these sorts of sentiments about Reform amongst his dwindling band of imbecile supporters. It will cause a great deal of distress to many people, and will delude many others that things like cancelled elections are an acceptable tactic in the face of this completely unevidenced 'racist threat'. It'll get very nasty before the Labour Party is finally flushed.
Reform have talked about emulating ICE, who have been taking US citizens into detention. Reform politicians routinely question whether Black and Asian people are appropriately loyal to the UK. I have paid no attention to the PM's comments in this area but I can see where Reform is heading and as part of a mixed race family I am of course concerned and wondering about a plan B. I agree that anyone who isn't is complacent in the extreme.
Both Reform and the Tories have spoken of there being a UK version of ICE - the need for such an organisation if 600,000 are to be deported is not an ideological position, it is a simple statement of fact.
Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry has questioned specific figures' loyalty to the UK - a review of his Twitter feed when this was last discussed shows he has said the same things about people of white British extraction in the same timeframe. On the slightly more significant opposite column in the ledger than one man's Tweets, Reform's 'second in command' is a Muslim of Asian heritage. Its London Mayoral candidate is a Muslim of Egyptian heritage.
Labour's current strategy is one of deligitimising Reform as an electoral option. It has already sanctioned the delaying of elections to counter this 'threat' and it can only get uglier as the gloves come off.
Maybe it will be fine. But maybe isn't good enough when it comes to the safety of my family.
My friends and acquaintances provide plenty of anecdotal evidence of a reluctance to travel to the States. Anybody else come across similar?
Most Definitely! Spoke to a friend this morning who has deliberately avoided visiting New York on her way to her daughter's place in Canada. She and her husband quite fancied a short break in New York, and they still want to go, but say they won't do so for the forseeable future. On a walk with friends last Friday the discussion also turned to ways in which they could boycott US goods and services, as well as avoiding visiting there.
(FWIW these people are all retired professionals, well educated, with families and civic responsibilties. One family votes Labour, the other Green or Labour.)
Yeah they just elected a proper commie there. Doesn’t believe people should own property.
Yes President Trump isn't all bad. He has come out in favour of gun control.
A hair's breadth away from no excuse at all. ICE now have no controls at all on who they kill - except if there is a change in government. Trump has created an armed, anonymous force of 20,000 people for which a change in government is a disaster.
They have been created for the purpose of spreading domestic terror among American citizens.
"Crowborough: 'Biggest protest yet' as first migrants move into barracks
Thousands of people were on the streets in Crowborough on Sunday over migrants being moved into the town's former army barracks. ITV News' Sam Holder reports from East Sussex. It's the twelfth such demonstration since the plans were unveiled, and the first since the arrival of 27 men at Crowborough Training Camp earlier this week."
The Saudis just changed the law to allow foreigners to buy property.
It’s going to be as crazy as the original Dubai property boom from a couple of decades ago.
Buyer beware on the early projects though. There will be those that make millions, and those that either go bust or deliver well short of the sales pitch.
Remember that anyone ‘famous’ who appears in advertising is getting a free house out of it.
Special excusions to chop-chop square where beheadings can be watched after prayers every Friday. Only intending property buyers to apply. No time-wasters and dreamers
Think of the opportunities - if you are up for making adverts for Union Carbide, why not adverts to be projected on the sides of buildings round the beheading sites?
"Wilkinson Sword - for a smooth shave" ?
How's this for a slogan for the next real estate development:
"A stones throw from execution square"
A closer development was cancelled due to government cuts.
My friends and acquaintances provide plenty of anecdotal evidence of a reluctance to travel to the States. Anybody else come across similar?
Most Definitely! Spoke to a friend this morning who has deliberately avoided visiting New York on her way to her daughter's place in Canada. She and her husband quite fancied a short break in New York, and they still want to go, but say they won't do so for the forseeable future. On a walk with friends last Friday the discussion also turned to ways in which they could boycott US goods and services, as well as avoiding visiting there.
(FWIW these people are all retired professionals, well educated, with families and civic responsibilties. One family votes Labour, the other Green or Labour.)
Yeah they just elected a proper commie there. Doesn’t believe people should own property.
Yes President Trump isn't all bad. He has come out in favour of gun control.
A hair's breadth away from no excuse at all. ICE now have no controls at all on who they kill - except if there is a change in government. Trump has created an armed, anonymous force of 20,000 people for which a change in government is a disaster.
The Saudis just changed the law to allow foreigners to buy property.
It’s going to be as crazy as the original Dubai property boom from a couple of decades ago.
Buyer beware on the early projects though. There will be those that make millions, and those that either go bust or deliver well short of the sales pitch.
Remember that anyone ‘famous’ who appears in advertising is getting a free house out of it.
Special excusions to chop-chop square where beheadings can be watched after prayers every Friday. Only intending property buyers to apply. No time-wasters and dreamers
Think of the opportunities - if you are up for making adverts for Union Carbide, why not adverts to be projected on the sides of buildings round the beheading sites?
"Wilkinson Sword - for a smooth shave" ?
How's this for a slogan for the next real estate development:
"A stones throw from execution square"
A closer development was cancelled due to government cuts.
I also have anecdotal evidence of USians looking to move to more welcoming countries.
Similarly, anyone in the UK with a mixed race family who doesn't have a backup plan for what happens if a) Reform win and b) start getting a bit too excitable is a fool.
It's a great shame that Sir National Security risk has seen fit to legitimise these sorts of sentiments about Reform amongst his dwindling band of imbecile supporters. It will cause a great deal of distress to many people, and will delude many others that things like cancelled elections are an acceptable tactic in the face of this completely unevidenced 'racist threat'. It'll get very nasty before the Labour Party is finally flushed.
Reform have talked about emulating ICE, who have been taking US citizens into detention. Reform politicians routinely question whether Black and Asian people are appropriately loyal to the UK. I have paid no attention to the PM's comments in this area but I can see where Reform is heading and as part of a mixed race family I am of course concerned and wondering about a plan B. I agree that anyone who isn't is complacent in the extreme.
Both Reform and the Tories have spoken of there being a UK version of ICE - the need for such an organisation if 600,000 are to be deported is not an ideological position, it is a simple statement of fact.
Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry has questioned specific figures' loyalty to the UK - a review of his Twitter feed when this was last discussed shows he has said the same things about people of white British extraction in the same timeframe. On the slightly more significant opposite column in the ledger than one man's Tweets, Reform's 'second in command' is a Muslim of Asian heritage. Its London Mayoral candidate is a Muslim of Egyptian heritage.
Labour's current strategy is one of deligitimising Reform as an electoral option. It has already sanctioned the delaying of elections to counter this 'threat' and it can only get uglier as the gloves come off.
Maybe it will be fine. But maybe isn't good enough when it comes to the safety of my family.
My half-Thai granddaughter wants to come and work here for a few months later this year. Finishes (Bangkok) school in June, off to an Aussie uni in February 2027. Her elder sister hd no problems doing that. But you're making me wonder! Would she do better going to her Norwegian relatives?
My friends and acquaintances provide plenty of anecdotal evidence of a reluctance to travel to the States. Anybody else come across similar?
Most Definitely! Spoke to a friend this morning who has deliberately avoided visiting New York on her way to her daughter's place in Canada. She and her husband quite fancied a short break in New York, and they still want to go, but say they won't do so for the forseeable future. On a walk with friends last Friday the discussion also turned to ways in which they could boycott US goods and services, as well as avoiding visiting there.
(FWIW these people are all retired professionals, well educated, with families and civic responsibilties. One family votes Labour, the other Green or Labour.)
Yeah they just elected a proper commie there. Doesn’t believe people should own property.
Yes President Trump isn't all bad. He has come out in favour of gun control.
A hair's breadth away from no excuse at all. ICE now have no controls at all on who they kill - except if there is a change in government. Trump has created an armed, anonymous force of 20,000 people for which a change in government is a disaster.
They have been created for the purpose of spreading domestic terror among American citizens.
And also to see how much the courts will be able to restrain the use of untrammelled executive power, including an essentially partisan armed force.
With this Supreme Court, the chances look very low. They're actually quite enamoured of unrestrained exercise of power, when it is in the right hands.
"Crowborough: 'Biggest protest yet' as first migrants move into barracks
Thousands of people were on the streets in Crowborough on Sunday over migrants being moved into the town's former army barracks. ITV News' Sam Holder reports from East Sussex. It's the twelfth such demonstration since the plans were unveiled, and the first since the arrival of 27 men at Crowborough Training Camp earlier this week."
I also have anecdotal evidence of USians looking to move to more welcoming countries.
Similarly, anyone in the UK with a mixed race family who doesn't have a backup plan for what happens if a) Reform win and b) start getting a bit too excitable is a fool.
It's a great shame that Sir National Security risk has seen fit to legitimise these sorts of sentiments about Reform amongst his dwindling band of imbecile supporters. It will cause a great deal of distress to many people, and will delude many others that things like cancelled elections are an acceptable tactic in the face of this completely unevidenced 'racist threat'. It'll get very nasty before the Labour Party is finally flushed.
Reform have talked about emulating ICE, who have been taking US citizens into detention. Reform politicians routinely question whether Black and Asian people are appropriately loyal to the UK. I have paid no attention to the PM's comments in this area but I can see where Reform is heading and as part of a mixed race family I am of course concerned and wondering about a plan B. I agree that anyone who isn't is complacent in the extreme.
Both Reform and the Tories have spoken of there being a UK version of ICE - the need for such an organisation if 600,000 are to be deported is not an ideological position, it is a simple statement of fact.
Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry has questioned specific figures' loyalty to the UK - a review of his Twitter feed when this was last discussed shows he has said the same things about people of white British extraction in the same timeframe. On the slightly more significant opposite column in the ledger than one man's Tweets, Reform's 'second in command' is a Muslim of Asian heritage. Its London Mayoral candidate is a Muslim of Egyptian heritage.
Labour's current strategy is one of deligitimising Reform as an electoral option. It has already sanctioned the delaying of elections to counter this 'threat' and it can only get uglier as the gloves come off.
Maybe it will be fine. But maybe isn't good enough when it comes to the safety of my family.
My half-Thai granddaughter wants to come and work here for a few months later this year. Finishes (Bangkok) school in June, off to an Aussie uni in February 2027. Her elder sister hd no problems doing that. But you're making me wonder! Would she do better going to her Norwegian relatives?
This year is fine.
It is when we become Faragistan that the problems begin.
On that subject, this from Reform's Laila Cunningham is a bit of a headscratcher.
"Crowborough: 'Biggest protest yet' as first migrants move into barracks
Thousands of people were on the streets in Crowborough on Sunday over migrants being moved into the town's former army barracks. ITV News' Sam Holder reports from East Sussex. It's the twelfth such demonstration since the plans were unveiled, and the first since the arrival of 27 men at Crowborough Training Camp earlier this week."
I also have anecdotal evidence of USians looking to move to more welcoming countries.
Similarly, anyone in the UK with a mixed race family who doesn't have a backup plan for what happens if a) Reform win and b) start getting a bit too excitable is a fool.
It's a great shame that Sir National Security risk has seen fit to legitimise these sorts of sentiments about Reform amongst his dwindling band of imbecile supporters. It will cause a great deal of distress to many people, and will delude many others that things like cancelled elections are an acceptable tactic in the face of this completely unevidenced 'racist threat'. It'll get very nasty before the Labour Party is finally flushed.
Reform have talked about emulating ICE, who have been taking US citizens into detention. Reform politicians routinely question whether Black and Asian people are appropriately loyal to the UK. I have paid no attention to the PM's comments in this area but I can see where Reform is heading and as part of a mixed race family I am of course concerned and wondering about a plan B. I agree that anyone who isn't is complacent in the extreme.
Both Reform and the Tories have spoken of there being a UK version of ICE - the need for such an organisation if 600,000 are to be deported is not an ideological position, it is a simple statement of fact.
Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry has questioned specific figures' loyalty to the UK - a review of his Twitter feed when this was last discussed shows he has said the same things about people of white British extraction in the same timeframe. On the slightly more significant opposite column in the ledger than one man's Tweets, Reform's 'second in command' is a Muslim of Asian heritage. Its London Mayoral candidate is a Muslim of Egyptian heritage.
Labour's current strategy is one of deligitimising Reform as an electoral option. It has already sanctioned the delaying of elections to counter this 'threat' and it can only get uglier as the gloves come off.
Maybe it will be fine. But maybe isn't good enough when it comes to the safety of my family.
My half-Thai granddaughter wants to come and work here for a few months later this year. Finishes (Bangkok) school in June, off to an Aussie uni in February 2027. Her elder sister hd no problems doing that. But you're making me wonder! Would she do better going to her Norwegian relatives?
This year is fine.
It is when we become Faragistan that the problems begin.
On that subject, this from Reform's Laila Cunningham is a bit of a headscratcher.
Poland is in no hurry to join the euro zone, Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski told the Financial Times in an interview published on Sunday.
Domanski said that the case for adopting the euro had weakened as Poland has outpaced most economies in the bloc. Member states of the European Union are obliged to join the single currency area when certain criteria are met.
“Our economy is now doing clearly better than most of those that have the euro,” Domanski said.
“We have more and more data, research and arguments to keep the Polish zloty.”
Poland is in no hurry to join the euro zone, Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski told the Financial Times in an interview published on Sunday.
Domanski said that the case for adopting the euro had weakened as Poland has outpaced most economies in the bloc. Member states of the European Union are obliged to join the single currency area when certain criteria are met.
“Our economy is now doing clearly better than most of those that have the euro,” Domanski said.
“We have more and more data, research and arguments to keep the Polish zloty.”
What they particularly don't want, of course, is serious t'rouble.
I also have anecdotal evidence of USians looking to move to more welcoming countries.
Similarly, anyone in the UK with a mixed race family who doesn't have a backup plan for what happens if a) Reform win and b) start getting a bit too excitable is a fool.
It's a great shame that Sir National Security risk has seen fit to legitimise these sorts of sentiments about Reform amongst his dwindling band of imbecile supporters. It will cause a great deal of distress to many people, and will delude many others that things like cancelled elections are an acceptable tactic in the face of this completely unevidenced 'racist threat'. It'll get very nasty before the Labour Party is finally flushed.
Reform have talked about emulating ICE, who have been taking US citizens into detention. Reform politicians routinely question whether Black and Asian people are appropriately loyal to the UK. I have paid no attention to the PM's comments in this area but I can see where Reform is heading and as part of a mixed race family I am of course concerned and wondering about a plan B. I agree that anyone who isn't is complacent in the extreme.
Both Reform and the Tories have spoken of there being a UK version of ICE - the need for such an organisation if 600,000 are to be deported is not an ideological position, it is a simple statement of fact.
Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry has questioned specific figures' loyalty to the UK - a review of his Twitter feed when this was last discussed shows he has said the same things about people of white British extraction in the same timeframe. On the slightly more significant opposite column in the ledger than one man's Tweets, Reform's 'second in command' is a Muslim of Asian heritage. Its London Mayoral candidate is a Muslim of Egyptian heritage.
Labour's current strategy is one of deligitimising Reform as an electoral option. It has already sanctioned the delaying of elections to counter this 'threat' and it can only get uglier as the gloves come off.
Maybe it will be fine. But maybe isn't good enough when it comes to the safety of my family.
My half-Thai granddaughter wants to come and work here for a few months later this year. Finishes (Bangkok) school in June, off to an Aussie uni in February 2027. Her elder sister hd no problems doing that. But you're making me wonder! Would she do better going to her Norwegian relatives?
This year is fine.
It is when we become Faragistan that the problems begin.
On that subject, this from Reform's Laila Cunningham is a bit of a headscratcher.
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
Poland is in no hurry to join the euro zone, Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski told the Financial Times in an interview published on Sunday.
Domanski said that the case for adopting the euro had weakened as Poland has outpaced most economies in the bloc. Member states of the European Union are obliged to join the single currency area when certain criteria are met.
“Our economy is now doing clearly better than most of those that have the euro,” Domanski said.
“We have more and more data, research and arguments to keep the Polish zloty.”
I am old enough to remember when @williamglenn was a Eurofederalist. He was a damn articulate one too.
Poland is in no hurry to join the euro zone, Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski told the Financial Times in an interview published on Sunday.
Domanski said that the case for adopting the euro had weakened as Poland has outpaced most economies in the bloc. Member states of the European Union are obliged to join the single currency area when certain criteria are met.
“Our economy is now doing clearly better than most of those that have the euro,” Domanski said.
“We have more and more data, research and arguments to keep the Polish zloty.”
I am old enough to remember when @williamglenn was a Eurofederalist. He was a damn articulate one too.
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
I was quite sad to hear of the passing of Sir Mark Tully today
I met him quite a few times when I worked for his son in law. He was a charming and intelligent old boy. I got on even better with his ex-wife; she was one of those people whose very presence would cheer me. I wonder how Mags is doing.. if she indeed still is. It’s been about fifteen years since I last saw them
"Crowborough: 'Biggest protest yet' as first migrants move into barracks
Thousands of people were on the streets in Crowborough on Sunday over migrants being moved into the town's former army barracks. ITV News' Sam Holder reports from East Sussex. It's the twelfth such demonstration since the plans were unveiled, and the first since the arrival of 27 men at Crowborough Training Camp earlier this week."
The MP for that area is interesting. Born in Pakistan. Worked for a Charity before coming into Parliament. First female Muslim to speak at the Dispatch Box.
I also have anecdotal evidence of USians looking to move to more welcoming countries.
Similarly, anyone in the UK with a mixed race family who doesn't have a backup plan for what happens if a) Reform win and b) start getting a bit too excitable is a fool.
It's a great shame that Sir National Security risk has seen fit to legitimise these sorts of sentiments about Reform amongst his dwindling band of imbecile supporters. It will cause a great deal of distress to many people, and will delude many others that things like cancelled elections are an acceptable tactic in the face of this completely unevidenced 'racist threat'. It'll get very nasty before the Labour Party is finally flushed.
Reform have talked about emulating ICE, who have been taking US citizens into detention. Reform politicians routinely question whether Black and Asian people are appropriately loyal to the UK. I have paid no attention to the PM's comments in this area but I can see where Reform is heading and as part of a mixed race family I am of course concerned and wondering about a plan B. I agree that anyone who isn't is complacent in the extreme.
Both Reform and the Tories have spoken of there being a UK version of ICE - the need for such an organisation if 600,000 are to be deported is not an ideological position, it is a simple statement of fact.
Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry has questioned specific figures' loyalty to the UK - a review of his Twitter feed when this was last discussed shows he has said the same things about people of white British extraction in the same timeframe. On the slightly more significant opposite column in the ledger than one man's Tweets, Reform's 'second in command' is a Muslim of Asian heritage. Its London Mayoral candidate is a Muslim of Egyptian heritage.
Labour's current strategy is one of deligitimising Reform as an electoral option. It has already sanctioned the delaying of elections to counter this 'threat' and it can only get uglier as the gloves come off.
Maybe it will be fine. But maybe isn't good enough when it comes to the safety of my family.
My half-Thai granddaughter wants to come and work here for a few months later this year. Finishes (Bangkok) school in June, off to an Aussie uni in February 2027. Her elder sister hd no problems doing that. But you're making me wonder! Would she do better going to her Norwegian relatives?
From a financial point of view a job on Norwegian rates of pay would be quite good.
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
The Saudis just changed the law to allow foreigners to buy property.
It’s going to be as crazy as the original Dubai property boom from a couple of decades ago.
Buyer beware on the early projects though. There will be those that make millions, and those that either go bust or deliver well short of the sales pitch.
Remember that anyone ‘famous’ who appears in advertising is getting a free house out of it.
Why would I want to own property in Saudi Arabia? If I'm sinking my own money into something, I want to make sure that my assets are protected by the rule of law. It's why weatlhy Chinese buy London and Vancouver property. (And why, of course, wealthy Saudis have done the same.)
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
So why all the f****** about then? I don't understand what 12D chess move he has mastered here.
It was his only chance to become PM - get back into Parliament during a northern by-election and take on a weakened Starmer in a leadership bid.
Labour will get thrashed like a ginger stepchild at the next GE, and when/if they recover, King Andy will be too old. That's his calculation.
What happens now? Lab lose Gorton, Wes challenges SKS and possibly loses, so he limps on in office. Andy remains King of the North but will never be Labour Leader/PM.
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
So why all the f****** about then? I don't understand what 12D chess move he has mastered here.
It was his only chance to become PM - get back into Parliament during a northern by-election and take on a weakened Starmer in a leadership bid.
Labour will get thrashed like a ginger stepchild at the next GE, and when/if they recover, King Andy will be too old. That's his calculation.
What happens now? Lab lose Gorton, Wes challenges SKS and possibly loses, so he limps on in office. Andy remains King of the North but will never be Labour Leader/PM.
The Ken Clarke de nos jours.
That's unfair on Clarke. He is far smarter than Burnham.
"I have received Lord Ashcroft's latest data but, as far as I can see, without percentages expressed. After an enjoyable Sunday lunch I have calculated the percentages as:-
"I have received Lord Ashcroft's latest data but, as far as I can see, without percentages expressed. After an enjoyable Sunday lunch I have calculated the percentages as:-
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
So why all the f****** about then? I don't understand what 12D chess move he has mastered here.
It was his only chance to become PM - get back into Parliament during a northern by-election and take on a weakened Starmer in a leadership bid.
Labour will get thrashed like a ginger stepchild at the next GE, and when/if they recover, King Andy will be too old. That's his calculation.
What happens now? Lab lose Gorton, Wes challenges SKS and possibly loses, so he limps on in office. Andy remains King of the North but will never be Labour Leader/PM.
The Ken Clarke de nos jours.
That's unfair on Clarke. He is far smarter than Burnham.
"I have received Lord Ashcroft's latest data but, as far as I can see, without percentages expressed. After an enjoyable Sunday lunch I have calculated the percentages as:-
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
One of my Iranian heritage friends has said they have lost a 19 year old nephew was shot and murdered by the state for the crime of criticising the government.
There's not a single family in Tehran that isn't grieving at the moment.
They hate Trump as much as the Supreme Leader now, these protestors thought Trump had their backs.
"I have received Lord Ashcroft's latest data but, as far as I can see, without percentages expressed. After an enjoyable Sunday lunch I have calculated the percentages as:-
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
Tomorrow I return with full focus to my role as Mayor of GM, defending everything we have built in our city-region over many years.
I decided to put myself forward to prevent the divisive politics of Reform from damaging that. We are stronger together and let’s stay that way. 💪🏻
Translation: I expect Reform to win and I will dump all the blame on Kier Starmer when it happens.
Great 12D chess I am sure. But it just makes Burnham look like a Jenrickian tw@t.
It is basically Burnham to blame for Starmer being a blank firing bollock
I am not and haven't been defending Starmer all weekend. Burnham should have been allowed to stand and then hopefully crushed in Gorton and Denton.
Burnham was humbled in September. In the last 24 hours he's humbled himself and Starmer.
Remember, not a BPC registered pollster, as we know he uses different pollsters, so we don't know the house effects, and he's never denied using more than one pollster for a single poll.
I also have anecdotal evidence of USians looking to move to more welcoming countries.
Similarly, anyone in the UK with a mixed race family who doesn't have a backup plan for what happens if a) Reform win and b) start getting a bit too excitable is a fool.
It's a great shame that Sir National Security risk has seen fit to legitimise these sorts of sentiments about Reform amongst his dwindling band of imbecile supporters. It will cause a great deal of distress to many people, and will delude many others that things like cancelled elections are an acceptable tactic in the face of this completely unevidenced 'racist threat'. It'll get very nasty before the Labour Party is finally flushed.
Reform have talked about emulating ICE, who have been taking US citizens into detention. Reform politicians routinely question whether Black and Asian people are appropriately loyal to the UK. I have paid no attention to the PM's comments in this area but I can see where Reform is heading and as part of a mixed race family I am of course concerned and wondering about a plan B. I agree that anyone who isn't is complacent in the extreme.
Both Reform and the Tories have spoken of there being a UK version of ICE - the need for such an organisation if 600,000 are to be deported is not an ideological position, it is a simple statement of fact.
Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry has questioned specific figures' loyalty to the UK - a review of his Twitter feed when this was last discussed shows he has said the same things about people of white British extraction in the same timeframe. On the slightly more significant opposite column in the ledger than one man's Tweets, Reform's 'second in command' is a Muslim of Asian heritage. Its London Mayoral candidate is a Muslim of Egyptian heritage.
Labour's current strategy is one of deligitimising Reform as an electoral option. It has already sanctioned the delaying of elections to counter this 'threat' and it can only get uglier as the gloves come off.
Maybe it will be fine. But maybe isn't good enough when it comes to the safety of my family.
My half-Thai granddaughter wants to come and work here for a few months later this year. Finishes (Bangkok) school in June, off to an Aussie uni in February 2027. Her elder sister hd no problems doing that. But you're making me wonder! Would she do better going to her Norwegian relatives?
This year is fine.
It is when we become Faragistan that the problems begin.
On that subject, this from Reform's Laila Cunningham is a bit of a headscratcher.
"I have received Lord Ashcroft's latest data but, as far as I can see, without percentages expressed. After an enjoyable Sunday lunch I have calculated the percentages as:-
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
Tomorrow I return with full focus to my role as Mayor of GM, defending everything we have built in our city-region over many years.
I decided to put myself forward to prevent the divisive politics of Reform from damaging that. We are stronger together and let’s stay that way. 💪🏻
Translation: I expect Reform to win and I will dump all the blame on Kier Starmer when it happens.
Great 12D chess I am sure. But it just makes Burnham look like a Jenrickian tw@t.
It is basically Burnham to blame for Starmer being a blank firing bollock
I am not and haven't been defending Starmer all weekend. Burnham should have been allowed to stand and then hopefully crushed in Gorton and Denton.
Burnham was humbled in September. In the last 24 hours he's humbled himself and Starmer.
The problem with his statement is that it's obviously not true. If he had really wanted to avoid the 'divisive politics of Reform' he would have announced he wasn't seeking the nomination. If he had actually been genuinely interested in standing to get back into Parliament as a hefty figure who might be able to help out,* but not damage the Labour party, or Starmer, he could have sounded out the NEC privately about their views.
The only reason for doing what he did in the way he did was to damage Starmer and cause a crisis.
"I have received Lord Ashcroft's latest data but, as far as I can see, without percentages expressed. After an enjoyable Sunday lunch I have calculated the percentages as:-
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
So why all the f****** about then? I don't understand what 12D chess move he has mastered here.
It was his only chance to become PM - get back into Parliament during a northern by-election and take on a weakened Starmer in a leadership bid.
Labour will get thrashed like a ginger stepchild at the next GE, and when/if they recover, King Andy will be too old. That's his calculation.
What happens now? Lab lose Gorton, Wes challenges SKS and possibly loses, so he limps on in office. Andy remains King of the North but will never be Labour Leader/PM.
The Ken Clarke de nos jours.
That's unfair on Clarke. He is far smarter than Burnham.
And (the edited bit) on Hezza.
More like John Redwood.
Now now. I don't rate or like the treacherous Burnham but Redwood? Is Burnham litigious? He could sue.
"I have received Lord Ashcroft's latest data but, as far as I can see, without percentages expressed. After an enjoyable Sunday lunch I have calculated the percentages as:-
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
Tomorrow I return with full focus to my role as Mayor of GM, defending everything we have built in our city-region over many years.
I decided to put myself forward to prevent the divisive politics of Reform from damaging that. We are stronger together and let’s stay that way. 💪🏻
Translation: I expect Reform to win and I will dump all the blame on Kier Starmer when it happens.
Great 12D chess I am sure. But it just makes Burnham look like a Jenrickian tw@t.
It is basically Burnham to blame for Starmer being a blank firing bollock
I am not and haven't been defending Starmer all weekend. Burnham should have been allowed to stand and then hopefully crushed in Gorton and Denton.
Burnham was humbled in September. In the last 24 hours he's humbled himself and Starmer.
Remember, not a BPC registered pollster, as we know he uses different pollsters, so we don't know the house effects, and he's never denied using more than one pollster for a single poll.
The Saudis just changed the law to allow foreigners to buy property.
It’s going to be as crazy as the original Dubai property boom from a couple of decades ago.
Buyer beware on the early projects though. There will be those that make millions, and those that either go bust or deliver well short of the sales pitch.
Remember that anyone ‘famous’ who appears in advertising is getting a free house out of it.
Why would I want to own property in Saudi Arabia? If I'm sinking my own money into something, I want to make sure that my assets are protected by the rule of law. It's why weatlhy Chinese buy London and Vancouver property. (And why, of course, wealthy Saudis have done the same.)
Indeed, but none of those are going to go up 3x in the next half-decade, which is the sort of thing the Saudis would like to have you believe will happen over there.
"I have received Lord Ashcroft's latest data but, as far as I can see, without percentages expressed. After an enjoyable Sunday lunch I have calculated the percentages as:-
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
Tomorrow I return with full focus to my role as Mayor of GM, defending everything we have built in our city-region over many years.
I decided to put myself forward to prevent the divisive politics of Reform from damaging that. We are stronger together and let’s stay that way. 💪🏻
Translation: I expect Reform to win and I will dump all the blame on Kier Starmer when it happens.
Great 12D chess I am sure. But it just makes Burnham look like a Jenrickian tw@t.
It is basically Burnham to blame for Starmer being a blank firing bollock
I am not and haven't been defending Starmer all weekend. Burnham should have been allowed to stand and then hopefully crushed in Gorton and Denton.
Burnham was humbled in September. In the last 24 hours he's humbled himself and Starmer.
I think the word is humilated
OK.
Burnham was humiliated in September. In the last 24 hours he's humiliated himself and Starmer.
Yeah that works for me.
Why have a couple of angry PB Tories been beating up on @Mexicanbastard because he's been nasty to Andy Burnham? It doesn't make sense.
Well, BJO is horrible to everyone, so I don't think you should take that personally. I think it comes of being a disciple of the kinder, gentler politics Corbyn espoused. In fact, given what he posted on the last thread about the reasons for Burnham being barred (which is alarming on more levels than TSE's elevator) you should probably wear it as a badge of honour.
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
So why all the f****** about then? I don't understand what 12D chess move he has mastered here.
It was his only chance to become PM - get back into Parliament during a northern by-election and take on a weakened Starmer in a leadership bid.
Labour will get thrashed like a ginger stepchild at the next GE, and when/if they recover, King Andy will be too old. That's his calculation.
What happens now? Lab lose Gorton, Wes challenges SKS and possibly loses, so he limps on in office. Andy remains King of the North but will never be Labour Leader/PM.
The Ken Clarke de nos jours.
That's unfair on Clarke. He is far smarter than Burnham.
Very true.
But sometimes it is about timing, by the time Thatcher was mortally wounded, he was too old. Tarzan tried to stick the boot in far too early into her Premiership.
HMS SKS is holed below the waterline already, but the only potential successor being touted is Streeting, who I don't see as having any appeal nationally. Hard to think of a serious contender in the PLP - Reeves is very unpopular, Rayner is out, Yvette Cooper is weak, Lammy is dim etc etc.
@BarackObama · 1h The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
PS - The fact that the media was informed of the NEC decision before I was tells you everything you need to know about the way the Labour Party is being run these days.
You would think that over 30 years of service would count for something but sadly not. 🤷🏻♂️
"I have received Lord Ashcroft's latest data but, as far as I can see, without percentages expressed. After an enjoyable Sunday lunch I have calculated the percentages as:-
It's been 14 mins and Andy Burnham still hasn't published part II, this is why he isn't fit to be an MP and the NEC were right to block him.
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
Tomorrow I return with full focus to my role as Mayor of GM, defending everything we have built in our city-region over many years.
I decided to put myself forward to prevent the divisive politics of Reform from damaging that. We are stronger together and let’s stay that way. 💪🏻
Translation: I expect Reform to win and I will dump all the blame on Kier Starmer when it happens.
Great 12D chess I am sure. But it just makes Burnham look like a Jenrickian tw@t.
It is basically Burnham to blame for Starmer being a blank firing bollock
I am not and haven't been defending Starmer all weekend. Burnham should have been allowed to stand and then hopefully crushed in Gorton and Denton.
Burnham was humbled in September. In the last 24 hours he's humbled himself and Starmer.
The problem with his statement is that it's obviously not true. If he had really wanted to avoid the 'divisive politics of Reform' he would have announced he wasn't seeking the nomination. If he had actually been genuinely interested in standing to get back into Parliament as a hefty figure who might be able to help out,* but not damage the Labour party, or Starmer, he could have sounded out the NEC privately about their views.
The only reason for doing what he did in the way he did was to damage Starmer and cause a crisis.
Trouble is, he's damaged himself too.
*Yeah, we have come to this.
He's sold his lie to the remaining PB Tories. I can't understand how or why? Oh wait, you said what? "They also fell for Johnson's BS". Oh right.
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Take the good bits of London, Dubai, and Hong Kong, all in the same place.
The only downside is that it costs about £30 for a Singapore Sling in the Raffles hotel bar.
"Wilkinson Sword - for a smooth shave" ?
Then praise Trump for raising the chocolate ration from 30 grams to 20 grams.
"A stones throw from execution square"
Mayors are the Police & Crime Commissioners however so cannot be concurrently be an MP however the Mayor of London shares the PCC duty with the Home Secretary so can double job.
Labour have their own internal rule which is what has scuppered Burnham.
She's popular with left without being of the left and was overlooked/screwed over by Starmer.
This will, ironically, soon become moot with the abolition of PCCs which I think is one reason why Burnham was caught out.
China’s Top General Accused of Giving Nuclear Secrets to U.S.
Bribery allegations have also been leveled against Gen. Zhang Youxia, whose downfall carries implications for the country’s military readiness
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/chinas-top-general-accused-of-giving-nuclear-secrets-to-u-s-b8f59dae
Seriously, all power to your - elbow.
It only gets worse from here.
Thousands of people were on the streets in Crowborough on Sunday over migrants being moved into the town's former army barracks. ITV News' Sam Holder reports from East Sussex. It's the twelfth such demonstration since the plans were unveiled, and the first since the arrival of 27 men at Crowborough Training Camp earlier this week."
https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2026-01-25/loudest-protest-yet-after-first-migrants-move-into-barracks
America has its ICE-atollahs.
But you're making me wonder! Would she do better going to her Norwegian relatives?
His "crime" is to try and do a Burnham on Xi.
Over there you get framed and executed for that via a kangaroo court.
With this Supreme Court, the chances look very low. They're actually quite enamoured of unrestrained exercise of power, when it is in the right hands.
It is when we become Faragistan that the problems begin.
On that subject, this from Reform's Laila Cunningham is a bit of a headscratcher.
https://bsky.app/profile/nick-pettigrew.bsky.social/post/3mdatlmsqxc23
Obviously copied from King Trump himself, but even weirder.
Poland is in no hurry to join the euro zone, Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski told the Financial Times in an interview published on Sunday.
Domanski said that the case for adopting the euro had weakened as Poland has outpaced most economies in the bloc. Member states of the European Union are obliged to join the single currency area when certain criteria are met.
“Our economy is now doing clearly better than most of those that have the euro,” Domanski said.
“We have more and more data, research and arguments to keep the Polish zloty.”
I’m not sure how else that this can be seen
I suppose we know where we are with Reform.
Wonder if we could pay someone to follow SKS around wearing the giant papier mache head?
I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.
To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.
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https://x.com/AndyBurnhamGM/status/2015480192093831340
Tomorrow I return with full focus to my role as Mayor of GM, defending everything we have built in our city-region over many years.
I decided to put myself forward to prevent the divisive politics of Reform from damaging that. We are stronger together and let’s stay that way. 💪🏻
The actual candidate might do it anyway, but Burnham has a narrative to play with.
I met him quite a few times when I worked for his son in law. He was a charming and intelligent old boy. I got on even better with his ex-wife; she was one of those people whose very presence would cheer me. I wonder how Mags is doing.. if she indeed still is. It’s been about fifteen years since I last saw them
@atrupar
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2015451413652934962
We carry the flame
We'll fight for the by election
We'll honour his name
https://x.com/_owenj_/status/2015414347065888944
At least the German Nazis didn't execute incognito.
Labour will get thrashed like a ginger stepchild at the next GE, and when/if they recover, King Andy will be too old. That's his calculation.
What happens now? Lab lose Gorton, Wes challenges SKS and possibly loses, so he limps on in office. Andy remains King of the North but will never be Labour Leader/PM.
The Ken Clarke de nos jours. Or maybe the Hezza.
"I have received Lord Ashcroft's latest data but, as far as I can see, without percentages expressed. After an enjoyable Sunday lunch I have calculated the percentages as:-
Ref 25 =
Con 21 -1
Lab 18 =
Grn 18 -1
LD 11 +1
Please correct as appropriate."
https://vote-2012.proboards.com/thread/10136/oh-lordy-big-ashcroft-poll?page=8
Burnham was humbled in September. In the last 24 hours he's humbled himself and Starmer.
More like John Redwood.
There's not a single family in Tehran that isn't grieving at the moment.
They hate Trump as much as the Supreme Leader now, these protestors thought Trump had their backs.
The only reason for doing what he did in the way he did was to damage Starmer and cause a crisis.
Trouble is, he's damaged himself too.
*Yeah, we have come to this.
Burnham was humiliated in September. In the last 24 hours he's humiliated himself and Starmer.
Yeah that works for me.
Why have a couple of angry PB Tories been beating up on @Mexicanbastard because he's been nasty to Andy Burnham? It doesn't make sense.
But sometimes it is about timing, by the time Thatcher was mortally wounded, he was too old. Tarzan tried to stick the boot in far too early into her Premiership.
HMS SKS is holed below the waterline already, but the only potential successor being touted is Streeting, who I don't see as having any appeal nationally. Hard to think of a serious contender in the PLP - Reeves is very unpopular, Rayner is out, Yvette Cooper is weak, Lammy is dim etc etc.
Barack Obama
@BarackObama
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
https://x.com/BarackObama/status/2015479691147149747
PS - The fact that the media was informed of the NEC decision before I was tells you everything you need to know about the way the Labour Party is being run these days.
You would think that over 30 years of service would count for something but sadly not. 🤷🏻♂️