New: The USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier will deploy to U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility, the major combatant command overseeing American military operations against Iran, sources told @JimLaPorta@ellee_watson and me. @cbsnews.com
Poignantly, I saw a woman in a full burqa today, not far from my flat. I cannot know her inner state but her body language expressed great unhappiness. Weighed down by these hideous deathly black shrouds. I do not believe any woman under 60 - if any - would voluntarily wear these appalling garments, They are symbols of misogyny and TOOLS of misogyny
Kemi is right. Ban them
It would outflank Labour on closer alignment with Europe on the issues that people care about.
Kemi imputes that she knows how many thousands of people think, and evaluates them according to her personal opinions.
Kemi is a knee-jerking fool. This is no better than Farage or Anderson.
And yet this ban is what a vast majority of Brits want, according to polls. And several European countries - not notably Nazi - have banned them. And they are banned in multiple Muslim countries
So what exactly is your objection?
Catching up,
If there is no evidence of a basis for implementing a policy, then it is a matter of prejudice - which is not how we seek to operate as a society. There are only perhaps 1% of Muslim women who wear a full-face veil; that should be their choice.
I see from the Telegraph article that Kemi suggests that she views this as a low priority.
The thing that I find most startling in the survey is that 76% of the respondents want to ban "exclusion of women from religious leadership". Would you support that? That would ban the male only Roman Catholic priesthood, and male only Episcopates.
@JenniferJJacobs BREAKING via @CBSNews : About a dozen U.S. service members were injured in an attack on Prince Sultan airbase in Saudi Arabia, according to multiple U.S. officials. A small number sustained very serious injuries; others were considered seriously injured.
After tonight’s deranged rant from Trump I fear a load of US troops will end up getting killed because the stain on humanity wants his stupid fxcking name printed on a map.
Poignantly, I saw a woman in a full burqa today, not far from my flat. I cannot know her inner state but her body language expressed great unhappiness. Weighed down by these hideous deathly black shrouds. I do not believe any woman under 60 - if any - would voluntarily wear these appalling garments, They are symbols of misogyny and TOOLS of misogyny
Kemi is right. Ban them
It would outflank Labour on closer alignment with Europe on the issues that people care about.
Kemi imputes that she knows how many thousands of people think, and evaluates them according to her personal opinions.
Kemi is a knee-jerking fool. This is no better than Farage or Anderson.
And yet this ban is what a vast majority of Brits want, according to polls. And several European countries - not notably Nazi - have banned them. And they are banned in multiple Muslim countries
So what exactly is your objection?
Catching up,
If there is no evidence of a basis for implementing a policy, then it is a matter of prejudice - which is not how we seek to operate as a society. There are only perhaps 1% of Muslim women who wear a full-face veil; that should be their choice.
I see from the Telegraph article that Kemi suggests that she views this as a low priority.
The thing that I find most startling in the survey is that 76% of the respondents want to ban "exclusion of women from religious leadership". Would you support that? That would ban the male only Roman Catholic priesthood, and male only Episcopates.
Angela Rayner is contesting claims that she failed to pay enough stamp duty on the purchase of her £800,000 flat in Hove, East Sussex
...
The Times has been told that she has subsequently taken new legal advice which argues that she did not need to pay the higher rate of stamp duty. The new advice has been submitted to HMRC. It is understood to highlight “complexities” surrounding the trust
Angela Rayner is contesting claims that she failed to pay enough stamp duty on the purchase of her £800,000 flat in Hove, East Sussex
...
The Times has been told that she has subsequently taken new legal advice which argues that she did not need to pay the higher rate of stamp duty. The new advice has been submitted to HMRC. It is understood to highlight “complexities” surrounding the trust
Aaron Rupar @atrupar · 25m Trump: "You know, when I didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize. You gotta understand, I don't care. Norway has lost so credible. I stopped 8 wars. Stopping wars -- I think I do it the best. President Putin called me, he said, 'I can't believe you stopped this one!'"
Bonkers Westerly wind burst going on in the tropical Pacific at the moment. Gale force Westerly winds in a region that should have Easterlies. Those winds are collapsing the usual piled up hot ocean surface in the West and sending it to the other side of the basin in a Kelvin wave, cutting off upwelling.
We’re heading for a very pronounced El Niño this coming year. That means:
- Drought in Eastern Australia (Wheat) - Drought in SE Asia (rice) - Drought in Southern Africa - Drought in NE Brazil (soy) - Floods in East Africa - Floods in Peru and collapsing sardine catch - Floods in California (hopefully no wildfires)
Not unprecedented. But we’ve not seen this for a long time. Planetary warming if anything has encouraged La Niña conditions. It’ll mean the warmest year in record by miles in 2027 (and probably this year too).
Bonkers Westerly wind burst going on in the tropical Pacific at the moment. Gale force Westerly winds in a region that should have Easterlies. Those winds are collapsing the usual piled up hot ocean surface in the West and sending it to the other side of the basin in a Kelvin wave, cutting off upwelling.
We’re heading for a very pronounced El Niño this coming year. That means:
- Drought in Eastern Australia (Wheat) - Drought in SE Asia (rice) - Drought in Southern Africa - Drought in NE Brazil (soy) - Floods in East Africa - Floods in Peru and collapsing sardine catch - Floods in California (hopefully no wildfires)
Not unprecedented. But we’ve not seen this for a long time. Planetary warming if anything has encouraged La Niña conditions. It’ll mean the warmest year in record by miles in 2027 (and probably this year too).
Bonkers Westerly wind burst going on in the tropical Pacific at the moment. Gale force Westerly winds in a region that should have Easterlies. Those winds are collapsing the usual piled up hot ocean surface in the West and sending it to the other side of the basin in a Kelvin wave, cutting off upwelling.
We’re heading for a very pronounced El Niño this coming year. That means:
- Drought in Eastern Australia (Wheat) - Drought in SE Asia (rice) - Drought in Southern Africa - Drought in NE Brazil (soy) - Floods in East Africa - Floods in Peru and collapsing sardine catch - Floods in California (hopefully no wildfires)
Not unprecedented. But we’ve not seen this for a long time. Planetary warming if anything has encouraged La Niña conditions. It’ll mean the warmest year in record by miles in 2027 (and probably this year too).
Combined with a lack of fertiliser and we are in #brace #brace
Bonkers Westerly wind burst going on in the tropical Pacific at the moment. Gale force Westerly winds in a region that should have Easterlies. Those winds are collapsing the usual piled up hot ocean surface in the West and sending it to the other side of the basin in a Kelvin wave, cutting off upwelling.
We’re heading for a very pronounced El Niño this coming year. That means:
- Drought in Eastern Australia (Wheat) - Drought in SE Asia (rice) - Drought in Southern Africa - Drought in NE Brazil (soy) - Floods in East Africa - Floods in Peru and collapsing sardine catch - Floods in California (hopefully no wildfires)
Not unprecedented. But we’ve not seen this for a long time. Planetary warming if anything has encouraged La Niña conditions. It’ll mean the warmest year in record by miles in 2027 (and probably this year too).
Brace??
Already showing up in agricultural commodity futures, though mixed in with the Trump premium.
Bonkers Westerly wind burst going on in the tropical Pacific at the moment. Gale force Westerly winds in a region that should have Easterlies. Those winds are collapsing the usual piled up hot ocean surface in the West and sending it to the other side of the basin in a Kelvin wave, cutting off upwelling.
We’re heading for a very pronounced El Niño this coming year. That means:
- Drought in Eastern Australia (Wheat) - Drought in SE Asia (rice) - Drought in Southern Africa - Drought in NE Brazil (soy) - Floods in East Africa - Floods in Peru and collapsing sardine catch - Floods in California (hopefully no wildfires)
Not unprecedented. But we’ve not seen this for a long time. Planetary warming if anything has encouraged La Niña conditions. It’ll mean the warmest year in record by miles in 2027 (and probably this year too).
The temperatures in the USA and Mexico this month are quite the warning.
45C AGAIN IN MEXICO: That's 113F folk. Nearly 2 weeks constantly above records, often above those of April and sometimes above those of May. Every single day. And tonight record of March warmest night were smashed again:
Poignantly, I saw a woman in a full burqa today, not far from my flat. I cannot know her inner state but her body language expressed great unhappiness. Weighed down by these hideous deathly black shrouds. I do not believe any woman under 60 - if any - would voluntarily wear these appalling garments, They are symbols of misogyny and TOOLS of misogyny
Kemi is right. Ban them
It would outflank Labour on closer alignment with Europe on the issues that people care about.
Kemi imputes that she knows how many thousands of people think, and evaluates them according to her personal opinions.
Kemi is a knee-jerking fool. This is no better than Farage or Anderson.
And yet this ban is what a vast majority of Brits want, according to polls. And several European countries - not notably Nazi - have banned them. And they are banned in multiple Muslim countries
So what exactly is your objection?
Catching up,
If there is no evidence of a basis for implementing a policy, then it is a matter of prejudice - which is not how we seek to operate as a society. There are only perhaps 1% of Muslim women who wear a full-face veil; that should be their choice.
I see from the Telegraph article that Kemi suggests that she views this as a low priority.
The thing that I find most startling in the survey is that 76% of the respondents want to ban "exclusion of women from religious leadership". Would you support that? That would ban the male only Roman Catholic priesthood, and male only Episcopates.
His ratings improve a bit. Labour up to about parity with Reform.
He quits 2028. New leader. Election late 2028.
Labour led government. Strong odds I reckon.
Why are you so sure he will quit? Being on is a powerful drug. Hard to give it up.
Because he knows he cannot win again.
Does he? It's not impossible.
Keir Starmer would make an excellent Foreign Secretary. He is effective and respected among world leaders. I think he'd enjoy it more than his current job. And as PM, Angela would be able to focus on domestic matters, and leave Keir to do the foreign stuff.
His ratings improve a bit. Labour up to about parity with Reform.
He quits 2028. New leader. Election late 2028.
Labour led government. Strong odds I reckon.
Why are you so sure he will quit? Being on is a powerful drug. Hard to give it up.
Because he knows he cannot win again.
Does he? It's not impossible.
Keir Starmer would make an excellent Foreign Secretary. He is effective and respected among world leaders. I think he'd enjoy it more than his current job. And as PM, Angela would be able to focus on domestic matters, and leave Keir to do the foreign stuff.
Rayner is a totally unserious candidate. She would be Labour’s Truss.
His ratings improve a bit. Labour up to about parity with Reform.
He quits 2028. New leader. Election late 2028.
Labour led government. Strong odds I reckon.
Why are you so sure he will quit? Being on is a powerful drug. Hard to give it up.
Because he knows he cannot win again.
Does he? It's not impossible.
Keir Starmer would make an excellent Foreign Secretary. He is effective and respected among world leaders. I think he'd enjoy it more than his current job. And as PM, Angela would be able to focus on domestic matters, and leave Keir to do the foreign stuff.
Rayner is a totally unserious candidate. She would be Labour’s Truss.
Poignantly, I saw a woman in a full burqa today, not far from my flat. I cannot know her inner state but her body language expressed great unhappiness. Weighed down by these hideous deathly black shrouds. I do not believe any woman under 60 - if any - would voluntarily wear these appalling garments, They are symbols of misogyny and TOOLS of misogyny
Kemi is right. Ban them
It would outflank Labour on closer alignment with Europe on the issues that people care about.
Kemi imputes that she knows how many thousands of people think, and evaluates them according to her personal opinions.
Kemi is a knee-jerking fool. This is no better than Farage or Anderson.
And yet this ban is what a vast majority of Brits want, according to polls. And several European countries - not notably Nazi - have banned them. And they are banned in multiple Muslim countries
So what exactly is your objection?
Catching up,
If there is no evidence of a basis for implementing a policy, then it is a matter of prejudice - which is not how we seek to operate as a society. There are only perhaps 1% of Muslim women who wear a full-face veil; that should be their choice.
I see from the Telegraph article that Kemi suggests that she views this as a low priority.
The thing that I find most startling in the survey is that 76% of the respondents want to ban "exclusion of women from religious leadership". Would you support that? That would ban the male only Roman Catholic priesthood, and male only Episcopates.
I would argue the case for that ban is much stronger than that of banning the burqa.
0% of boys that are circumcised have any meaningful say over their genital mutilation. And funnily enough very few uncircumcised men choose to do so as a consenting adult.
At least with the burqa you can make the case that some women choose it. Even if coercion is the dominant factor.
Speaking of books, some light bedtime reading! Managed to get these off eBay within the last couple of weeks. When I was a teen, used to borrow Cruisers, Destroyers, and Submarines on high rotation from Ilford Library. Aircraft Carriers less frequently, and Battleships they didn't even have, so chuffed to have got the latter!
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The futures bleaker than I'd imagined.
@jenniferjjacobs.bsky.social
New: The USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier will deploy to U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility, the major combatant command overseeing American military operations against Iran, sources told @JimLaPorta @ellee_watson and me. @cbsnews.com
I think it is misogynistic, even if willingly worn, but I wouldn't ban it. People are allowed to make poor decisions.
BREAKING via
@CBSNews
: About a dozen U.S. service members were injured in an attack on Prince Sultan airbase in Saudi Arabia, according to multiple U.S. officials. A small number sustained very serious injuries; others were considered seriously injured.
https://x.com/harrietharman/status/2037610349781016935?s=46&t=CW4pL-mMpTqsJXCdjW0Z6Q
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
·
25m
Trump: "You know, when I didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize. You gotta understand, I don't care. Norway has lost so credible. I stopped 8 wars. Stopping wars -- I think I do it the best. President Putin called me, he said, 'I can't believe you stopped this one!'"
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2037654983949025361
Britains first female Gold Medalist in Athletics I believe?
A little before my time but both my parents were keen Athletes at Wolverhampton and Bilston AC
One of my early memories was my mom crying when the News came on that Lillian Board had died of cancer in her 20s, I wasn't very old at the time.
His ratings improve a bit. Labour up to about parity with Reform.
He quits 2028. New leader. Election late 2028.
Labour led government. Strong odds I reckon.
We’re heading for a very pronounced El Niño this coming year. That means:
- Drought in Eastern Australia (Wheat)
- Drought in SE Asia (rice)
- Drought in Southern Africa
- Drought in NE Brazil (soy)
- Floods in East Africa
- Floods in Peru and collapsing sardine catch
- Floods in California (hopefully no wildfires)
Not unprecedented. But we’ve not seen this for a long time. Planetary warming if anything has encouraged La Niña conditions. It’ll mean the warmest year in record by miles in 2027 (and probably this year too).
16 STATES WITH THE MARCH HOTTEST DAY IN HISTORY
112 California
112 Arizona
108 Texas
106 Nevada
106 Oklahoma
104 Kansas
103 New Mexico
99 Nebraska
99 Colorado
97 Iowa
97 Utah
97 Missouri
97 South Dakota
90 Wyoming
88 Minnesota
86 Idaho
And bad in Mexico too:
45C AGAIN IN MEXICO: That's 113F folk.
Nearly 2 weeks constantly above records, often above those of April and sometimes above those of May.
Every single day.
And tonight record of March warmest night were smashed again:
Min 21.8C Culiacan and 21.1C Choix In Sinaloa.
https://bsky.app/profile/extremetemps.bsky.social/post/3mi2mwu6bgc2q
'It's a minor typo!'
@andytwelves
and
@GoodwinMJ
clash over the sourcing of quotes and information in his latest book.
https://x.com/GBNEWS/status/2037596386498117700
MattGPT is not for real hahahaha
He is effective and respected among world leaders.
I think he'd enjoy it more than his current job.
And as PM, Angela would be able to focus on domestic matters, and leave Keir to do the foreign stuff.
Put it this way, I will vote against Labour.
0% of boys that are circumcised have any meaningful say over their genital mutilation. And funnily enough very few uncircumcised men choose to do so as a consenting adult.
At least with the burqa you can make the case that some women choose it. Even if coercion is the dominant factor.
https://x.com/frelects/status/2037656139769254182
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lCjWLFSPl5Y
Oh, you have?
https://x.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/2037678215473287187
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 25% (-2)
GRN: 20% (+7)
CON: 18% (-3)
LAB: 15% (-3)
LDM: 14% (+1)
SNP: 2% (-1)
Via @VerianGroup , 20-23 Mar.
Changes w/ 12-15 Dec.
https://x.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/2037596648059044086?s=20