If, and if is the operative word, ANW gets a custodial sentence then what in God's name do authorities do.
He'd have to be held in high security solidarity confinement for his own safety.
Whatever the charge, to the prison population he'd be seen as a nonce or peado.
Open Prison would be impossible.
There would be massive public pressure to serve his sentence but massive political outrage if any problems befell him.
Not a welcome problem for any Home Secretary or Government.
Locking him up in maximum security solitary would be a sure fire way to popularity for any Home Secretary.
Use the tower. It’s traditional.
He could be behind a 2 way mirror for visitors to file passed and see him. They would come from all over the world. It would make a Royal Mint.
Leaving aside the 2-way mirror and gawping, you have an excellent idea in using the Tower of London. I think legally it still is a prison.
It’s a right royal prison.
Oh. And you reckon the two way mirror and gawping gets banned by the Woke Stasi? But all the funds from paying gawpers would be going to children’s charities.
And if Andy can feel the spirits of his ancestors taped in the stone, everyone’s a winner 😀
If, and if is the operative word, ANW gets a custodial sentence then what in God's name do authorities do.
He'd have to be held in high security solidarity confinement for his own safety.
Whatever the charge, to the prison population he'd be seen as a nonce or peado.
Open Prison would be impossible.
There would be massive public pressure to serve his sentence but massive political outrage if any problems befell him.
Not a welcome problem for any Home Secretary or Government.
Locking him up in maximum security solitary would be a sure fire way to popularity for any Home Secretary.
Use the tower. It’s traditional.
He could be behind a 2 way mirror for visitors to file passed and see him. They would come from all over the world. It would make a Royal Mint.
Leaving aside the 2-way mirror and gawping, you have an excellent idea in using the Tower of London. I think legally it still is a prison.
I'm picturing the "White Christmas" episode of Black Mirror. Much though I would hate it to be real - I can feel the iron-y magnetic draw of that specific punishment for him.
Two fifth places and a non-runner for the official Opposition tonight against the most unpopular government in history. I can't see how the narrative that Badenoch is breaking through is anything other than fevered fantasy.
Green 1195 Lab 1089 One Leic 638 Ind (Noor) 453 Con 327 Ref 106 LD 62 ind (Barker) 61
Turnout 27.75%
Not a tight wing stronghold then??
No, it is a mix of a fairly inner city bit of Leicester with quite large Muslim population and some leafy University bits. Probably the worst bit of Leicester for Reform.
Thats a pretty strong Lab performance considering the national position and the fratricidal battles in the Leicester Labour Party over recent years.
Two fifth places and a non-runner for the official Opposition tonight against the most unpopular government in history. I can't see how the narrative that Badenoch is breaking through is anything other than fevered fantasy.
She's breaking through wth the right-wing commentariat, both legacy and new media, and that's all she needs to do to keep her job. At least until the locals in May, and I don't know what happens then. But claiming she has had polling success is to overlook just how bad things are. The UK Conservatives, the longest lived right/centre-right party in the western world, are polling in the high teens/low twenties. That's *awful*
Taking away the Prince from Prince Andrew now means he is referred to as King Charles' brother, Andrew – at least half a dozen times on that page including links to other stories. So that's worked out well.
I think that, even now, people underestimate how much Trump is motivated by simple corruption.
It's overlooked so often as a motivating force when people try to anticipate what he will do next, but it appears to be way more important to him than any ideology, or geological strategy.
It's a kleptocratic cult dedicated to keeping it's members out of jail as long as they remain loyal. Basically a mafia government.
We're long past the point where we should be having nowt to do with them.
Europe's median reaction can be summed up as willing themselves to wake up from a nightmare.
Not happening folks. Deal with the awful reality.
46% of Irish corporation tax receipts are from three US companies (Apple, Microsoft and Eli Lilly). That's very vulnerable to the whim of a guy in the White House who would love a share of those billions.
Most of the US is in a state of denial. Decades of propaganda about the superiority of their Constitution and shining city on the hill bollocks prevents them from recognising and naming what is in plain sight.
So Trump is unilaterally committing $10B of US tax payer money...
To an offshore entity that he controls and is the lifelong chairman of.
And it’s not a crime because it’s an official act as president. My goodness the Supreme Court are idiots
It is a crime, an enormous one. The imbecilic court ruling doesn't change that, rather, it gives him total immunity unless he is impeached.
This is a crime. If you read the Board of Peace charter, you understand it has nothing to do with the American government; it's a private entity Trump created for his own enrichment. This is an impeachable offense, and if this country were not broken he would be gone by tomorrow. https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/2024645622192538104
I think that, even now, people underestimate how much Trump is motivated by simple corruption.
It's overlooked so often as a motivating force when people try to anticipate what he will do next, but it appears to be way more important to him than any ideology, or geological strategy.
It's a kleptocratic cult dedicated to keeping it's members out of jail as long as they remain loyal. Basically a mafia government.
We're long past the point where we should be having nowt to do with them.
Europe's median reaction can be summed up as willing themselves to wake up from a nightmare.
Not happening folks. Deal with the awful reality.
46% of Irish corporation tax receipts are from three US companies (Apple, Microsoft and Eli Lilly). That's very vulnerable to the whim of a guy in the White House who would love a share of those billions.
Most of the US is in a state of denial. Decades of propaganda about the superiority of their Constitution and shining city on the hill bollocks prevents them from recognising and naming what is in plain sight.
So Trump is unilaterally committing $10B of US tax payer money...
To an offshore entity that he controls and is the lifelong chairman of.
And it’s not a crime because it’s an official act as president. My goodness the Supreme Court are idiots
It is a crime, an enormous one. The imbecilic court ruling doesn't change that, rather, it gives him total immunity unless he is impeached.
This is a crime. If you read the Board of Peace charter, you understand it has nothing to do with the American government; it's a private entity Trump created for his own enrichment. This is an impeachable offense, and if this country were not broken he would be gone by tomorrow. https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/2024645622192538104
Are these "Bored of Peace" funds to be held in Swiss bank accounts by any chance?
I think that, even now, people underestimate how much Trump is motivated by simple corruption.
It's overlooked so often as a motivating force when people try to anticipate what he will do next, but it appears to be way more important to him than any ideology, or geological strategy.
It's a kleptocratic cult dedicated to keeping it's members out of jail as long as they remain loyal. Basically a mafia government.
We're long past the point where we should be having nowt to do with them.
Europe's median reaction can be summed up as willing themselves to wake up from a nightmare.
Not happening folks. Deal with the awful reality.
46% of Irish corporation tax receipts are from three US companies (Apple, Microsoft and Eli Lilly). That's very vulnerable to the whim of a guy in the White House who would love a share of those billions.
Most of the US is in a state of denial. Decades of propaganda about the superiority of their Constitution and shining city on the hill bollocks prevents them from recognising and naming what is in plain sight.
So Trump is unilaterally committing $10B of US tax payer money...
To an offshore entity that he controls and is the lifelong chairman of.
And it’s not a crime because it’s an official act as president. My goodness the Supreme Court are idiots
It is a crime, an enormous one. The imbecilic court ruling doesn't change that, rather, it gives him total immunity unless he is impeached.
This is a crime. If you read the Board of Peace charter, you understand it has nothing to do with the American government; it's a private entity Trump created for his own enrichment. This is an impeachable offense, and if this country were not broken he would be gone by tomorrow. https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/2024645622192538104
Fair enough. My point was he’s going to get away with it. I think the uK government should consider using the “proceeds of crime” act to take the golf courses
I think that, even now, people underestimate how much Trump is motivated by simple corruption.
It's overlooked so often as a motivating force when people try to anticipate what he will do next, but it appears to be way more important to him than any ideology, or geological strategy.
It's a kleptocratic cult dedicated to keeping it's members out of jail as long as they remain loyal. Basically a mafia government.
We're long past the point where we should be having nowt to do with them.
Europe's median reaction can be summed up as willing themselves to wake up from a nightmare.
Not happening folks. Deal with the awful reality.
46% of Irish corporation tax receipts are from three US companies (Apple, Microsoft and Eli Lilly). That's very vulnerable to the whim of a guy in the White House who would love a share of those billions.
Most of the US is in a state of denial. Decades of propaganda about the superiority of their Constitution and shining city on the hill bollocks prevents them from recognising and naming what is in plain sight.
So Trump is unilaterally committing $10B of US tax payer money...
To an offshore entity that he controls and is the lifelong chairman of.
And it’s not a crime because it’s an official act as president. My goodness the Supreme Court are idiots
It is a crime, an enormous one. The imbecilic court ruling doesn't change that, rather, it gives him total immunity unless he is impeached.
This is a crime. If you read the Board of Peace charter, you understand it has nothing to do with the American government; it's a private entity Trump created for his own enrichment. This is an impeachable offense, and if this country were not broken he would be gone by tomorrow. https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/2024645622192538104
It’s also unconstitutional, because a President cannot take remuneration beyond salary under the Constitution (article II, section 1):
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
So if the Supreme Court Justices actually believed in the originalist position, rather than being a bunch of corrupt partisan hacks with the intellect of moss, they would have him for that anyway.
I think that, even now, people underestimate how much Trump is motivated by simple corruption.
It's overlooked so often as a motivating force when people try to anticipate what he will do next, but it appears to be way more important to him than any ideology, or geological strategy.
It's a kleptocratic cult dedicated to keeping it's members out of jail as long as they remain loyal. Basically a mafia government.
We're long past the point where we should be having nowt to do with them.
Europe's median reaction can be summed up as willing themselves to wake up from a nightmare.
Not happening folks. Deal with the awful reality.
46% of Irish corporation tax receipts are from three US companies (Apple, Microsoft and Eli Lilly). That's very vulnerable to the whim of a guy in the White House who would love a share of those billions.
Most of the US is in a state of denial. Decades of propaganda about the superiority of their Constitution and shining city on the hill bollocks prevents them from recognising and naming what is in plain sight.
So Trump is unilaterally committing $10B of US tax payer money...
To an offshore entity that he controls and is the lifelong chairman of.
And it’s not a crime because it’s an official act as president. My goodness the Supreme Court are idiots
It is a crime, an enormous one. The imbecilic court ruling doesn't change that, rather, it gives him total immunity unless he is impeached.
This is a crime. If you read the Board of Peace charter, you understand it has nothing to do with the American government; it's a private entity Trump created for his own enrichment. This is an impeachable offense, and if this country were not broken he would be gone by tomorrow. https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/2024645622192538104
It’s also unconstitutional, because a President cannot take remuneration beyond salary under the Constitution (article II, section 1):
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
So if the Supreme Court Justices actually believed in the originalist position, rather than being a bunch of corrupt partisan hacks with the intellect of moss, they would have him for that anyway.
The constitution quoted simply says the President cannot be paid more by the government or by any state, immediately after saying the Board of Peace is not a government institution. Presumably then, that limitation on government salaries does not apply to this new, private company.
If the author is correct that such a payment is unconstitutional, you've quoted the wrong part. BUT IANAL or even American.
I think that, even now, people underestimate how much Trump is motivated by simple corruption.
It's overlooked so often as a motivating force when people try to anticipate what he will do next, but it appears to be way more important to him than any ideology, or geological strategy.
It's a kleptocratic cult dedicated to keeping it's members out of jail as long as they remain loyal. Basically a mafia government.
We're long past the point where we should be having nowt to do with them.
Europe's median reaction can be summed up as willing themselves to wake up from a nightmare.
Not happening folks. Deal with the awful reality.
46% of Irish corporation tax receipts are from three US companies (Apple, Microsoft and Eli Lilly). That's very vulnerable to the whim of a guy in the White House who would love a share of those billions.
Most of the US is in a state of denial. Decades of propaganda about the superiority of their Constitution and shining city on the hill bollocks prevents them from recognising and naming what is in plain sight.
So Trump is unilaterally committing $10B of US tax payer money...
To an offshore entity that he controls and is the lifelong chairman of.
And it’s not a crime because it’s an official act as president. My goodness the Supreme Court are idiots
It is a crime, an enormous one. The imbecilic court ruling doesn't change that, rather, it gives him total immunity unless he is impeached.
This is a crime. If you read the Board of Peace charter, you understand it has nothing to do with the American government; it's a private entity Trump created for his own enrichment. This is an impeachable offense, and if this country were not broken he would be gone by tomorrow. https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/2024645622192538104
It’s also unconstitutional, because a President cannot take remuneration beyond salary under the Constitution (article II, section 1):
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
So if the Supreme Court Justices actually believed in the originalist position, rather than being a bunch of corrupt partisan hacks with the intellect of moss, they would have him for that anyway.
The constitution quoted simply says the President cannot be paid more by the government or by any state, immediately after saying the Board of Peace is not a government institution. Presumably then, that limitation on government salaries does not apply to this new, private company.
If the author is correct that such a payment is unconstitutional, you've quoted the wrong part. BUT IANAL or even American.
Under an originalist interpretation it would, because the different rules of ownership applying in the 18th C would mean they would think company=shareholder.
Equally, of course, Trump was doing that in his first term by forcing the government to use his hotel chain for meetings and insisting that his security details have rooms booked at top rates when he was staying there, which he did as often as possible. So there is nothing especially new about it.
I think that, even now, people underestimate how much Trump is motivated by simple corruption.
It's overlooked so often as a motivating force when people try to anticipate what he will do next, but it appears to be way more important to him than any ideology, or geological strategy.
It's a kleptocratic cult dedicated to keeping it's members out of jail as long as they remain loyal. Basically a mafia government.
We're long past the point where we should be having nowt to do with them.
Europe's median reaction can be summed up as willing themselves to wake up from a nightmare.
Not happening folks. Deal with the awful reality.
46% of Irish corporation tax receipts are from three US companies (Apple, Microsoft and Eli Lilly). That's very vulnerable to the whim of a guy in the White House who would love a share of those billions.
Most of the US is in a state of denial. Decades of propaganda about the superiority of their Constitution and shining city on the hill bollocks prevents them from recognising and naming what is in plain sight.
So Trump is unilaterally committing $10B of US tax payer money...
To an offshore entity that he controls and is the lifelong chairman of.
And it’s not a crime because it’s an official act as president. My goodness the Supreme Court are idiots
It is a crime, an enormous one. The imbecilic court ruling doesn't change that, rather, it gives him total immunity unless he is impeached.
This is a crime. If you read the Board of Peace charter, you understand it has nothing to do with the American government; it's a private entity Trump created for his own enrichment. This is an impeachable offense, and if this country were not broken he would be gone by tomorrow. https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/2024645622192538104
It’s also unconstitutional, because a President cannot take remuneration beyond salary under the Constitution (article II, section 1):
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
So if the Supreme Court Justices actually believed in the originalist position, rather than being a bunch of corrupt partisan hacks with the intellect of moss, they would have him for that anyway.
The constitution quoted simply says the President cannot be paid more by the government or by any state, immediately after saying the Board of Peace is not a government institution. Presumably then, that limitation on government salaries does not apply to this new, private company.
If the author is correct that such a payment is unconstitutional, you've quoted the wrong part. BUT IANAL or even American.
Under an originalist interpretation it would, because the different rules of ownership applying in the 18th C would mean they would think company=shareholder.
Equally, of course, Trump was doing that in his first term by forcing the government to use his hotel chain for meetings and insisting that his security details have rooms booked at top rates when he was staying there, which he did as often as possible. So there is nothing especially new about it.
Irrelevant to the extract from that part of the Constitution quoted that basically says the President cannot increase his government salary, or take additional salaries from individual states or the Federal government. That extract does not say he cannot take money from elsewhere.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2023.
That isn't quite as big as it first appears. It's been a Lib Dem ward since they took the parliamentary seat in 2010. The 2023 result was the outlier.
It’s not big at all and, as I told Woolie yesterday, Reform withdrew support for the candidate but couldn’t do anything as he was already nominated and did not campaign and it’s a Lib Dem area too.
I think that, even now, people underestimate how much Trump is motivated by simple corruption.
It's overlooked so often as a motivating force when people try to anticipate what he will do next, but it appears to be way more important to him than any ideology, or geological strategy.
It's a kleptocratic cult dedicated to keeping it's members out of jail as long as they remain loyal. Basically a mafia government.
We're long past the point where we should be having nowt to do with them.
Europe's median reaction can be summed up as willing themselves to wake up from a nightmare.
Not happening folks. Deal with the awful reality.
46% of Irish corporation tax receipts are from three US companies (Apple, Microsoft and Eli Lilly). That's very vulnerable to the whim of a guy in the White House who would love a share of those billions.
Most of the US is in a state of denial. Decades of propaganda about the superiority of their Constitution and shining city on the hill bollocks prevents them from recognising and naming what is in plain sight.
So Trump is unilaterally committing $10B of US tax payer money...
To an offshore entity that he controls and is the lifelong chairman of.
And it’s not a crime because it’s an official act as president. My goodness the Supreme Court are idiots
It is a crime, an enormous one. The imbecilic court ruling doesn't change that, rather, it gives him total immunity unless he is impeached.
This is a crime. If you read the Board of Peace charter, you understand it has nothing to do with the American government; it's a private entity Trump created for his own enrichment. This is an impeachable offense, and if this country were not broken he would be gone by tomorrow. https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/2024645622192538104
It’s also unconstitutional, because a President cannot take remuneration beyond salary under the Constitution (article II, section 1):
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
So if the Supreme Court Justices actually believed in the originalist position, rather than being a bunch of corrupt partisan hacks with the intellect of moss, they would have him for that anyway.
The constitution quoted simply says the President cannot be paid more by the government or by any state, immediately after saying the Board of Peace is not a government institution. Presumably then, that limitation on government salaries does not apply to this new, private company.
If the author is correct that such a payment is unconstitutional, you've quoted the wrong part. BUT IANAL or even American.
Under an originalist interpretation it would, because the different rules of ownership applying in the 18th C would mean they would think company=shareholder.
Equally, of course, Trump was doing that in his first term by forcing the government to use his hotel chain for meetings and insisting that his security details have rooms booked at top rates when he was staying there, which he did as often as possible. So there is nothing especially new about it.
It's just another indication that the US has ceased to be a serious country.
That came up on my timeline too. Fascinating stuff
A Dads Army episode had a similar premise and hilarity ensued.
And the film, Went the Day Well? – released during the war but after the threat of invasion had receded. IMDB: An English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion. You can watch it on:- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9o03xq
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2023.
That isn't quite as big as it first appears. It's been a Lib Dem ward since they took the parliamentary seat in 2010. The 2023 result was the outlier.
It’s not big at all and, as I told Woolie yesterday, Reform withdrew support for the candidate but couldn’t do anything as he was already nominated and did not campaign and it’s a Lib Dem area too.
It is, at the very least, a reminder that Reform wins in areas like this are not inevitable. The protest vote against the Legacy Two is evidently quite mercurial. Feels very much like Scottish elections since 2014 to me.
Chagos business gets murkier - seems Powell visited China as a 'civilian' but had already been appointed secretly to the Chagos brief.
Now it has emerged that Powell visited China to attend a conference at ‘front organisation’ the Grandview Institution while working on the Chagos file. Powell was in Beijing from 20-22 September 2024, six weeks after his engagement on the Chagos issue began. As The Chagos Files reveal, Powell was working with FCDO officials from at least the 6 August of that year. Powell visited China in his private capacity as the head of consultancy Inter Mediate while simultaneously working as the government’s Chagos envoy…
1) There's usually a surplus in January because of self-assessment 2) That's genuinely a positive surprise. Whisper it very quietly, but amongst all the noise about a slight uptick in unemployment, most of the economic indicators look reasonable (including real earnings growth). I appreciate that's set against an expectation of sudden 3% ecobomic growth, but it's certainly not the disaster people sometimes describe.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2023.
That isn't quite as big as it first appears. It's been a Lib Dem ward since they took the parliamentary seat in 2010. The 2023 result was the outlier.
It’s not big at all and, as I told Woolie yesterday, Reform withdrew support for the candidate but couldn’t do anything as he was already nominated and did not campaign and it’s a Lib Dem area too.
It is, at the very least, a reminder that Reform wins in areas like this are not inevitable. The protest vote against the Legacy Two is evidently quite mercurial. Feels very much like Scottish elections since 2014 to me.
I think, had Reform campaigned, they would have done better but not won. Maybe an extra 5%.
People have a tendency to lump places like Redcar all together and assume it’s one homogeneous entity however, as Eek points out (as he has local knowledge) this is really a posh area.
“Cats may hold clues for human cancer treatment,” a BBC headline reads this morning. But, I presume, they’re withholding them until they got more treats.
Chagos business gets murkier - seems Powell visited China as a 'civilian' but had already been appointed secretly to the Chagos brief.
Now it has emerged that Powell visited China to attend a conference at ‘front organisation’ the Grandview Institution while working on the Chagos file. Powell was in Beijing from 20-22 September 2024, six weeks after his engagement on the Chagos issue began. As The Chagos Files reveal, Powell was working with FCDO officials from at least the 6 August of that year. Powell visited China in his private capacity as the head of consultancy Inter Mediate while simultaneously working as the government’s Chagos envoy…
He's had an interesting career and some high profile gigs. Is writing for the Daily Mail the pinnacle or a sign of his trajectory into BDS.
(Side issue is that they can cancel all that investment in inbound checks which they never started in the first place)
Shhh! If you mention that Brexit was such a great idea that it was never implemented because we'd have starved / food inflation would have gone through the roof / produce would have rotted there'll be a PB meltdown. It's like dementia care, never contradict them just let them believe their own reality.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2023.
That isn't quite as big as it first appears. It's been a Lib Dem ward since they took the parliamentary seat in 2010. The 2023 result was the outlier.
I said last night when I say the actual location of the ward what the result would be - it's the poshest part of Redcar by miles...
All relative though - the "poshest part" of Redcar is split between the 20% and 40% most deprived parts of England. If Reform are limited only to the 10% most deprived areas (e.g. Clacton) then they aren't winning an election.
Chagos business gets murkier - seems Powell visited China as a 'civilian' but had already been appointed secretly to the Chagos brief.
Now it has emerged that Powell visited China to attend a conference at ‘front organisation’ the Grandview Institution while working on the Chagos file. Powell was in Beijing from 20-22 September 2024, six weeks after his engagement on the Chagos issue began. As The Chagos Files reveal, Powell was working with FCDO officials from at least the 6 August of that year. Powell visited China in his private capacity as the head of consultancy Inter Mediate while simultaneously working as the government’s Chagos envoy…
If it turns out to be true that Britain is denying the United States the ability to use British bases against Iran if there is a necessity for an attack - it would be beyond surprising.
I’ve been a military lawyer most of my adult life. What they’re saying about the status of Diego Garcia, the joint US-UK military base, is a huge question.
The bottom line is the largest state sponsor of terrorism on the planet is the weakest it’s been because the people of Iran have risen up by the millions to end their oppression and the United States and Israel have delivered crushing blows to the regime’s military infrastructure.
To my friends in Britain, sitting this one out puts you on the wrong side of history and is yet another example of how much our alliances throughout Europe have degraded.
You're quoting Lindsey Graham? The worst of the worst! The man's a monster even by Trump standards
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2023.
That isn't quite as big as it first appears. It's been a Lib Dem ward since they took the parliamentary seat in 2010. The 2023 result was the outlier.
I said last night when I say the actual location of the ward what the result would be - it's the poshest part of Redcar by miles...
All relative though - the "poshest part" of Redcar is split between the 20% and 40% most deprived parts of England. If Reform are limited only to the 10% most deprived areas (e.g. Clacton) then they aren't winning an election.
Reform got 13.5%, far more than 10%.
They did not campaign and disowned their candidate..
Still I’m sure Eek will bow to your expertise on a part of the country he knows and you could only find on a spreadsheet.
1) There's usually a surplus in January because of self-assessment 2) That's genuinely a positive surprise. Whisper it very quietly, but amongst all the noise about a slight uptick in unemployment, most of the economic indicators look reasonable (including real earnings growth). I appreciate that's set against an expectation of sudden 3% ecobomic growth, but it's certainly not the disaster people sometimes describe.
Seems to be at least partly due to a temporary boost in capital gains tax receipts, for to people bringing forward asset disposals to get ahead of future tax increases. Also worth noting that the self-assessment tax receipts cover the tax year 2024-25, so they're probably the most lagging indicator of all. Even if the rest of the economy is showing green shoots of recovery, self-assessment tax returns can still be showing the boom before a bust.
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What if the Rooks got pissed off and flew away though
Any way, once they are drunk they can’t fly straight.
Upmarket area
Green 1195
Lab 1089
One Leic 638
Ind (Noor) 453
Con 327
Ref 106
LD 62
ind (Barker) 61
Turnout 27.75%
Oh. And you reckon the two way mirror and gawping gets banned by the Woke Stasi? But all the funds from paying gawpers would be going to children’s charities.
And if Andy can feel the spirits of his ancestors taped in the stone, everyone’s a winner 😀
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Christmas_(Black_Mirror)
I can't see how the narrative that Badenoch is breaking through is anything other than fevered fantasy.
Jaffna Cakes!
Thats a pretty strong Lab performance considering the national position and the fratricidal battles in the Leicester Labour Party over recent years.
None won by the Opposition. Nor by the Party leading the national polls.
One each for LD, Green and PC.
Gonna be a WILD GE if this keeps up!
Election Maps UK
@ElectionMapsUK
Stoneygate (Leicester) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 30.4% (+22.9)
🌹 LAB: 27.7% (-12.8)
🏘️ OL: 16.2% (New)
🙋 Ind: 11.5% (New)
🌳 CON: 8.3% (-15.3)
➡️ RFM: 2.7% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.6% (-5.9)
🙋 Ind: 1.6% (New)
No Ind (-21.0) as previous.
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
https://x.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/2024647525467033722
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@PressSec
🚨OUT OF THIS WORLD NEWS from President Trump… 👽
https://x.com/PressSec/status/2024654420332425572
@Leon time
Every single front page.
Wow
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/how-reuters-captured-photo-former-prince-andrew-leaving-custody-2026-02-20/
"He took [only] six frames in all"
If it’s all as good as this highlight, it will be worth watching.
https://x.com/yasminalombaert/status/2024575779540259040
Edit: full interview video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6RP2C9uN-8 will watch later today.
The imbecilic court ruling doesn't change that, rather, it gives him total immunity unless he is impeached.
This is a crime. If you read the Board of Peace charter, you understand it has nothing to do with the American government; it's a private entity Trump created for his own enrichment. This is an impeachable offense, and if this country were not broken he would be gone by tomorrow.
https://x.com/SethAbramson/status/2024645622192538104
https://x.com/atensnut/status/2024613740230959317
900 words per minute is actually easier than you think it would be.
The US kleptocracy is reaching new heights.
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
So if the Supreme Court Justices actually believed in the originalist position, rather than being a bunch of corrupt partisan hacks with the intellect of moss, they would have him for that anyway.
If the author is correct that such a payment is unconstitutional, you've quoted the wrong part. BUT IANAL or even American.
Equally, of course, Trump was doing that in his first term by forcing the government to use his hotel chain for meetings and insisting that his security details have rooms booked at top rates when he was staying there, which he did as often as possible. So there is nothing especially new about it.
No possible modern parallels I can think of.
https://x.com/craigbaird/status/2024514522619285809?s=61&t=LYVEHh2mqFy1oUJAdCfe-Q
A Dads Army episode had a similar premise and hilarity ensued.
You can watch it on:-
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9o03xq
It is, at the very least, a reminder that Reform wins in areas like this are not inevitable. The protest vote against the Legacy Two is evidently quite mercurial. Feels very much like Scottish elections since 2014 to me.
Record-breaking surplus for January.
https://order-order.com/2026/02/19/exc-the-chagos-files-powell-visited-china-and-spoke-at-front-organisation-conference-while-he-was-starmers-chagos-negotiator/
This is the sort of thing that could end in Powell and Starmer being bunk buddies with Prince Andrew in the Scrubbs.
And to save anyone the bother of complaining about Guido - shove it. Something's either true or it isn't.
2) That's genuinely a positive surprise. Whisper it very quietly, but amongst all the noise about a slight uptick in unemployment, most of the economic indicators look reasonable (including real earnings growth). I appreciate that's set against an expectation of sudden 3% ecobomic growth, but it's certainly not the disaster people sometimes describe.
People have a tendency to lump places like Redcar all together and assume it’s one homogeneous entity however, as Eek points out (as he has local knowledge) this is really a posh area.
If it looks like dynamic alignment, and smells like dynamic alignment…
https://x.com/afneil/status/2024742992871895414
Another three or four decades of simpleton anti-GMO superstition coming our way.
(Side issue is that they can cancel all that investment in inbound checks which they never started in the first place)
They showed the 1964 harvest had been by far the largest ever seen in the USSR or the Russian Empire.
This was sufficiently embarrassing to the troika that the figures were suppressed until 1986.
It's like dementia care, never contradict them just let them believe their own reality.
NEW THREAD
It's called opening up communications and bi lateral Trade.
A shame that successive Tory Trade Ministers were utterly inept.
They did not campaign and disowned their candidate..
Still I’m sure Eek will bow to your expertise on a part of the country he knows and you could only find on a spreadsheet.
Wild that the Tories lost more votes there than Labour. 2023 wasn't exactly a strong year for the Tories.
I wouldn't get too excited about it.
We have a proven solution. Pitcairn Island.
Where, after an abuse scandal, a significant chunk of the islands population was imprisoned - though let out to perform labour for the community.