"I Owe India": Benjamin Netanyahu, His Wife And Their 'First Date' At Indian Restaurant
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he owes India "a great personal debt" because he met his wife Sara in an Indian restaurant in Israel's Tel Aviv. He said the "food was unbelievable".
The Intelligence and Secuity Committee have announced the government have agreed a framework with the police when it comes to releasing the Mandelson documents in terms of the vetting and due diligence around the hiring of Mandelson
They said there was a meeting today, and a substantive discussion on whether the ISC has the final decision on publication or a matter for the government and therefore the PM, and they are insisting officials have confirmed it is the ISC that will have the final say, not the PM
The ISC are expecting officials to talk to them and tell them how many documents there will be and not the PM
I find it remarkable that anyone could think Starmer could have control of these documents and it is good the ISC has been affirmed they will decide not Starmer
Evan Davies interviewing Nikki da Costa, who's started shouting. She has admitted that they have no intention of allowing it to go to a vote in the Lords. 1000 amendments debated on 3 clauses, they want to force it to be a party political issue when, for the best reasons, it has been brought forward as a matter of conscience. The HoL needs to be euthanised.
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
I was canvassed by Labour during the campaign for the Ealing Southall by-election. He was flummoxed when I announced that I was a party member (me still being part of my branch up north).
I was canvassed by Lab in GE 2024.
I told them my no 1 issue was social care and was told it would be a top priority for incoming Lab government and there was going to be a National Care system and a focus on improving pay and conditions and retention of staff etc etc.
Absolute pack of lies.
You should have said your no 1 issue was Triffids.
They would then have told you that eradication of mutant, aggressive, carnivorous plants was a major plank of policy.
Great issue to get to the voters
1) Greens - invasive species. Genetic engineering 2) Nationalists - invented in the Soviet Union 3) Scientists - used Lysenkoist methods in their creation 4) Daily Mail readers - will reduce house prices. Immigrants.
Etc
1) Greens - "we will give ALL Trifid invaders, irrespective of their dietary preferences, an amnesty and give them free greenhouses and fertiliser!
Trump has previewed a "17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting"
He’s a trier.
Or he has the same window problem/opportunity as Putin.
"I Owe India": Benjamin Netanyahu, His Wife And Their 'First Date' At Indian Restaurant
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he owes India "a great personal debt" because he met his wife Sara in an Indian restaurant in Israel's Tel Aviv. He said the "food was unbelievable".
"I Owe India": Benjamin Netanyahu, His Wife And Their 'First Date' At Indian Restaurant
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he owes India "a great personal debt" because he met his wife Sara in an Indian restaurant in Israel's Tel Aviv. He said the "food was unbelievable".
The numbers of canvassers the parties are claiming are out knocking on doors today are imho utter bollocks.
Figures like 1,000, even 2,000 people knocking on doors are being quoted.
There are 74,000 voters in the by-election area according to wiki.
At the UK average of 2.3 per household my maths says each canvasser, if say 2,000 out on the streets, will only need to knock on 16 doors.
How long is that going to take? Even if every single one is answered (never happens) and there is two mins of chat that is only half an hour.
It is all crap.
Or maybe I am being stupid?
Or there are a lot of pissed off people saying - “I’m not voting Labour, Green or Reform. Not after they knocked on my door 23 times.”
That reminds me of the Bermondsey by-election, which I’d been down to London from my Cambridge Uni digs several times to help out with. On polling day I found myself sitting in some extraordinarily dull 9 am lecture in the Uni Geography building, half way through which I decided my life could more usefully be spent in South London getting Simon Hughes elected to Parliament.
So I walked straight out of the lecture, went to the station, bought myself a ticket to London, and travelled down to south of the river. By the time I arrived, it transpired that so many Liberal helpers had descended on the seat that voters were already (late morning) complaining about the excessive number of times they were being knocked up, and the party had consequently decided to stop reminding voters to vote until the afternoon.
Truly, my time spent there on poling day was essentially wasted (although at least I was there!) - my abiding memory of that day was calling on some almost-derelict terraced house, and having the door answered early afternoon by this already half-drunk guy in stained clothing wearing a string vest, who I was about to put down as a Labour voter until, to my astonishment, he assured me he always voted Conservative. A sign of things to come, and who’d have thought I would have run into our Leon way back then?
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
I was canvassed by Labour during the campaign for the Ealing Southall by-election. He was flummoxed when I announced that I was a party member (me still being part of my branch up north).
I was canvassed by Lab in GE 2024.
I told them my no 1 issue was social care and was told it would be a top priority for incoming Lab government and there was going to be a National Care system and a focus on improving pay and conditions and retention of staff etc etc.
Absolute pack of lies.
You should have said your no 1 issue was Triffids.
They would then have told you that eradication of mutant, aggressive, carnivorous plants was a major plank of policy.
Great issue to get to the voters
1) Greens - invasive species. Genetic engineering 2) Nationalists - invented in the Soviet Union 3) Scientists - used Lysenkoist methods in their creation 4) Daily Mail readers - will reduce house prices. Immigrants.
Etc
1) Greens - "we will give ALL Trifid invaders, irrespective of their dietary preferences, an amnesty and give them free greenhouses and fertiliser!
Trump has previewed a "17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting"
If China really was trying to stop another term of Trump, it's gone up in my estimation...
"I Owe India": Benjamin Netanyahu, His Wife And Their 'First Date' At Indian Restaurant
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he owes India "a great personal debt" because he met his wife Sara in an Indian restaurant in Israel's Tel Aviv. He said the "food was unbelievable".
"I Owe India": Benjamin Netanyahu, His Wife And Their 'First Date' At Indian Restaurant
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he owes India "a great personal debt" because he met his wife Sara in an Indian restaurant in Israel's Tel Aviv. He said the "food was unbelievable".
Evan Davies interviewing Nikki da Costa, who's started shouting. She has admitted that they have no intention of allowing it to go to a vote in the Lords. 1000 amendments debated on 3 clauses, they want to force it to be a party political issue when, for the best reasons, it has been brought forward as a matter of conscience. The HoL needs to be euthanised.
Isn't the issue a fairly small number of Lords putting down a wreckingly large number of amendments?
Which, whist it's within the rules, also feels Not Entirely On.
Though with today's vote in Jersey, presumably one-way tickets to the Channel Islands may become a thing.
Only for the rich.
A guest house in St Helier would be far cheaper than your last night on Earth at the Hotel Zurich, although at Hotel Zurich one does get a celebratory last night Lindt square on one's pillow.
At that point you might as well hammer the credit card as it isn't like they can chase you for not paying the bill
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
I was canvassed by Labour during the campaign for the Ealing Southall by-election. He was flummoxed when I announced that I was a party member (me still being part of my branch up north).
I was canvassed by Lab in GE 2024.
I told them my no 1 issue was social care and was told it would be a top priority for incoming Lab government and there was going to be a National Care system and a focus on improving pay and conditions and retention of staff etc etc.
Absolute pack of lies.
You should have said your no 1 issue was Triffids.
They would then have told you that eradication of mutant, aggressive, carnivorous plants was a major plank of policy.
Great issue to get to the voters
1) Greens - invasive species. Genetic engineering 2) Nationalists - invented in the Soviet Union 3) Scientists - used Lysenkoist methods in their creation 4) Daily Mail readers - will reduce house prices. Immigrants.
Etc
1) Greens - "we will give ALL Trifid invaders, irrespective of their dietary preferences, an amnesty and give them free greenhouses and fertiliser!
The Green Party - blind to the Triffid threat!
Weren't the Triffids only a threat because everybody went blind (for reasons other than the Triffids)? I think we'll be fine.
The Intelligence and Secuity Committee have announced the government have agreed a framework with the police when it comes to releasing the Mandelson documents in terms of the vetting and due diligence around the hiring of Mandelson
They said there was a meeting today, and a substantive discussion on whether the ISC has the final decision on publication or a matter for the government and therefore the PM, and they are insisting officials have confirmed it is the ISC that will have the final say, not the PM
The ISC are expecting officials to talk to them and tell them how many documents there will be and not the PM
I find it remarkable that anyone could think Starmer could have control of these documents and it is good the ISC has been affirmed they will decide not Starmer
The Intelligence and Secuity Committee have announced the government have agreed a framework with the police when it comes to releasing the Mandelson documents in terms of the vetting and due diligence around the hiring of Mandelson
They said there was a meeting today, and a substantive discussion on whether the ISC has the final decision on publication or a matter for the government and therefore the PM, and they are insisting officials have confirmed it is the ISC that will have the final say, not the PM
The ISC are expecting officials to talk to them and tell them how many documents there will be and not the PM
I find it remarkable that anyone could think Starmer could have control of these documents and it is good the ISC has been affirmed they will decide not Starmer
Thats why they've stressed he won't.
As it should be.
Now, I wonder if they might find some what's app messages from Boris to Mandelson, you know those phones he can't unlock.
The Green Party now 8.4-8.8 to win most seats at the next GE.. unbelievable
That depends on them being the heirs to the Corbynista revolution.
It's looking promising for them. Corbyn's a bit past it now unless he's running for US President, and was never really comfortable as a credible party leader, so the ambitious Corbynistas may have moved on at last.
The numbers of canvassers the parties are claiming are out knocking on doors today are imho utter bollocks.
Figures like 1,000, even 2,000 people knocking on doors are being quoted.
There are 74,000 voters in the by-election area according to wiki.
At the UK average of 2.3 per household my maths says each canvasser, if say 2,000 out on the streets, will only need to knock on 16 doors.
How long is that going to take? Even if every single one is answered (never happens) and there is two mins of chat that is only half an hour.
It is all crap.
Or maybe I am being stupid?
As a canvasser you'd probably knock on about 100 doors in a 2 hour session, and half would be out. To call on 30,000 doors in this by election would require 3,000 canvassers. But the 1000-2000 canvassers being quoted will be from the three leading parties so there will be duplication. Some doors will be getting three calls.
Over the last forty years I've probably knocked on 20,000 doors all over the South. I was door knocking in Hampstead last weekend. Over half were out. I've asked about 10,000 people how they intend to vote. These days I first ask who they will definitely NOT vote for. That gives me a big clue. Then I narrow it down.
That was always my favourite tactic as a LibDem canvasser. When I met with a voter absolutely certain they weren’t voting for us, and about to close the door in my face, I’d take a guess as to whether they were Labour or Tory (much easier, back then), and then politely say “Thank you, fair enough, I will put you down as Labour then?” (if I thought they were Tory) or vice versa (if I thought they were Labour). More often or not, before the door closed, they’d say enough, or I’d see the look on their face, to confirm my original instinct.
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
I was canvassed by Labour during the campaign for the Ealing Southall by-election. He was flummoxed when I announced that I was a party member (me still being part of my branch up north).
I was canvassed by Lab in GE 2024.
I told them my no 1 issue was social care and was told it would be a top priority for incoming Lab government and there was going to be a National Care system and a focus on improving pay and conditions and retention of staff etc etc.
Absolute pack of lies.
You should have said your no 1 issue was Triffids.
They would then have told you that eradication of mutant, aggressive, carnivorous plants was a major plank of policy.
Great issue to get to the voters
1) Greens - invasive species. Genetic engineering 2) Nationalists - invented in the Soviet Union 3) Scientists - used Lysenkoist methods in their creation 4) Daily Mail readers - will reduce house prices. Immigrants.
Etc
1) Greens - "we will give ALL Trifid invaders, irrespective of their dietary preferences, an amnesty and give them free greenhouses and fertiliser!
The Green Party - blind to the Triffid threat!
Weren't the Triffids only a threat because everybody went blind (for reasons other than the Triffids)? I think we'll be fine.
Well, I'd agree about the triffids but the Greens are a menace to our economy and rational government.
The numbers of canvassers the parties are claiming are out knocking on doors today are imho utter bollocks.
Figures like 1,000, even 2,000 people knocking on doors are being quoted.
There are 74,000 voters in the by-election area according to wiki.
At the UK average of 2.3 per household my maths says each canvasser, if say 2,000 out on the streets, will only need to knock on 16 doors.
How long is that going to take? Even if every single one is answered (never happens) and there is two mins of chat that is only half an hour.
It is all crap.
Or maybe I am being stupid?
Or there are a lot of pissed off people saying - “I’m not voting Labour, Green or Reform. Not after they knocked on my door 23 times.”
That reminds me of the Bermondsey by-election, which I’d been down to London from my Cambridge Uni digs several times to help out with. On polling day I found myself sitting in some extraordinarily dull 9 am lecture in the Uni Geography building, half way through which I decided my life could more usefully be spent in South London getting Simon Hughes elected to Parliament.
So I walked straight out of the lecture, went to the station, bought myself a ticket to London, and travelled down to south of the river. By the time I arrived, it transpired that so many Liberal helpers had descended on the seat that voters were already (late morning) complaining about the excessive number of times they were being knocked up, and the party had consequently decided to stop reminding voters to vote until the afternoon.
Truly, my time spent there on poling day was essentially wasted (although at least I was there!) - my abiding memory of that day was calling on some almost-derelict terraced house, and having the door answered early afternoon by this already half-drunk guy in stained clothing wearing a string vest, who I was about to put down as a Labour voter until, to my astonishment, he assured me he always voted Conservative. A sign of things to come, and who’d have thought I would have run into our Leon way back then?
For many a year, the long term residents of Churchill Gardens Estate were solid Blue. The folk in the posh houses in Pimlico were often Lib Dem or Laboir.
The Intelligence and Secuity Committee have announced the government have agreed a framework with the police when it comes to releasing the Mandelson documents in terms of the vetting and due diligence around the hiring of Mandelson
They said there was a meeting today, and a substantive discussion on whether the ISC has the final decision on publication or a matter for the government and therefore the PM, and they are insisting officials have confirmed it is the ISC that will have the final say, not the PM
The ISC are expecting officials to talk to them and tell them how many documents there will be and not the PM
I find it remarkable that anyone could think Starmer could have control of these documents and it is good the ISC has been affirmed they will decide not Starmer
The Intelligence and Secuity Committee have announced the government have agreed a framework with the police when it comes to releasing the Mandelson documents in terms of the vetting and due diligence around the hiring of Mandelson
They said there was a meeting today, and a substantive discussion on whether the ISC has the final decision on publication or a matter for the government and therefore the PM, and they are insisting officials have confirmed it is the ISC that will have the final say, not the PM
The ISC are expecting officials to talk to them and tell them how many documents there will be and not the PM
I find it remarkable that anyone could think Starmer could have control of these documents and it is good the ISC has been affirmed they will decide not Starmer
Thats why they've stressed he won't.
As it should be.
Now, I wonder if they might find some what's app messages from Boris to Mandelson, you know those phones he can't unlock.
You were questioning the ISC on here yesterday about their integrity and mps leaking information
Maybe time to accept you were out of order rather than your usual whataboutery
The Intelligence and Secuity Committee have announced the government have agreed a framework with the police when it comes to releasing the Mandelson documents in terms of the vetting and due diligence around the hiring of Mandelson
They said there was a meeting today, and a substantive discussion on whether the ISC has the final decision on publication or a matter for the government and therefore the PM, and they are insisting officials have confirmed it is the ISC that will have the final say, not the PM
The ISC are expecting officials to talk to them and tell them how many documents there will be and not the PM
I find it remarkable that anyone could think Starmer could have control of these documents and it is good the ISC has been affirmed they will decide not Starmer
The Intelligence and Secuity Committee have announced the government have agreed a framework with the police when it comes to releasing the Mandelson documents in terms of the vetting and due diligence around the hiring of Mandelson
They said there was a meeting today, and a substantive discussion on whether the ISC has the final decision on publication or a matter for the government and therefore the PM, and they are insisting officials have confirmed it is the ISC that will have the final say, not the PM
The ISC are expecting officials to talk to them and tell them how many documents there will be and not the PM
I find it remarkable that anyone could think Starmer could have control of these documents and it is good the ISC has been affirmed they will decide not Starmer
Thats why they've stressed he won't.
As it should be.
Now, I wonder if they might find some what's app messages from Boris to Mandelson, you know those phones he can't unlock.
Reform UK in Kent County Council are down to 47 councillors, down from 57 last May. There are 81 in toto.
That's a bit squeaky.
In other news, the domestic abuser one also in Kent who threatened to kill his wife received 12 months behind bars last week, and therefore loses his seat. So a byelection is incoming in that seat. 35 years old, and the controlling behaviour goes back to 2014. It's good to see holding to account.
"I Owe India": Benjamin Netanyahu, His Wife And Their 'First Date' At Indian Restaurant
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he owes India "a great personal debt" because he met his wife Sara in an Indian restaurant in Israel's Tel Aviv. He said the "food was unbelievable".
"I Owe India": Benjamin Netanyahu, His Wife And Their 'First Date' At Indian Restaurant
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he owes India "a great personal debt" because he met his wife Sara in an Indian restaurant in Israel's Tel Aviv. He said the "food was unbelievable".
"I Owe India": Benjamin Netanyahu, His Wife And Their 'First Date' At Indian Restaurant
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he owes India "a great personal debt" because he met his wife Sara in an Indian restaurant in Israel's Tel Aviv. He said the "food was unbelievable".
"I Owe India": Benjamin Netanyahu, His Wife And Their 'First Date' At Indian Restaurant
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he owes India "a great personal debt" because he met his wife Sara in an Indian restaurant in Israel's Tel Aviv. He said the "food was unbelievable".
Trump has previewed a "17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting"
Do you believe Trump genuinely won the 2020 election?
Or is Trump rolling the pitch to steal the mid terms?
The numbers of canvassers the parties are claiming are out knocking on doors today are imho utter bollocks.
Figures like 1,000, even 2,000 people knocking on doors are being quoted.
There are 74,000 voters in the by-election area according to wiki.
At the UK average of 2.3 per household my maths says each canvasser, if say 2,000 out on the streets, will only need to knock on 16 doors.
How long is that going to take? Even if every single one is answered (never happens) and there is two mins of chat that is only half an hour.
It is all crap.
Or maybe I am being stupid?
Or there are a lot of pissed off people saying - “I’m not voting Labour, Green or Reform. Not after they knocked on my door 23 times.”
That reminds me of the Bermondsey by-election, which I’d been down to London from my Cambridge Uni digs several times to help out with. On polling day I found myself sitting in some extraordinarily dull 9 am lecture in the Uni Geography building, half way through which I decided my life could more usefully be spent in South London getting Simon Hughes elected to Parliament.
So I walked straight out of the lecture, went to the station, bought myself a ticket to London, and travelled down to south of the river. By the time I arrived, it transpired that so many Liberal helpers had descended on the seat that voters were already (late morning) complaining about the excessive number of times they were being knocked up, and the party had consequently decided to stop reminding voters to vote until the afternoon.
Truly, my time spent there on poling day was essentially wasted (although at least I was there!) - my abiding memory of that day was calling on some almost-derelict terraced house, and having the door answered early afternoon by this already half-drunk guy in stained clothing wearing a string vest, who I was about to put down as a Labour voter until, to my astonishment, he assured me he always voted Conservative. A sign of things to come, and who’d have thought I would have run into our Leon way back then?
On the Saturday before the Croydon North West by election in 1981 there were so many helpers (it was before the Lib/SDP merger) that people were told to put on a Liberal badge and go and mill around the shopping centre. All the leaflets were out, the canvassing was under control, the clerical people were calm and efficient and so "helpers" simply had to be moved out of the building to let people get on with the work.
The numbers of canvassers the parties are claiming are out knocking on doors today are imho utter bollocks.
Figures like 1,000, even 2,000 people knocking on doors are being quoted.
There are 74,000 voters in the by-election area according to wiki.
At the UK average of 2.3 per household my maths says each canvasser, if say 2,000 out on the streets, will only need to knock on 16 doors.
How long is that going to take? Even if every single one is answered (never happens) and there is two mins of chat that is only half an hour.
It is all crap.
Or maybe I am being stupid?
Or there are a lot of pissed off people saying - “I’m not voting Labour, Green or Reform. Not after they knocked on my door 23 times.”
That reminds me of the Bermondsey by-election, which I’d been down to London from my Cambridge Uni digs several times to help out with. On polling day I found myself sitting in some extraordinarily dull 9 am lecture in the Uni Geography building, half way through which I decided my life could more usefully be spent in South London getting Simon Hughes elected to Parliament.
Is that the one where Peter Tatchell suffered all sorts of homophobia?
Trump has previewed a "17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting"
Do you believe Trump genuinely won the 2020 election?
Or is Trump rolling the pitch to steal the mid terms?
No I don't but a political system that takes literally months to produce a "final" result, seems incapable of working out who can vote and who cannot, and which has an absurd number of different ways with bizarre time limits of voting, many of them dubious, does not inspire confidence in anyone. It really isn't a functional democracy and that is what gives Trump his chance.
... false flag? It's so ridiculously OTT I'm raising an eyebrow. Otherwise the chance of a Reform majority at GE had increased somewhat - even an informal electoral pact is going to be a challenge.
There's far too much text on that scare poster. Granted the final message is clear about 'no green madness' but at a glance I get 'To all voters...something something...prostitution'.
The numbers of canvassers the parties are claiming are out knocking on doors today are imho utter bollocks.
Figures like 1,000, even 2,000 people knocking on doors are being quoted.
There are 74,000 voters in the by-election area according to wiki.
At the UK average of 2.3 per household my maths says each canvasser, if say 2,000 out on the streets, will only need to knock on 16 doors.
How long is that going to take? Even if every single one is answered (never happens) and there is two mins of chat that is only half an hour.
It is all crap.
Or maybe I am being stupid?
Or there are a lot of pissed off people saying - “I’m not voting Labour, Green or Reform. Not after they knocked on my door 23 times.”
That reminds me of the Bermondsey by-election, which I’d been down to London from my Cambridge Uni digs several times to help out with. On polling day I found myself sitting in some extraordinarily dull 9 am lecture in the Uni Geography building, half way through which I decided my life could more usefully be spent in South London getting Simon Hughes elected to Parliament.
Is that the one where Peter Tatchell suffered all sorts of homophobia?
Yes, it certainly was - and in particular from John O'Grady, the Independent Labour candidate (four of the candidates had "Labour" in their descriptions.) The Liberals usually get the blame, but it was the breakaway Labour groups who (in my opinion) were the worst offenders.
I'm not sure some on here are going to make it to the declaration tomorrow morning.
A full polling day operation in a constituency will involve phone calls and social media monitoring as well as the troops on the ground delivering, telling and knocking up. Leafletting would also happen at railway stations and bus stations with a full constituency leaflet morning and evening and targetted leaflets during the day to those who had not yet voted.
That's labour intensive and most won't work solidly from 7am to 10pm so basically two shifts - I reckon 500-750 would cover it
The electorate is about 75,000 so a 40% turnout equals 30,000 votes so that's 9,000 each for Labour, Greens and Reform and 3,000 for everyone else?
There's far too much text on that scare poster. Granted the final message is clear about 'no green madness' but at a glance I get 'To all voters...something something...prostitution'.
I have no liking for the greens but that is just unacceptable
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
I was canvassed by Labour during the campaign for the Ealing Southall by-election. He was flummoxed when I announced that I was a party member (me still being part of my branch up north).
I was canvassed by Lab in GE 2024.
I told them my no 1 issue was social care and was told it would be a top priority for incoming Lab government and there was going to be a National Care system and a focus on improving pay and conditions and retention of staff etc etc.
Absolute pack of lies.
You should have said your no 1 issue was Triffids.
They would then have told you that eradication of mutant, aggressive, carnivorous plants was a major plank of policy.
Great issue to get to the voters
1) Greens - invasive species. Genetic engineering 2) Nationalists - invented in the Soviet Union 3) Scientists - used Lysenkoist methods in their creation 4) Daily Mail readers - will reduce house prices. Immigrants.
Etc
1) Greens - "we will give ALL Trifid invaders, irrespective of their dietary preferences, an amnesty and give them free greenhouses and fertiliser!
The Green Party - blind to the Triffid threat!
Weren't the Triffids only a threat because everybody went blind (for reasons other than the Triffids)? I think we'll be fine.
They were one step away from catastrophe - a commentary on human greed vs common sense.
There's far too much text on that scare poster. Granted the final message is clear about 'no green madness' but at a glance I get 'To all voters...something something...prostitution'.
On a more trivial note, I have heard a (definitely not corroborated) rumour of four councillor defections to the Lib Dems in Wales. Listless googling and references to the usual sites hasn't produced anything authoritative - has anyone heard any details?
There's far too much text on that scare poster. Granted the final message is clear about 'no green madness' but at a glance I get 'To all voters...something something...prostitution'.
This was obviously their inspiration:
The invention of spaces between words was a worthy one indeed.
The numbers of canvassers the parties are claiming are out knocking on doors today are imho utter bollocks.
Figures like 1,000, even 2,000 people knocking on doors are being quoted.
There are 74,000 voters in the by-election area according to wiki.
At the UK average of 2.3 per household my maths says each canvasser, if say 2,000 out on the streets, will only need to knock on 16 doors.
How long is that going to take? Even if every single one is answered (never happens) and there is two mins of chat that is only half an hour.
It is all crap.
Or maybe I am being stupid?
Or there are a lot of pissed off people saying - “I’m not voting Labour, Green or Reform. Not after they knocked on my door 23 times.”
That reminds me of the Bermondsey by-election, which I’d been down to London from my Cambridge Uni digs several times to help out with. On polling day I found myself sitting in some extraordinarily dull 9 am lecture in the Uni Geography building, half way through which I decided my life could more usefully be spent in South London getting Simon Hughes elected to Parliament.
Is that the one where Peter Tatchell suffered all sorts of homophobia?
Yes, it certainly was - and in particular from John O'Grady, the Independent Labour candidate (four of the candidates had "Labour" in their descriptions.) The Liberals usually get the blame, but it was the breakaway Labour groups who (in my opinion) were the worst offenders.
Tatchell built himself quite a successful role as a gay rights activist as a result. Probably he wouldn't have been able to do that as a humble bacbencher. There was a lot of homophobia in those days.
There's far too much text on that scare poster. Granted the final message is clear about 'no green madness' but at a glance I get 'To all voters...something something...prostitution'.
This was obviously their inspiration:
The invention of spaces between words was a worthy one indeed.
Word from Labour sources suggests they think they have a majority of all Postal votes
It might explain Tice sounding off yesterday
I'm sceptical purely on basis they had to be on when Starmer seemed his most vulnerable.
Ah, the old 'we can accurately predict postal vote totals' line, a perennial lie/delusion from political parties come election time.
No one is saying its accurate.
They will know which wards they have come from and have a good idea from canvassing how many they have been promised and expect.
If you've canvassed you'll know that by this sort of time you get a good or bad feel. One if the earliest indicators are the PV bundles and which area they are from.
On a more trivial note, I have heard a (definitely not corroborated) rumour of four councillor defections to the Lib Dems in Wales. Listless googling and references to the usual sites hasn't produced anything authoritative - has anyone heard any details?
On a more trivial note, I have heard a (definitely not corroborated) rumour of four councillor defections to the Lib Dems in Wales. Listless googling and references to the usual sites hasn't produced anything authoritative - has anyone heard any details?
I can see one in Flintshire (Lab to LD)
Where the Council has some excellent 'multiple independent or local group' action.
1 Independent (unattached) 1 Non aligned 5 Eagle Group 6 Flintshire People's Voice 11 Independents 10 True Independents
Word from Labour sources suggests they think they have a majority of all Postal votes
It might explain Tice sounding off yesterday
I'm sceptical purely on basis they had to be on when Starmer seemed his most vulnerable.
Ah, the old 'we can accurately predict postal vote totals' line, a perennial lie/delusion from political parties come election time.
No one is saying its accurate.
They will know which wards they have come from and have a good idea from canvassing how many they have been promised and expect.
If you've canvassed you'll know that by this sort of time you get a good or bad feel. One if the earliest indicators are the PV bundles and which area they are from.
More reasonable, but still just one step above reading tea leaves - parties are continually surprised by losing seats they did not know were at risk or winning seats they had no idea they were leading in. At parliamentary level that is hopefully less common, but their data is nowhere near as strong as they believe.
The Intelligence and Secuity Committee have announced the government have agreed a framework with the police when it comes to releasing the Mandelson documents in terms of the vetting and due diligence around the hiring of Mandelson
They said there was a meeting today, and a substantive discussion on whether the ISC has the final decision on publication or a matter for the government and therefore the PM, and they are insisting officials have confirmed it is the ISC that will have the final say, not the PM
The ISC are expecting officials to talk to them and tell them how many documents there will be and not the PM
I find it remarkable that anyone could think Starmer could have control of these documents and it is good the ISC has been affirmed they will decide not Starmer
The Intelligence and Secuity Committee have announced the government have agreed a framework with the police when it comes to releasing the Mandelson documents in terms of the vetting and due diligence around the hiring of Mandelson
They said there was a meeting today, and a substantive discussion on whether the ISC has the final decision on publication or a matter for the government and therefore the PM, and they are insisting officials have confirmed it is the ISC that will have the final say, not the PM
The ISC are expecting officials to talk to them and tell them how many documents there will be and not the PM
I find it remarkable that anyone could think Starmer could have control of these documents and it is good the ISC has been affirmed they will decide not Starmer
Thats why they've stressed he won't.
As it should be.
Now, I wonder if they might find some what's app messages from Boris to Mandelson, you know those phones he can't unlock.
You were questioning the ISC on here yesterday about their integrity and mps leaking information
Maybe time to accept you were out of order rather than your usual whataboutery
You really need to read what I write not what you think I write.
I asked "what if a member of the committee leaked information"
There's far too much text on that scare poster. Granted the final message is clear about 'no green madness' but at a glance I get 'To all voters...something something...prostitution'.
This was obviously their inspiration:
The invention of spaces between words was a worthy one indeed.
On a more trivial note, I have heard a (definitely not corroborated) rumour of four councillor defections to the Lib Dems in Wales. Listless googling and references to the usual sites hasn't produced anything authoritative - has anyone heard any details?
I can see one in Flintshire (Lab to LD)
Where the Council has some excellent 'multiple independent or local group' action.
1 Independent (unattached) 1 Non aligned 5 Eagle Group 6 Flintshire People's Voice 11 Independents 10 True Independents
On a more trivial note, I have heard a (definitely not corroborated) rumour of four councillor defections to the Lib Dems in Wales. Listless googling and references to the usual sites hasn't produced anything authoritative - has anyone heard any details?
I can see one in Flintshire (Lab to LD)
Where the Council has some excellent 'multiple independent or local group' action.
1 Independent (unattached) 1 Non aligned 5 Eagle Group 6 Flintshire People's Voice 11 Independents 10 True Independents
Thanks - I think that was a couple of days ago - but I see that two Independents in Swansea have indeed joined the Lib Dems. Like prognostications for the G&D result, I suspect that there's been a lot of fever-dream double counting going on.
There's far too much text on that scare poster. Granted the final message is clear about 'no green madness' but at a glance I get 'To all voters...something something...prostitution'.
This was obviously their inspiration:
The invention of spaces between words was a worthy one indeed.
Whatonearthmakesyouthinkthat?
useful word as order sequential as.
I never really got my head around how so many Mid Eastern languages are written without vowels.
If I was the agent I'd be having a fit at them all sitting down having coffee. "Get our on the streets; time for coffee or whatever after 9pm!"
10pm!
If someone came knocking up at my door after 9pm, they would not exactly be popular.
I once had a canvasser knock my door at 7am
Poor kid probably learnt a few swear words he didn't know.
I've lived in the same house for 20 years, and I've never had a canvasser knock.
I was canvassed by Labour during the campaign for the Ealing Southall by-election. He was flummoxed when I announced that I was a party member (me still being part of my branch up north).
I was canvassed by Lab in GE 2024.
I told them my no 1 issue was social care and was told it would be a top priority for incoming Lab government and there was going to be a National Care system and a focus on improving pay and conditions and retention of staff etc etc.
Absolute pack of lies.
You should have said your no 1 issue was Triffids.
They would then have told you that eradication of mutant, aggressive, carnivorous plants was a major plank of policy.
Great issue to get to the voters
1) Greens - invasive species. Genetic engineering 2) Nationalists - invented in the Soviet Union 3) Scientists - used Lysenkoist methods in their creation 4) Daily Mail readers - will reduce house prices. Immigrants.
Etc
1) Greens - "we will give ALL Trifid invaders, irrespective of their dietary preferences, an amnesty and give them free greenhouses and fertiliser!
The Green Party - blind to the Triffid threat!
Weren't the Triffids only a threat because everybody went blind (for reasons other than the Triffids)? I think we'll be fine.
They were a threat before the world went blind, especially in third world countries, but were not taken very seriously as a threat in the UK.
After everyone went blind, it was only the protagonist who perceived how dangerous they'd be, at first, while others mocked his desire to get anti-triffid equipment.
There's far too much text on that scare poster. Granted the final message is clear about 'no green madness' but at a glance I get 'To all voters...something something...prostitution'.
This was obviously their inspiration:
The invention of spaces between words was a worthy one indeed.
Whatonearthmakesyouthinkthat?
useful word as order sequential as.
I never really got my head around how so many Mid Eastern languages are written without vowels.
There's far too much text on that scare poster. Granted the final message is clear about 'no green madness' but at a glance I get 'To all voters...something something...prostitution'.
This was obviously their inspiration:
The invention of spaces between words was a worthy one indeed.
There's far too much text on that scare poster. Granted the final message is clear about 'no green madness' but at a glance I get 'To all voters...something something...prostitution'.
This was obviously their inspiration:
The invention of spaces between words was a worthy one indeed.
Whatonearthmakesyouthinkthat?
useful word as order sequential as.
I always found it really weird that the verb was at the end of the sentence in Latin. It was hard enough in reading text but did people really speak like that? Do Italians? I start so many sentences not yet knowing how they are going to end. A structure like that would make that impossible.
There's far too much text on that scare poster. Granted the final message is clear about 'no green madness' but at a glance I get 'To all voters...something something...prostitution'.
This was obviously their inspiration:
The invention of spaces between words was a worthy one indeed.
Whatonearthmakesyouthinkthat?
useful word as order sequential as.
I always found it really weird that the verb was at the end of the sentence in Latin. It was hard enough in reading text but did people really speak like that? Do Italians? I start so many sentences not yet knowing how they are going to end. A structure like that would make that impossible.
In German the verb at the end is going.
A problem for similtaneous translators, and the inspiration for Yoda.
There's far too much text on that scare poster. Granted the final message is clear about 'no green madness' but at a glance I get 'To all voters...something something...prostitution'.
This was obviously their inspiration:
The invention of spaces between words was a worthy one indeed.
Whatonearthmakesyouthinkthat?
useful word as order sequential as.
I always found it really weird that the verb was at the end of the sentence in Latin. It was hard enough in reading text but did people really speak like that? Do Italians? I start so many sentences not yet knowing how they are going to end. A structure like that would make that impossible.
That sort of difference makes me wonder whether native speakers of other languages think differently.
The Intelligence and Secuity Committee have announced the government have agreed a framework with the police when it comes to releasing the Mandelson documents in terms of the vetting and due diligence around the hiring of Mandelson
They said there was a meeting today, and a substantive discussion on whether the ISC has the final decision on publication or a matter for the government and therefore the PM, and they are insisting officials have confirmed it is the ISC that will have the final say, not the PM
The ISC are expecting officials to talk to them and tell them how many documents there will be and not the PM
I find it remarkable that anyone could think Starmer could have control of these documents and it is good the ISC has been affirmed they will decide not Starmer
The Intelligence and Secuity Committee have announced the government have agreed a framework with the police when it comes to releasing the Mandelson documents in terms of the vetting and due diligence around the hiring of Mandelson
They said there was a meeting today, and a substantive discussion on whether the ISC has the final decision on publication or a matter for the government and therefore the PM, and they are insisting officials have confirmed it is the ISC that will have the final say, not the PM
The ISC are expecting officials to talk to them and tell them how many documents there will be and not the PM
I find it remarkable that anyone could think Starmer could have control of these documents and it is good the ISC has been affirmed they will decide not Starmer
Thats why they've stressed he won't.
As it should be.
Now, I wonder if they might find some what's app messages from Boris to Mandelson, you know those phones he can't unlock.
You were questioning the ISC on here yesterday about their integrity and mps leaking information
Maybe time to accept you were out of order rather than your usual whataboutery
You really need to read what I write not what you think I write.
I asked "what if a member of the committee leaked information"
You wrote
How can the speaker trust any member of the ISC not to go rogue
That could be an opposition mp or a government mp with an axe to grind
Politics is politics things are hidden or delayed
Perfect example the Russian report
The speaker may be judge and jury in the HOC he has absolutely no influence outside of the HOC
The truth will come out about AMW and Mandelson and others, when and only when the CPS and police decide what the charges are and in the meantime that is that
It has always been the same and if a mass murderer, terrorist, child abuser, or a petty criminal deserve a fair trail, so do AMW and Mandelson however much political opportunists and biased media scream and scream and scream like Violet Elizabeth
.....................
The ISC will be the arbiter of what is released, not Starmer or the Police, and as the Speaker confirmed the police have no power over the HOC
Extraordinary evidence at public inquiry into Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane
Police officer has claimed that cops could not link two prior violent incidents, which occurred on the same day, investigated by the same force, because of suspect's "data protection" rights
There's far too much text on that scare poster. Granted the final message is clear about 'no green madness' but at a glance I get 'To all voters...something something...prostitution'.
This was obviously their inspiration:
The invention of spaces between words was a worthy one indeed.
Whatonearthmakesyouthinkthat?
useful word as order sequential as.
I always found it really weird that the verb was at the end of the sentence in Latin. It was hard enough in reading text but did people really speak like that? Do Italians? I start so many sentences not yet knowing how they are going to end. A structure like that would make that impossible.
That sort of difference makes me wonder whether native speakers of other languages think differently.
They must do when they think in words and sentences. I had a polyglot colleague who could have passed for native British, French, German, or Russian. But when discussing some numerical matter he was heard to count in Italian, thus giving away his first language
Extraordinary evidence at public inquiry into Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane
Police officer has claimed that cops could not link two prior violent incidents, which occurred on the same day, investigated by the same force, because of suspect's "data protection" rights
As you may know I am in B&B digs now during the week and out of position for the betting shop. But my political betting gland is drying up and causing me gyp, so I made the long, weary trek by foot to a betting shop. So it was that after 7pm tonight I placed the following bet #BigBoyPants
Labour 11/2, Election Winner, 2026 Gorton and Denton By-election, total stake £10, max returns £65.
This is based on nothing but value: I don't like them and I have no idea if they will win or not, but 11/2 in a Labour stronghold is value and in a three-way-tie you bet on value.
A quarter of a century ago, I spoke at a conference session titled “How to get HR a seat on the board”. It was standing-room only. Today it would be cancelled for lack of interest. The human resources boss not only has a seat, they have the chief executive on speed dial.
And yet, as Policy Exchange makes plain in its report on Britain’s bloated HR function (where the proportion of employees has almost doubled in 20 years), something has gone badly wrong. Britain’s HR sector is now 60 per cent larger than that of the US. Cutting it to the same proportion would save companies £10 billion.
What have we got for this investment? Productivity has flatlined. Absence and long-term sickness have surged. Bullying and harassment claims have multiplied. “Quiet quitting” is accepted and side hustles have become the norm. HR was meant to be the solution to people problems. Instead, it has become part of the problem.
There's far too much text on that scare poster. Granted the final message is clear about 'no green madness' but at a glance I get 'To all voters...something something...prostitution'.
This was obviously their inspiration:
The invention of spaces between words was a worthy one indeed.
There's far too much text on that scare poster. Granted the final message is clear about 'no green madness' but at a glance I get 'To all voters...something something...prostitution'.
This was obviously their inspiration:
The invention of spaces between words was a worthy one indeed.
Extraordinary evidence at public inquiry into Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane
Police officer has claimed that cops could not link two prior violent incidents, which occurred on the same day, investigated by the same force, because of suspect's "data protection" rights
Sorry, you've got to take personal responsibility instead of whining about regulations and red tape. Link the crimes, get on with job, the chance of legal action is miniscule and any court is going to find in your favour if you have an obvious danger to life.
I've worked with people like this. Forever shirking responsbility by hiding behind paperwork. Read the guidance, work out what the general objective is, decide if it's relevant or not, make sure your motivation, reasoning and actions are documented , and crack on. In this case: "bloke's gonna murder someone, let's move."
This isn't the failure of data protection law. It's some fuckwit sergeant or inspector.
There's far too much text on that scare poster. Granted the final message is clear about 'no green madness' but at a glance I get 'To all voters...something something...prostitution'.
This was obviously their inspiration:
The invention of spaces between words was a worthy one indeed.
POSTING ABOUT POSTAL VOTES CAN GET PB INTO TROUBLE.
Just ask Kerry McCarthy.
A Labour MP has been given a police caution following an allegation of electoral fraud.
Bristol East MP Kerry McCarthy, external revealed the results of a sample of postal votes on the social networking site Twitter days before the general election.
It is illegal to reveal the votes cast before the end of polling day as it may influence the outcome of the election.
A quarter of a century ago, I spoke at a conference session titled “How to get HR a seat on the board”. It was standing-room only. Today it would be cancelled for lack of interest. The human resources boss not only has a seat, they have the chief executive on speed dial.
And yet, as Policy Exchange makes plain in its report on Britain’s bloated HR function (where the proportion of employees has almost doubled in 20 years), something has gone badly wrong. Britain’s HR sector is now 60 per cent larger than that of the US. Cutting it to the same proportion would save companies £10 billion.
What have we got for this investment? Productivity has flatlined. Absence and long-term sickness have surged. Bullying and harassment claims have multiplied. “Quiet quitting” is accepted and side hustles have become the norm. HR was meant to be the solution to people problems. Instead, it has become part of the problem.
You can add much of H&S, QA and anything else in the alphabet soup to the issue.
HR feels like an industry designed to increase work for itself rather than to address genuine issues which are the legitimate reason for its existence.
That may be a little unfair, I know some good people in HR despite the sector having a poor reputation, but it never feels like it is designed to help the employees, or even the employer quite frankly, when you'd think it should at least be beneficial for the latter.
POSTING ABOUT POSTAL VOTES CAN GET PB INTO TROUBLE.
Just ask Kerry McCarthy.
A Labour MP has been given a police caution following an allegation of electoral fraud.
Bristol East MP Kerry McCarthy, external revealed the results of a sample of postal votes on the social networking site Twitter days before the general election.
It is illegal to reveal the votes cast before the end of polling day as it may influence the outcome of the election.
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The Intelligence and Secuity Committee have announced the government have agreed a framework with the police when it comes to releasing the Mandelson documents in terms of the vetting and due diligence around the hiring of Mandelson
They said there was a meeting today, and a substantive discussion on whether the ISC has the final decision on publication or a matter for the government and therefore the PM, and they are insisting officials have confirmed it is the ISC that will have the final say, not the PM
The ISC are expecting officials to talk to them and tell them how many documents there will be and not the PM
I find it remarkable that anyone could think Starmer could have control of these documents and it is good the ISC has been affirmed they will decide not Starmer
Or he has the same window problem/opportunity as Putin.
Don't humanise him
He's up there with the very worst.
So I walked straight out of the lecture, went to the station, bought myself a ticket to London, and travelled down to south of the river. By the time I arrived, it transpired that so many Liberal helpers had descended on the seat that voters were already (late morning) complaining about the excessive number of times they were being knocked up, and the party had consequently decided to stop reminding voters to vote until the afternoon.
Truly, my time spent there on poling day was essentially wasted (although at least I was there!) - my abiding memory of that day was calling on some almost-derelict terraced house, and having the door answered early afternoon by this already half-drunk guy in stained clothing wearing a string vest, who I was about to put down as a Labour voter until, to my astonishment, he assured me he always voted Conservative. A sign of things to come, and who’d have thought I would have run into our Leon way back then?
As it should be.
Now, I wonder if they might find some what's app messages from Boris to Mandelson, you know those phones he can't unlock.
Tachbrook Street was the classic for that.
Maybe time to accept you were out of order rather than your usual whataboutery
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/defecting-councillor-slams-cult-around-nigel-farage-336949/
Reform UK in Kent County Council are down to 47 councillors, down from 57 last May. There are 81 in toto.
That's a bit squeaky.
In other news, the domestic abuser one also in Kent who threatened to kill his wife received 12 months behind bars last week, and therefore loses his seat. So a byelection is incoming in that seat. 35 years old, and the controlling behaviour goes back to 2014. It's good to see holding to account.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c627ngz1k1eo
(32, 29, 24)
Or is Trump rolling the pitch to steal the mid terms?
Greens 35%, Reform 27% Labour 25%
Comfortable win for the Greens. The Workers Party not standing being the difference.
https://x.com/politlcsuk/status/2027077805058506866?s=61&t=LYVEHh2mqFy1oUJAdCfe-Q
RIP
https://x.com/tordfc/status/2027087398715179050?s=61
Baseless slurs like that that have no more merit than shouting "your mum's fat" to the opposition.
As long as Reform don’t win I’ll be happy .
Probably a swing to "Rumours on Twitter say".
Doubtless a strong showing from "I've heard from the count that...".
A deposit saving effort from "looking at the bundles, I can say..."
Or has the agents details on it.
Neither would Tory to LD.
Where the Council has some excellent 'multiple independent or local group' action.
1 Independent (unattached)
1 Non aligned
5 Eagle Group
6 Flintshire People's Voice
11 Independents
10 True Independents
Certainly more likely to split the vote than coalesce behind Labour.
Get Andy Burnham on the record about it.
I asked "what if a member of the committee leaked information"
Judean Popular Front
After everyone went blind, it was only the protagonist who perceived how dangerous they'd be, at first, while others mocked his desire to get anti-triffid equipment.
A problem for similtaneous translators, and the inspiration for Yoda.
How can the speaker trust any member of the ISC not to go rogue
That could be an opposition mp or a government mp with an axe to grind
Politics is politics things are hidden or delayed
Perfect example the Russian report
The speaker may be judge and jury in the HOC he has absolutely no influence outside of the HOC
The truth will come out about AMW and Mandelson and others, when and only when the CPS and police decide what the charges are and in the meantime that is that
It has always been the same and if a mass murderer, terrorist, child abuser, or a petty criminal deserve a fair trail, so do AMW and Mandelson however much political opportunists and biased media scream and scream and scream like Violet Elizabeth
.....................
The ISC will be the arbiter of what is released, not Starmer or the Police, and as the Speaker confirmed the police have no power over the HOC
Police officer has claimed that cops could not link two prior violent incidents, which occurred on the same day, investigated by the same force, because of suspect's "data protection" rights
https://x.com/fhamiltontimes/status/2027056430511976498?s=46&t=CW4pL-mMpTqsJXCdjW0Z6Q
I had a polyglot colleague who could have passed for native British, French, German, or Russian. But when discussing some numerical matter he was heard to count in Italian, thus giving away his first language
As you may know I am in B&B digs now during the week and out of position for the betting shop. But my political betting gland is drying up and causing me gyp, so I made the long, weary trek by foot to a betting shop. So it was that after 7pm tonight I placed the following bet #BigBoyPants
Labour 11/2, Election Winner, 2026 Gorton and Denton By-election, total stake £10, max returns £65.
This is based on nothing but value: I don't like them and I have no idea if they will win or not, but 11/2 in a Labour stronghold is value and in a three-way-tie you bet on value.
And yet, as Policy Exchange makes plain in its report on Britain’s bloated HR function (where the proportion of employees has almost doubled in 20 years), something has gone badly wrong. Britain’s HR sector is now 60 per cent larger than that of the US. Cutting it to the same proportion would save companies £10 billion.
What have we got for this investment? Productivity has flatlined. Absence and long-term sickness have surged. Bullying and harassment claims have multiplied. “Quiet quitting” is accepted and side hustles have become the norm. HR was meant to be the solution to people problems. Instead, it has become part of the problem.
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/bloated-hr-big-workplace-problem-ldzhg0tqc
You can add much of H&S, QA and anything else in the alphabet soup to the issue.
I've worked with people like this. Forever shirking responsbility by hiding behind paperwork. Read the guidance, work out what the general objective is, decide if it's relevant or not, make sure your motivation, reasoning and actions are documented , and crack on. In this case: "bloke's gonna murder someone, let's move."
This isn't the failure of data protection law. It's some fuckwit sergeant or inspector.
POSTING ABOUT POSTAL VOTES CAN GET PB INTO TROUBLE.
Just ask Kerry McCarthy.A Labour MP has been given a police caution following an allegation of electoral fraud.
Bristol East MP Kerry McCarthy, external revealed the results of a sample of postal votes on the social networking site Twitter days before the general election.
It is illegal to reveal the votes cast before the end of polling day as it may influence the outcome of the election.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-11621053
That may be a little unfair, I know some good people in HR despite the sector having a poor reputation, but it never feels like it is designed to help the employees, or even the employer quite frankly, when you'd think it should at least be beneficial for the latter.