What's with the proliferation of R parties? Are Nominet running a sale on domain names starting with R or something?
Action term demonstrating purpose Positive achievement of a new and better state, often linked to reversal of decline
Renew Reclaim Restore Reform Return
I think the right of Reform 'I hate Nigel' parties should coalesce. It is all very Peoples' Front of Judea. In particular I see absolutely no reason why Ben Habib's effort and Rupert Lowe's new one are separate. UKIP seem to have gone completely Tonto, so maybe not them.
What's with the proliferation of R parties? Are Nominet running a sale on domain names starting with R or something?
Action term demonstrating purpose Positive achievement of a new and better state, often linked to reversal of decline
Renew Reclaim Restore Reform Return
I think the right of Reform 'I hate Nigel' parties should coalesce. It is all very Peoples' Front of Judea. In particular I see absolutely no reason why Ben Habib's effort and Rupert Lowe's new one are separate. UKIP seem to have gone completely Tonto, so maybe not them.
I've only just realised that the cesspit that is Damian McBride is working as a spad for Yvette Cooper.
He shouldn't be allowed anywhere near Parliament.
DIdn't he use to work with her husband in Gordon Brown's cesspit?
I think he was Gordon Brown's press secretary. That's why Mcdoom had to deny any.knowledge of what McBride and Derek Draper were up.to. V starrmeresque
.....its slipped entirely under the radar afaiac. He's worked for Cooper since 2024.
I've only just realised that the cesspit that is Damian McBride is working as a spad for Yvette Cooper.
He shouldn't be allowed anywhere near Parliament.
DIdn't he use to work with her husband in Gordon Brown's cesspit?
And with Derek draper iirc. Guido Fawkes actually did some useful work digging dirt on the whole cabal back then, maybe 2004-2007ish ? Would be embarrassed to have that site show up in my internet history these days...
What's with the proliferation of R parties? Are Nominet running a sale on domain names starting with R or something?
Action term demonstrating purpose Positive achievement of a new and better state, often linked to reversal of decline
Renew Reclaim Restore Reform Return
I think the right of Reform 'I hate Nigel' parties should coalesce. It is all very Peoples' Front of Judea. In particular I see absolutely no reason why Ben Habib's effort and Rupert Lowe's new one are separate. UKIP seem to have gone completely Tonto, so maybe not them.
'I am utterly delighted @RupertLowe10 has decided to convert @RestoreBritain_ (of which I am already a member) into a political party.
This is what we need.
Patriots united.
Let’s get this done
My message to all Restore’s, @_AdvanceUK members and the British people 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Women’s Monobob is worth watching. Several of them have come very close to big accidents, this is clearly one sport that’s way more difficult than it looks!
Kudos to the drone pilots as well, following the sleds down the top section at up to 80km/h.
I assumed the drones were on a pre-planned flight path. Route is set, speeds are similar enough to make no difference. Are they actually piloted?
Apparently so, depending on the sport they’re a variation on racing drones but with better cameras. Pilots are wearing goggles and did a lot of training beforehand.
There’s a documentary to be made on the drones after this Games, they’re brilliant.
Net migration reducing to manageable levels is fine but it is the quality in and out that matters too.
If we are losing the brightest and the best, and as youth unemployment sky rockets they will go elsewhere, and gaining roadmen delivering takeaways in big cities that does nothing for us.
Emigrants have always tended to be of working age. I don’t think that’s new.
Those coming in on work visas are mostly highly skilled.
those are not the problem ones
The English?
some of them as well, and some Scottish ones. Far too many slackers in the UK happy to suck on the public teat.
Well, as Art Laffer says, if you pay people to be idle they’ll be idle.
We live in a nation of entitled people who expect others to pick up,the tab when they’ve finiancially contributed little. people say ‘but the state pension’ but that is a contribution based benefit unlike the majority of the other benefits.
So we're back once again to the "9 million" - or in truth 8.4 million who claim Universal Credit as distinct from the 22 million in receipt of some form of housing benefit or are they fair game too?
@stodge - where is that 22 million number from, or are you being rhetorical?
At the risk of pointing out the obvious, wasn't hounding her out of her job the entire point of the exercise?
It's a good question. I think supporters of Sandie Peggie would say the point of the exercise is to protect women . But what does that rather abstract claim mean in this specific case? That Beth Upton should stop pretending to be a woman? That s/he shouldn't be a doctor? Or something else?
It means that Upton should not go into a room where women are changing their clothes for work. Its really that simple. Upton wanted to make an issue of this and was enthusiastically supported by a management completely committed to the transgender cause and totally indifferent to women's rights. I accept that as this spiralled out of control Upton became every bit as much of a victim as Peggie. The management responsible should be fired.
What's with the proliferation of R parties? Are Nominet running a sale on domain names starting with R or something?
Action term demonstrating purpose Positive achievement of a new and better state, often linked to reversal of decline
Renew Reclaim Restore Reform Return
I think the right of Reform 'I hate Nigel' parties should coalesce. It is all very Peoples' Front of Judea. In particular I see absolutely no reason why Ben Habib's effort and Rupert Lowe's new one are separate. UKIP seem to have gone completely Tonto, so maybe not them.
It's very ego based to create a brand new party when you quit another one. Not to say it cannot be done, Reform itself is an example which worked, but Habib and Lowe? It's not happening.
What's with the proliferation of R parties? Are Nominet running a sale on domain names starting with R or something?
Action term demonstrating purpose Positive achievement of a new and better state, often linked to reversal of decline
Renew Reclaim Restore Reform Return
I think the right of Reform 'I hate Nigel' parties should coalesce. It is all very Peoples' Front of Judea. In particular I see absolutely no reason why Ben Habib's effort and Rupert Lowe's new one are separate. UKIP seem to have gone completely Tonto, so maybe not them.
It's very ego based to create a brand new party when you quit another one. Not to say it cannot be done, Reform itself is an example which worked, but Habib and Lowe? It's not happening.
Nothing wrong from Reform's perspective in having a fringe party to their right. It's inevitable, and of course, shifts the Overton window.
What's with the proliferation of R parties? Are Nominet running a sale on domain names starting with R or something?
Action term demonstrating purpose Positive achievement of a new and better state, often linked to reversal of decline
Renew Reclaim Restore Reform Return
I think the right of Reform 'I hate Nigel' parties should coalesce. It is all very Peoples' Front of Judea. In particular I see absolutely no reason why Ben Habib's effort and Rupert Lowe's new one are separate. UKIP seem to have gone completely Tonto, so maybe not them.
It's very ego based to create a brand new party when you quit another one. Not to say it cannot be done, Reform itself is an example which worked, but Habib and Lowe? It's not happening.
Nothing wrong from Reform's perspective in having a fringe party to their right. It's inevitable, and of course, shifts the Overton window.
"How can we be the far right? There's like eight other parties claiming we're soft liberals!"
A natural campaigner. It's nice that Matt's mummy tied his warm scarf for him and he's borrowed his brother's cool sunglasses and gilet thereby rendering them uncool. Solely on the basis of the candidate I'd say Reform are on for third in Gorton & Denton.
Stuzi 🐝🐝 @stuzi_pants · 16m ‘The Green Party want to legalise crack and heroin, and Starmer looks like a robot’ cries Matt Goodwin who sounds like he’s just smoked crack cocaine, and looks like Kryten out of Red Dwarf if he’d borrowed Dumbo’s ears and glued them to his head
Oh God, bar the shades and gloves I often dress just like that!
If Reform don't win Gorton and Denton, it will not be through lack of bloody hard work. I don't think many of us would look great yelling slogans from the top of a bus to be honest.
What I get from this is that Reform's message in this is very honed - no doubt heavily focus grouped.
Get Starmer out - Reform are lucky in that with the recent shenanigans, this could become more than a slogan
Put G&D first - plays into the constituency being forgotten and left behind having been Labour for 90 years - latterly with this Whatsapp thing the complacency seems to have become contempt
Greens will legalise all drugs and open the borders - Reform seems to feel its main challenge is the Greens, unless its a double-bluff to throw more attention on them and split the left vote
Goodwin says these things relentlessly in everything I've seen on the campaign trail. I can't see anything that sophisticated from the other sides. Could be wrong.
Indeed on the bit in bold and, from what I’ve seen, the Labour candidate is not too bright and has the same sense of entitlement to this formerly safe seat that many politicians both red and blue have had for many years.
What's with the proliferation of R parties? Are Nominet running a sale on domain names starting with R or something?
Action term demonstrating purpose Positive achievement of a new and better state, often linked to reversal of decline
Renew Reclaim Restore Reform Return
I think the right of Reform 'I hate Nigel' parties should coalesce. It is all very Peoples' Front of Judea. In particular I see absolutely no reason why Ben Habib's effort and Rupert Lowe's new one are separate. UKIP seem to have gone completely Tonto, so maybe not them.
It's very ego based to create a brand new party when you quit another one. Not to say it cannot be done, Reform itself is an example which worked, but Habib and Lowe? It's not happening.
Nothing wrong from Reform's perspective in having a fringe party to their right. It's inevitable, and of course, shifts the Overton window.
"How can we be the far right? There's like eight other parties claiming we're soft liberals!"
It’s probably in Reform’s favour if the “Tommy Robinson fan club” types are kept arguing with each other on the fringes, utterly irrelevant in more than 95% of Parliamentary seats. Bunch of R*****s.
Women’s Monobob is worth watching. Several of them have come very close to big accidents, this is clearly one sport that’s way more difficult than it looks!
Kudos to the drone pilots as well, following the sleds down the top section at up to 80km/h.
What's with the proliferation of R parties? Are Nominet running a sale on domain names starting with R or something?
Action term demonstrating purpose Positive achievement of a new and better state, often linked to reversal of decline
Renew Reclaim Restore Reform Return
I think the right of Reform 'I hate Nigel' parties should coalesce. It is all very Peoples' Front of Judea. In particular I see absolutely no reason why Ben Habib's effort and Rupert Lowe's new one are separate. UKIP seem to have gone completely Tonto, so maybe not them.
It's very ego based to create a brand new party when you quit another one. Not to say it cannot be done, Reform itself is an example which worked, but Habib and Lowe? It's not happening.
Nothing wrong from Reform's perspective in having a fringe party to their right. It's inevitable, and of course, shifts the Overton window.
"How can we be the far right? There's like eight other parties claiming we're soft liberals!"
It’s probably in Reform’s favour if the “Tommy Robinson fan club” types are kept arguing with each other on the fringes, utterly irrelevant in more than 95% of Parliamentary seats. Bunch of R*****s.
Wasn't that part of the reason for Farage setting up a new party in the first place, due to elements flirting with those types? (Possibly even Robinson himself).
Also to have mroe direct control.
Then again, the online right seem keen to rehabilitate Robinson every few years.
The Barbados Labour Party has just won all 30 seats in the legislature, on a 70% vote in an FPTP system.
Look on and weep, GB Labour....
In Barbados both the main parties have "Labour Party" in their names. Great country.
The Democratic Labour Party and the Barbados Labour Party.
One is looking a little more 'main' than the other now though.
Party Votes % Seats Barbados Labour Party 71,109 69.83 30 Democratic Labour Party 27,808 27.31 0 Friends of Democracy 1,424 1.40 0 People's Coalition for Progress 910 0.89 0 Bajan Free Party 161 0.16 0 Independents 426 0.42 0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Assembly_of_Barbados
Medics have been urged to reconsider our final moments as a ‘gradual, interruptible process’ — and reconsider how long they spend trying to resuscitate patients"
Pretty good performance for the UK in the Winter Olympics given that we don’t actually get a winter. Ditto summer, really
Imagine how well we’d do in the Perpetual Autumn Olympics
Staring Disconsolately At The Drizzle: GOLD
Kicking through fallen leaves in the park before it rains again: GOLD
Noticing That The Nights Are Drawing In: GOLD
Complaining About The Early Arrival Of Christmas Decorations: GOLD, SILVER and TINSEL
We have all done our reps on the Drizzle recently. Has there ever been a start to the year like it? I don't mind the different seasons, am not one to complain about the weather really, but fuck me. It has rained every day this year and is forecast to continue for the next fortnight
Pretty good performance for the UK in the Winter Olympics given that we don’t actually get a winter. Ditto summer, really
Imagine how well we’d do in the Perpetual Autumn Olympics
Staring Disconsolately At The Drizzle: GOLD
Kicking through fallen leaves in the park before it rains again: GOLD
Noticing That The Nights Are Drawing In: GOLD
Complaining About The Early Arrival Of Christmas Decorations: GOLD, SILVER and TINSEL
We have all done our reps on the Drizzle recently. Has there ever been a start to the year like it? I don't mind the different seasons, am not one to complain about the weather really, but fuck me. It has rained every day this year and is forecast to continue for the next fortnight
Yesterday was sunny and dry round my way, first time in at least a month.
Medics have been urged to reconsider our final moments as a ‘gradual, interruptible process’ — and reconsider how long they spend trying to resuscitate patients"
What's with the proliferation of R parties? Are Nominet running a sale on domain names starting with R or something?
Action term demonstrating purpose Positive achievement of a new and better state, often linked to reversal of decline
Renew Reclaim Restore Reform Return
I think the right of Reform 'I hate Nigel' parties should coalesce. It is all very Peoples' Front of Judea. In particular I see absolutely no reason why Ben Habib's effort and Rupert Lowe's new one are separate. UKIP seem to have gone completely Tonto, so maybe not them.
It's very ego based to create a brand new party when you quit another one. Not to say it cannot be done, Reform itself is an example which worked, but Habib and Lowe? It's not happening.
Nothing wrong from Reform's perspective in having a fringe party to their right. It's inevitable, and of course, shifts the Overton window.
"How can we be the far right? There's like eight other parties claiming we're soft liberals!"
It’s probably in Reform’s favour if the “Tommy Robinson fan club” types are kept arguing with each other on the fringes, utterly irrelevant in more than 95% of Parliamentary seats. Bunch of R*****s.
Farage probably can’t get a majority without Robinson and Lowe supporters though. Especially given he is not going to keep many swing voters who voted for Labour in 2024 taking in half of Liz Truss’ cabinet
Pretty good performance for the UK in the Winter Olympics given that we don’t actually get a winter. Ditto summer, really
Imagine how well we’d do in the Perpetual Autumn Olympics
Staring Disconsolately At The Drizzle: GOLD
Kicking through fallen leaves in the park before it rains again: GOLD
Noticing That The Nights Are Drawing In: GOLD
Complaining About The Early Arrival Of Christmas Decorations: GOLD, SILVER and TINSEL
We have all done our reps on the Drizzle recently. Has there ever been a start to the year like it? I don't mind the different seasons, am not one to complain about the weather really, but fuck me. It has rained every day this year and is forecast to continue for the next fortnight
Yesterday was sunny and dry round my way, first time in at least a month.
Same in Durham. We went into Durham City and it was most pleasant.
A walk, the market, a couple of glasses of wine in Kona Crush
Pretty good performance for the UK in the Winter Olympics given that we don’t actually get a winter. Ditto summer, really
Imagine how well we’d do in the Perpetual Autumn Olympics
Staring Disconsolately At The Drizzle: GOLD
Kicking through fallen leaves in the park before it rains again: GOLD
Noticing That The Nights Are Drawing In: GOLD
Complaining About The Early Arrival Of Christmas Decorations: GOLD, SILVER and TINSEL
We have all done our reps on the Drizzle recently. Has there ever been a start to the year like it? I don't mind the different seasons, am not one to complain about the weather really, but fuck me. It has rained every day this year and is forecast to continue for the next fortnight
Yesterday was sunny and dry round my way, first time in at least a month.
Actually, sorry, yes it was here as well. It did rain in the evening though I think
Healey has shortened significantly in last few hours.
Now 13 on Betfair, was approx 26 a few hours ago.
He's now 4th favourite.
Young cardinals backing old popes? Healey is 66 years old. I've mentioned him before as a possible caretaker but can't see him as the next Prime Minister. Most bookmakers do not pay out on temporary or caretaker leaders.
I was surprised by odds on Next Labour leader vs Next Prime Minister.
Healey is 29 and 14. Lammy is 95 and 32.
Why the huge differences for some candidates?
(I've cashed out of this market and taken my profit, though I'm still in SKS exit date.)
Healey's odds are moving fast based on article in today's Telegraph.
Assuming you are looking at Betfair the 29 has now gone and he is now 19.5 for leader (still 14 for PM).
Telegraph is not suggesting Healey as a caretaker - report says he is seen as the only candidate who can unite the left and right of the party and be highly credible as PM.
He is obviously very strong on defence and will have stature dealing with world leaders. But he is also attractive to the soft left as he used to be in the Tribune group.
If Labour MPs want to win the next GE they should absolutely go for him.
That could also be the Telegraph shit-stirring.
It has been known.
Or it could be you are ignoring somebody obvious who could do the job and get the Labour Party united around him.
As I suggested earlier last week. When his odds were 80/1....
He’s 66. Remember the problems Menzies Campbell had as LibDem leader at 65.
Yes but he's a fit 66, and Campbell looked 80. Plus the biggest voting block is old Boomers who might like a bit of crumbly totty.
But sadly, this is not relevant. What's relevant is what ideas has he generated/espoused, and answer comes there none. He might get away with "Defence good. Defence unfunded! Fund Defence now! Apes together strong." which, although it's only one idea, is still one more idea than Starmer. But it's thin gruel
While we weren’t watching, Barack Obama casually confirmed that “aliens exist”. Not “there might be some out there” or “statistically it is unlikely we are alone in the universe” or even “there are some aircraft that do things we can’t explain” (which is what be famously said before)
He then says he’s not personally seen them and he’s sure they’re not stored in Area 51
What makes this even better is that the journalist doesn’t even ask a follow up question. It’s the equivalent of this dialogue:
“Mr President. Was Jesus really the son of god”
“Yes. But there’s no Holy Spirit”
“Great. How do you feel about this new breakaway golf league?”
It's an excellent basis for a conspiracy theory, but his answer to the following question makes clear that (a) he is being light-hearted and (b) he is responding to the subtextual question: "Did you as President get inducted into the grand alien hiding conspiracy?", to which he was saying no.
A much more interesting proposition - have you read 'There is No Antimemetics Division"? It gives a very plausible possible answer to 'where are the aliens?'
Obama has done that a few times. It's a public service because it helps distract these people from much more dangerous conspiracy theories.
I'm still slightly baffled about why the Trump assassination attempt hasn't had more speculation around it. That seems like a much more obvious target to me.
You'd have to be at olympic standard shooting to clip his ear deliberately, from that distance!
But it IS strange that the sassytempt on Trump has just been chucked down the memory-pit. I thought: when Trump gets in he will go to great lengths to find out who was behind it, and how and why and what - after all he was an inch from dying. If I became POTUS after that I’d send the FBI to hunt down anyone responsible, even if from negligence or ineptitude
And yet, it’s been a big old shrug from everyone. Downright peculiar
Did anyone ever see his cut ear , easy to drop at sound of shot and burst a vial of blood for sure. The poor sucker they had as stooge had to be got rid of to be safe.
You do know we can't just defend the UK with Focus leaflets, right?
I think one of the lessons the politicians need to avoid is being manipulated, firstly by suppliers, and then by military establishments and retired senior officers from one or three decades ago.
I'm sure we are due another unidentified General from the USA to pop up in the Times and declare that X, Y or Z in the UK Armed forces is now second rate, or unfit for purpose, and lots of more money must be spent on something something something or the UK is finished. There seems to be a rota of them.
If I recall the SDR, it proposed a possible increase to 12 hunter killer submarines over time. There is not money for everything now, and were there money for everything now trying to use it that fast would be very poor economy and continue the feast and famine cycle that has damaged our industry over 40 years.
The pols need to make sure that our scarce resources are allocated as carefully and effectively as possible. And that is going to involve reining in the various lobbies.
Meanwhile our £3.7bn carrier just broke down again and has had to drop out of a NATO exercise.
They could fix some, but not all, of what's wrong with the RN by mothballing (ie abandoning) the PoW once the QE comes out of refit. That would free up a lot of crew, money and serve as a souce of parts.
An embarked F-35 Bravo force is a very weak offensive option as currently constituted because there's no EW, SEAD or stand off weapons so it makes more sense to bin off one carrier and have the other concentrate on rotary wing ASW ops in the North Atlantic rather than #globalbritain grandstanding in the Indo-Pacific. If the threat environment is as hostile as the febrile knicker wetters on here would have us believe then it's time get real and make choices.
As the Supreme Commander of the Grand Order Of Febrile Knicker Wetters (1st Class) I must agree, and I have pointed out in the past that there is no point us taking part in the coming Sino-Taiwanese war because our role would be to I) turn up and ii) die, since we are too etiolated to contribute meaningfully.
However since Britain has not yet developed the stones to tell America to fuck off, there is a high probability that the Americans would join in and demand our help, we'd go Igor mode, lisp "yeth Marthter" and then I) turn up and ii) die. So it would be best to reinforce/rebuild the RN now while we still can.
In short: I agree with you but we are so pussy-whipped we have to go with Operation Certain Death so let's at least prepare for it. Which Starmer won't because he fired his decision making module.
Pretty good performance for the UK in the Winter Olympics given that we don’t actually get a winter. Ditto summer, really
Imagine how well we’d do in the Perpetual Autumn Olympics
Staring Disconsolately At The Drizzle: GOLD
Kicking through fallen leaves in the park before it rains again: GOLD
Noticing That The Nights Are Drawing In: GOLD
Complaining About The Early Arrival Of Christmas Decorations: GOLD, SILVER and TINSEL
We have all done our reps on the Drizzle recently. Has there ever been a start to the year like it? I don't mind the different seasons, am not one to complain about the weather really, but fuck me. It has rained every day this year and is forecast to continue for the next fortnight
I’m heading back in a fortnight, having missed all the rainy fun. Maybe I’ll bring the sun
Net migration reducing to manageable levels is fine but it is the quality in and out that matters too.
If we are losing the brightest and the best, and as youth unemployment sky rockets they will go elsewhere, and gaining roadmen delivering takeaways in big cities that does nothing for us.
Emigrants have always tended to be of working age. I don’t think that’s new.
Those coming in on work visas are mostly highly skilled.
those are not the problem ones
The English?
some of them as well, and some Scottish ones. Far too many slackers in the UK happy to suck on the public teat.
Well, as Art Laffer says, if you pay people to be idle they’ll be idle.
We live in a nation of entitled people who expect others to pick up,the tab when they’ve finiancially contributed little. people say ‘but the state pension’ but that is a contribution based benefit unlike the majority of the other benefits.
So we're back once again to the "9 million" - or in truth 8.4 million who claim Universal Credit as distinct from the 22 million in receipt of some form of housing benefit or are they fair game too?
@stodge - where is that 22 million number from, or are you being rhetorical?
Housing benefit is a racket, poor sods hav eto work their socks off to pay the rent and council tax of the feckless idle.
Healey has shortened significantly in last few hours.
Now 13 on Betfair, was approx 26 a few hours ago.
He's now 4th favourite.
Young cardinals backing old popes? Healey is 66 years old. I've mentioned him before as a possible caretaker but can't see him as the next Prime Minister. Most bookmakers do not pay out on temporary or caretaker leaders.
I was surprised by odds on Next Labour leader vs Next Prime Minister.
Healey is 29 and 14. Lammy is 95 and 32.
Why the huge differences for some candidates?
(I've cashed out of this market and taken my profit, though I'm still in SKS exit date.)
Healey's odds are moving fast based on article in today's Telegraph.
Assuming you are looking at Betfair the 29 has now gone and he is now 19.5 for leader (still 14 for PM).
Telegraph is not suggesting Healey as a caretaker - report says he is seen as the only candidate who can unite the left and right of the party and be highly credible as PM.
He is obviously very strong on defence and will have stature dealing with world leaders. But he is also attractive to the soft left as he used to be in the Tribune group.
If Labour MPs want to win the next GE they should absolutely go for him.
That could also be the Telegraph shit-stirring.
It has been known.
Or it could be you are ignoring somebody obvious who could do the job and get the Labour Party united around him.
As I suggested earlier last week. When his odds were 80/1....
He’s 66. Remember the problems Menzies Campbell had as LibDem leader at 65.
Yes but he's a fit 66, and Campbell looked 80. Plus the biggest voting block is old Boomers who might like a bit of crumbly totty.
But sadly, this is not relevant. What's relevant is what ideas has he generated/espoused, and answer comes there none. He might get away with "Defence good. Defence unfunded! Fund Defence now! Apes together strong." which, although it's only one idea, is still one more idea than Starmer. But it's thin gruel
There's a huge gap for Lammy for leader and next PM because, as Deputy PM, he might end up being a caretaker PM if Starmer trips over Larry and is permanently incapacitated etc etc. Although there is no constitutional position of DPM iirc, the Cabinet likely to put him in temporarily to make sure nuke codes are handled while Lab have a leadership contest.
I expect that Lammy would expect this to happen, so how this effects the 'Healey as Caretaker' market is interesting...
Healey has shortened significantly in last few hours.
Now 13 on Betfair, was approx 26 a few hours ago.
He's now 4th favourite.
Young cardinals backing old popes? Healey is 66 years old. I've mentioned him before as a possible caretaker but can't see him as the next Prime Minister. Most bookmakers do not pay out on temporary or caretaker leaders.
I was surprised by odds on Next Labour leader vs Next Prime Minister.
Healey is 29 and 14. Lammy is 95 and 32.
Why the huge differences for some candidates?
(I've cashed out of this market and taken my profit, though I'm still in SKS exit date.)
Healey's odds are moving fast based on article in today's Telegraph.
Assuming you are looking at Betfair the 29 has now gone and he is now 19.5 for leader (still 14 for PM).
Telegraph is not suggesting Healey as a caretaker - report says he is seen as the only candidate who can unite the left and right of the party and be highly credible as PM.
He is obviously very strong on defence and will have stature dealing with world leaders. But he is also attractive to the soft left as he used to be in the Tribune group.
If Labour MPs want to win the next GE they should absolutely go for him.
That could also be the Telegraph shit-stirring.
It has been known.
Or it could be you are ignoring somebody obvious who could do the job and get the Labour Party united around him.
As I suggested earlier last week. When his odds were 80/1....
He’s 66. Remember the problems Menzies Campbell had as LibDem leader at 65.
Yes but he's a fit 66, and Campbell looked 80. Plus the biggest voting block is old Boomers who might like a bit of crumbly totty.
But sadly, this is not relevant. What's relevant is what ideas has he generated/espoused, and answer comes there none. He might get away with "Defence good. Defence unfunded! Fund Defence now! Apes together strong." which, although it's only one idea, is still one more idea than Starmer. But it's thin gruel
There's a huge gap for Lammy for leader and next PM because, as Deputy PM, he might end up being a caretaker PM if Starmer trips over Larry and is permanently incapacitated etc etc. Although there is no constitutional position of DPM iirc, the Cabinet likely to put him in temporarily to make sure nuke codes are handled while Lab have a leadership contest.
I expect that Lammy would expect this to happen, so how this effects the 'Healey as Caretaker' market is interesting...
There can be a caretaker party leader, but there definitely can’t be a caretaker Prime Minister. The PM is the PM, unless and until he resigns or Parliament formally no longer has confidence in him.
Personally, I think Healey is the best of a bad bunch, he comes from an increasingly important department, and is unlikely to make things worse when compared to Starmer. Which isn’t something that can be said for most of the other contenders.
Pretty good performance for the UK in the Winter Olympics given that we don’t actually get a winter. Ditto summer, really
Imagine how well we’d do in the Perpetual Autumn Olympics
Staring Disconsolately At The Drizzle: GOLD
Kicking through fallen leaves in the park before it rains again: GOLD
Noticing That The Nights Are Drawing In: GOLD
Complaining About The Early Arrival Of Christmas Decorations: GOLD, SILVER and TINSEL
We have all done our reps on the Drizzle recently. Has there ever been a start to the year like it? I don't mind the different seasons, am not one to complain about the weather really, but fuck me. It has rained every day this year and is forecast to continue for the next fortnight
Yesterday was sunny and dry round my way, first time in at least a month.
Actually, sorry, yes it was here as well. It did rain in the evening though I think
We had snow overnight and about an inch lying this morning. The local hills look magnificent.
Pretty good performance for the UK in the Winter Olympics given that we don’t actually get a winter. Ditto summer, really
Imagine how well we’d do in the Perpetual Autumn Olympics
Staring Disconsolately At The Drizzle: GOLD
Kicking through fallen leaves in the park before it rains again: GOLD
Noticing That The Nights Are Drawing In: GOLD
Complaining About The Early Arrival Of Christmas Decorations: GOLD, SILVER and TINSEL
We have all done our reps on the Drizzle recently. Has there ever been a start to the year like it? I don't mind the different seasons, am not one to complain about the weather really, but fuck me. It has rained every day this year and is forecast to continue for the next fortnight
Yesterday was sunny and dry round my way, first time in at least a month.
Actually, sorry, yes it was here as well. It did rain in the evening though I think
We had snow overnight and about an inch lying this morning. The local hills look magnificent.
Judging by some of the Olympic coverage, with skiiers doing their stuff on perfect snow whilst the scenery in the background is often as much green as white, they could do with some of that in the Alps..
Pretty good performance for the UK in the Winter Olympics given that we don’t actually get a winter. Ditto summer, really
Imagine how well we’d do in the Perpetual Autumn Olympics
Staring Disconsolately At The Drizzle: GOLD
Kicking through fallen leaves in the park before it rains again: GOLD
Noticing That The Nights Are Drawing In: GOLD
Complaining About The Early Arrival Of Christmas Decorations: GOLD, SILVER and TINSEL
We have all done our reps on the Drizzle recently. Has there ever been a start to the year like it? I don't mind the different seasons, am not one to complain about the weather really, but fuck me. It has rained every day this year and is forecast to continue for the next fortnight
How very apt: God’s judgement on Starmer’s government
Healey has shortened significantly in last few hours.
Now 13 on Betfair, was approx 26 a few hours ago.
He's now 4th favourite.
Young cardinals backing old popes? Healey is 66 years old. I've mentioned him before as a possible caretaker but can't see him as the next Prime Minister. Most bookmakers do not pay out on temporary or caretaker leaders.
I was surprised by odds on Next Labour leader vs Next Prime Minister.
Healey is 29 and 14. Lammy is 95 and 32.
Why the huge differences for some candidates?
(I've cashed out of this market and taken my profit, though I'm still in SKS exit date.)
Healey's odds are moving fast based on article in today's Telegraph.
Assuming you are looking at Betfair the 29 has now gone and he is now 19.5 for leader (still 14 for PM).
Telegraph is not suggesting Healey as a caretaker - report says he is seen as the only candidate who can unite the left and right of the party and be highly credible as PM.
He is obviously very strong on defence and will have stature dealing with world leaders. But he is also attractive to the soft left as he used to be in the Tribune group.
If Labour MPs want to win the next GE they should absolutely go for him.
That could also be the Telegraph shit-stirring.
It has been known.
Or it could be you are ignoring somebody obvious who could do the job and get the Labour Party united around him.
As I suggested earlier last week. When his odds were 80/1....
He’s 66. Remember the problems Menzies Campbell had as LibDem leader at 65.
Yes but he's a fit 66, and Campbell looked 80. Plus the biggest voting block is old Boomers who might like a bit of crumbly totty.
But sadly, this is not relevant. What's relevant is what ideas has he generated/espoused, and answer comes there none. He might get away with "Defence good. Defence unfunded! Fund Defence now! Apes together strong." which, although it's only one idea, is still one more idea than Starmer. But it's thin gruel
There's a huge gap for Lammy for leader and next PM because, as Deputy PM, he might end up being a caretaker PM if Starmer trips over Larry and is permanently incapacitated etc etc. Although there is no constitutional position of DPM iirc, the Cabinet likely to put him in temporarily to make sure nuke codes are handled while Lab have a leadership contest.
I expect that Lammy would expect this to happen, so how this effects the 'Healey as Caretaker' market is interesting...
There can be a caretaker party leader, but there definitely can’t be a caretaker Prime Minister. The PM is the PM, unless and until he resigns or Parliament formally no longer has confidence in him.
Personally, I think Healey is the best of a bad bunch, he comes from an increasingly important department, and is unlikely to make things worse when compared to Starmer. Which isn’t something that can be said for most of the other contenders.
Yes, that's my point. BF pays on PM market on whoever is announced by the Palace as new PM. The concept of 'caretaker' is only in the heads of the political party concerned.
The BF market for leader says clearly 'permanent' leader. So Beckett would not have been a pay out back in the day.
Charles will let them kiss the hand of whoever the Lab party send in the current HoC situation.
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Cases are spreading between children in Enfield as the virus exploits low MMR vaccination rates, medical experts say
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.....its slipped entirely under the radar afaiac. He's worked for Cooper since 2024.
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Best. Thread. Ever.
-They're listing words which begin with R.
There is another word starting with Re, but I don't want to invoke Godwin's Law so early.
Imagine how well we’d do in the Perpetual Autumn Olympics
Staring Disconsolately At The Drizzle: GOLD
Kicking through fallen leaves in the park before it rains again: GOLD
Noticing That The Nights Are Drawing In: GOLD
Complaining About The Early Arrival Of Christmas Decorations: GOLD, SILVER and TINSEL
Also to have mroe direct control.
Then again, the online right seem keen to rehabilitate Robinson every few years.
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One is looking a little more 'main' than the other now though.
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Democratic Labour Party 27,808 27.31 0
Friends of Democracy 1,424 1.40 0
People's Coalition for Progress 910 0.89 0
Bajan Free Party 161 0.16 0
Independents 426 0.42 0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Assembly_of_Barbados
Medics have been urged to reconsider our final moments as a ‘gradual, interruptible process’ — and reconsider how long they spend trying to resuscitate patients"
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Today. Normal service is resumed.
Is there a genuine reason that isn't "in order to boost them"?
Postman Pat goes sledging
https://www.reddit.com/r/BritishTV/comments/1r58ydw/the_scene_in_the_episode_postman_pat_goes/
But sadly, this is not relevant. What's relevant is what ideas has he generated/espoused, and answer comes there none. He might get away with "Defence good. Defence unfunded! Fund Defence now! Apes together strong." which, although it's only one idea, is still one more idea than Starmer. But it's thin gruel
However since Britain has not yet developed the stones to tell America to fuck off, there is a high probability that the Americans would join in and demand our help, we'd go Igor mode, lisp "yeth Marthter" and then I) turn up and ii) die. So it would be best to reinforce/rebuild the RN now while we still can.
In short: I agree with you but we are so pussy-whipped we have to go with Operation Certain Death so let's at least prepare for it. Which Starmer won't because he fired his decision making module.
Oh, not that kind of sledging…
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It’s tragic the demise of Wales.
What’s caused it ? They used to be a Superb side.
hearts - rangers on after this one
If they can restrict France to less than 9 tries in the first half then their home advantage could yield a drop goal in the last 20 minutes
I expect that Lammy would expect this to happen, so how this effects the 'Healey as Caretaker' market is interesting...
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Personally, I think Healey is the best of a bad bunch, he comes from an increasingly important department, and is unlikely to make things worse when compared to Starmer. Which isn’t something that can be said for most of the other contenders.
Even his 12 year old son has given up playing rugby and now prefers hockey
I do not see Welsh rugby returning anytme soon to the glory days
The BF market for leader says clearly 'permanent' leader. So Beckett would not have been a pay out back in the day.
Charles will let them kiss the hand of whoever the Lab party send in the current HoC situation.
I'm screwed.