The bastard who murdered little Preston has been given a full life sentence.
Shouldn't Reform and their friends be demanding white school teachers are vilified across the nation?
Or the banning of adoption by gay men?
That might be quite a likely demand from a hard of thinking politician I would have thought.
The bigger questions need to be asked at the hospital where he had several admissions in a very short space of time.
I have looked in detail at the timeline and with hindsight it is easy to condemn. However the key potential error is the broken elbow on visit three. This seems highly problematic. Lady Brook is not happy. I believe she has lots of questions of medical and social worker staff.
Varley's evil and graphic sexual abuse is beyond contempt. I don't believe a general extrapolation should be made because Varley was either, white, male, a teacher or gay.
I will guess that it will turn out like Baby P.
Multiple people raised the alarm, but were ignored or actively silenced for being inconvenient to their managers. For internal politics, not some woke agenda.
Learns Will Be Learnt.
The ghosts of Ed Balls and Sharon Shoesmith's careers are waving. Sharon Shoesmith from a lovely retirement property purchased courtesy of Ed Balls and the UK Government.
There are those that say the sacking was a combination of performative populism and setting up a big pay day. So that Shoesmith would go away quietly.
Unfashionable opinion: I don't think it's politically viable but the best thing Burnham could do economically (Particularly for gilt rates) once he's PM is keep Reeves on at CoE.
I totally agree
She's made political errors on WFA
What she has got is the confidence of the markets and had it not for Iran and Trump and Israel shed be well on way to inflation target and growth.
Even either Iran indicators as yet as far better than many right wing media ghouls have predicted.
The ridiculous Rachel from Accounts crap totally fabricate her true economic ability and background.
Unfashionable opinion: I don't think it's politically viable but the best thing Burnham could do economically (Particularly for gilt rates) once he's PM is keep Reeves on at CoE.
The last thing he should do is meddle with the Church of England.
The bastard who murdered little Preston has been given a full life sentence.
Shouldn't Reform and their friends be demanding white school teachers are vilified across the nation?
Or the banning of adoption by gay men?
That might be quite a likely demand from a hard of thinking politician I would have thought.
The bigger questions need to be asked at the hospital where he had several admissions in a very short space of time.
I have looked in detail at the timeline and with hindsight it is easy to condemn. However the key potential error is the broken elbow on visit three. This seems highly problematic. Lady Brook is not happy. I believe she has lots of questions of medical and social worker staff.
Varley's evil and graphic sexual abuse is beyond contempt. I don't believe a general extrapolation should be made because Varley was either, white, male, a teacher or gay.
I will guess that it will turn out like Baby P.
Multiple people raised the alarm, but were ignored or actively silenced for being inconvenient to their managers. For internal politics, not some woke agenda.
Learns Will Be Learnt.
The ghosts of Ed Balls and Sharon Shoesmith's careers are waving. Sharon Shoesmith from a lovely retirement property purchased courtesy of Ed Balls and the UK Government.
There are those that say the sacking was a combination of performative populism and setting up a big pay day. So that Shoesmith would go away quietly.
Unfashionable opinion: I don't think it's politically viable but the best thing Burnham could do economically (Particularly for gilt rates) once he's PM is keep Reeves on at CoE.
The last thing he should do is meddle with the Church of England.
The bastard who murdered little Preston has been given a full life sentence.
Shouldn't Reform and their friends be demanding white school teachers are vilified across the nation?
Or the banning of adoption by gay men?
That might be quite a likely demand from a hard of thinking politician I would have thought.
The bigger questions need to be asked at the hospital where he had several admissions in a very short space of time.
I have looked in detail at the timeline and with hindsight it is easy to condemn. However the key potential error is the broken elbow on visit three. This seems highly problematic. Lady Brook is not happy. I believe she has lots of questions of medical and social worker staff.
Varley's evil and graphic sexual abuse is beyond contempt. I don't believe a general extrapolation should be made because Varley was either, white, male, a teacher or gay.
I will guess that it will turn out like Baby P.
Multiple people raised the alarm, but were ignored or actively silenced for being inconvenient to their managers. For internal politics, not some woke agenda.
Learns Will Be Learnt.
The ghosts of Ed Balls and Sharon Shoesmith's careers are waving. Sharon Shoesmith from a lovely retirement property purchased courtesy of Ed Balls and the UK Government.
Ed Balls is doing very well for himself right now. His career is up up up the ziggurat, lickety split
Off topic. I read PB most days. It’s been ages since I have commented on PB. However: @Luckyguy1983 recently commented that: “Burnham's 'clean air zone' in Manchester is a black spot on his reputation.” Can I ask @Luckyguy1983 what is wrong with trying to improve air quality? Air pollution caused by vehicle emissions is a disaster for asthmatics and people with respiratory illness. Does anyone remember Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah? Google summary. “The case of Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah stands as a pivotal example of how vehicle pollution can lead to asthma-related deaths. Ella, a nine-year-old girl, tragically passed away due to asthma exacerbations caused by air pollution from road traffic. Her inquest revealed that air pollution, particularly from traffic emissions, was a significant contributory factor to her asthma and death.” I am hugely in favour of low emission zones and attempts to improve air quality. (Wife and I have an EV.) I have taken asthma medication for almost all of my life, but I don’t have the most serious type. I have only been hospitalised once and that was about 45 years ago. According to google there are about four asthma deaths in the UK each day.
You have missed the point. Burnham caved on Manchester's clean air zone.
He has missed the point, and so have you.
The clean air zone has come up as a negative (trying to implement it, not caving on it, which shows wisdom if not courage), one of not very many, on the doorsteps of Makerfield. That prepares the ground for Burnham to be portrayed as on the side of green zealotry.
As for Moanrs post, it is dreadfully sad that the young girl died, but she died from asthma. If someone's asthmatic condition means that them being in an area of high road traffic aggravates their condition to a potentially lethal extent, their parents, assisted where possible by the State, should move them somewhere different. The whole city cannot be turned on its axis because of one person's health needs - that is absurd. It is an even more perverse version of locking everyone up to protect the old and unfit during Covid. And it happens for similar reason - giving national power to single interest campaigns and quangos, who can then introduce wreak damaging economic and social havoc on everyone to pursue their single issue goal with no consideration for the wider implications.
The bastard who murdered little Preston has been given a full life sentence.
Shouldn't Reform and their friends be demanding white school teachers are vilified across the nation?
Or the banning of adoption by gay men?
That might be quite a likely demand from a hard of thinking politician I would have thought.
The bigger questions need to be asked at the hospital where he had several admissions in a very short space of time.
I have looked in detail at the timeline and with hindsight it is easy to condemn. However the key potential error is the broken elbow on visit three. This seems highly problematic. Lady Brook is not happy. I believe she has lots of questions of medical and social worker staff.
Varley's evil and graphic sexual abuse is beyond contempt. I don't believe a general extrapolation should be made because Varley was either, white, male, a teacher or gay.
I will guess that it will turn out like Baby P.
Multiple people raised the alarm, but were ignored or actively silenced for being inconvenient to their managers. For internal politics, not some woke agenda.
Learns Will Be Learnt.
The ghosts of Ed Balls and Sharon Shoesmith's careers are waving. Sharon Shoesmith from a lovely retirement property purchased courtesy of Ed Balls and the UK Government.
There are those that say the sacking was a combination of performative populism and setting up a big pay day. So that Shoesmith would go away quietly.
Undoubtedly "performative populism".
Another one was, after the rail crash, where the government (Brown & Balls) insisted that the new train signalling system start being implemented immediately.
The new, replacement standard (Europe wide) which was much better was just months away from finalisation.
So a considerable amount of work was done (on the old system) then ripped out without ever combing used.
For extra fun, this actually delayed the final implantation of the new standard.
Off topic. I read PB most days. It’s been ages since I have commented on PB. However: @Luckyguy1983 recently commented that: “Burnham's 'clean air zone' in Manchester is a black spot on his reputation.” Can I ask @Luckyguy1983 what is wrong with trying to improve air quality? Air pollution caused by vehicle emissions is a disaster for asthmatics and people with respiratory illness. Does anyone remember Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah? Google summary. “The case of Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah stands as a pivotal example of how vehicle pollution can lead to asthma-related deaths. Ella, a nine-year-old girl, tragically passed away due to asthma exacerbations caused by air pollution from road traffic. Her inquest revealed that air pollution, particularly from traffic emissions, was a significant contributory factor to her asthma and death.” I am hugely in favour of low emission zones and attempts to improve air quality. (Wife and I have an EV.) I have taken asthma medication for almost all of my life, but I don’t have the most serious type. I have only been hospitalised once and that was about 45 years ago. According to google there are about four asthma deaths in the UK each day.
You have missed the point. Burnham caved on Manchester's clean air zone.
He has missed the point, and so have you.
The clean air zone has come up as a negative (trying to implement it, not caving on it, which shows wisdom if not courage), one of not very many, on the doorsteps of Makerfield. That prepares the ground for Burnham to be portrayed as on the side of green zealotry.
As for Moanrs post, it is dreadfully sad that the young girl died, but she died from asthma. If someone's asthmatic condition means that them being in an area of high road traffic aggravates their condition to a potentially lethal extent, their parents, assisted where possible by the State, should move them somewhere different. The whole city cannot be turned on its axis because of one person's health needs - that is absurd. It is an even more perverse version of locking everyone up to protect the old and unfit during Covid. And it happens for similar reason - giving national power to single interest campaigns and quangos, who can then introduce deeply damaging economic and social havoc on everyone to pursue their single issue goal with no consideration for the wider implications.
Incrementally increasing standards for the environment have been one of the great successes of the late 20th and earlier 21st century.
Tail wagging against England means one of two things (1) Its now a really good track - batting will be easy or (2) We are about to get rolled for 120...
The joy of Bazball is we don't know which but we will by tea when NZ are batting again.
Historically the Oval was the flattest of flat tracks for decades
Tail wagging against England means one of two things (1) Its now a really good track - batting will be easy or (2) We are about to get rolled for 120...
The joy of Bazball is we don't know which but we will by tea when NZ are batting again.
Historically the Oval was the flattest of flat tracks for decades
The bastard who murdered little Preston has been given a full life sentence.
Shouldn't Reform and their friends be demanding white school teachers are vilified across the nation?
Or the banning of adoption by gay men?
That might be quite a likely demand from a hard of thinking politician I would have thought.
The bigger questions need to be asked at the hospital where he had several admissions in a very short space of time.
I have looked in detail at the timeline and with hindsight it is easy to condemn. However the key potential error is the broken elbow on visit three. This seems highly problematic. Lady Brook is not happy. I believe she has lots of questions of medical and social worker staff.
Varley's evil and graphic sexual abuse is beyond contempt. I don't believe a general extrapolation should be made because Varley was either, white, male, a teacher or gay.
I will guess that it will turn out like Baby P.
Multiple people raised the alarm, but were ignored or actively silenced for being inconvenient to their managers. For internal politics, not some woke agenda.
The bastard who murdered little Preston has been given a full life sentence.
Shouldn't Reform and their friends be demanding white school teachers are vilified across the nation?
Or the banning of adoption by gay men?
That might be quite a likely demand from a hard of thinking politician I would have thought.
The bigger questions need to be asked at the hospital where he had several admissions in a very short space of time.
I have looked in detail at the timeline and with hindsight it is easy to condemn. However the key potential error is the broken elbow on visit three. This seems highly problematic. Lady Brook is not happy. I believe she has lots of questions of medical and social worker staff.
Varley's evil and graphic sexual abuse is beyond contempt. I don't believe a general extrapolation should be made because Varley was either, white, male, a teacher or gay.
Clearly not. But the failure to spot the warning signs will need to be looked at.
My three year old has had a few instances taken to the local out of hours medical service (usually ear infections plus temperatures) and I worried every time about getting on the list as 'parents keep bringing child in'. When my son was a very small baby and we had the routine social worker visits on one occasion I said I was surprised that my son had not had a motion for a couple of days and I asked about this. The social worker gave me a look and asked why I was asking, with me getting the impression that she was suspicious that I had done something. I explained that he was my only child so it was all new to me.
My nephew had his children removed by a children's court by an incompetent social worker after one visit to hospital
As a result I cannot understand how this happened in this case.
Burnham’s biggest issue is going to be the lack of money.
So what can he do that is effective but doesn’t cost much?
Some ideas
- Merge NI into Income tax - and *save* money. Genuinely. - Create internal consultancy within government. So IT and reorgs are done by PAYE civil servants rather than £xxxx per day outsiders. - Introduce regulatory cost provisions - if you (in a government department) make reactions more expensive for people/companies, a larger portion of your budget gets hypothecated to enforcement. Suddenly, £18 windows will look at lot less sexy. - Bigger fines for illegal employment, shared with the victims (the employees). - Break the “veil” of using contracting as a way of removing responsibility for employees. Looking at you, Deliveroo.
Means test any universal benefit so that those with income over 200k don't get it
Better still give everyone an opt out option.
Sock of hearing rich people sneering they don't need this or that but doing feck all to redistribute it.
Make all benefits taxable. Means testing tends to be inefficient, ineffective, mean and introduces lots of expensive problems.
Joe Root is a world class batsman but an ordinary captain.
Mike Brearley in reverse.
Depressing to see him misuse Archer again - though why the selectors thought they could have a four-strong bowling attack on a good surface like the Oval, when one of the four is Archer, is mystifying.
He bowled a lot yesterday after not much red ball cricket. Root also has other bowlers. It would not surprise me to hear that Archer (a) had a niggle, (b) was tired or (c) both. Its easy when listening/watching from the sidelines to be a better captain. In general, Root was praised for his captaincy yesterday.
I suspect this is a belter of a pitch.
Root should never have bowled Archer for so long yesterday, that's the point. Then he would more likely have been available to take the new ball this morning. Root did this consistently when he was captain, and it was a big reason why Archer had such bad injury problems.
Off topic. I read PB most days. It’s been ages since I have commented on PB. However: @Luckyguy1983 recently commented that: “Burnham's 'clean air zone' in Manchester is a black spot on his reputation.” Can I ask @Luckyguy1983 what is wrong with trying to improve air quality? Air pollution caused by vehicle emissions is a disaster for asthmatics and people with respiratory illness. Does anyone remember Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah? Google summary. “The case of Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah stands as a pivotal example of how vehicle pollution can lead to asthma-related deaths. Ella, a nine-year-old girl, tragically passed away due to asthma exacerbations caused by air pollution from road traffic. Her inquest revealed that air pollution, particularly from traffic emissions, was a significant contributory factor to her asthma and death.” I am hugely in favour of low emission zones and attempts to improve air quality. (Wife and I have an EV.) I have taken asthma medication for almost all of my life, but I don’t have the most serious type. I have only been hospitalised once and that was about 45 years ago. According to google there are about four asthma deaths in the UK each day.
You have missed the point. Burnham caved on Manchester's clean air zone.
He has missed the point, and so have you.
The clean air zone has come up as a negative (trying to implement it, not caving on it, which shows wisdom if not courage), one of not very many, on the doorsteps of Makerfield. That prepares the ground for Burnham to be portrayed as on the side of green zealotry.
As for Moanrs post, it is dreadfully sad that the young girl died, but she died from asthma. If someone's asthmatic condition means that them being in an area of high road traffic aggravates their condition to a potentially lethal extent, their parents, assisted where possible by the State, should move them somewhere different. The whole city cannot be turned on its axis because of one person's health needs - that is absurd. It is an even more perverse version of locking everyone up to protect the old and unfit during Covid. And it happens for similar reason - giving national power to single interest campaigns and quangos, who can then introduce deeply damaging economic and social havoc on everyone to pursue their single issue goal with no consideration for the wider implications.
Incrementally increasing standards for the environment have been one of the great successes of the late 20th and earlier 21st century.
@LG83 is distraught that he was too late for his dream career as a coal mine canary.
Sadly for him electrification of transport means that improvements in air quality are inevitable
We need somebody who can take on Reform and prevent them getting power.
Starmer is clearly not up to that task.
You reckon Burnham is ?
I hope he is but I just think he’s a more charismatic version of Starmer.
I don't think he's up to it. But Starmer has got to go.
Starmer is herpes.
Burnham is syphilis.
You don't really want either, but if you have to choose...
A mantra in my life is that there is a cure for syphilis but there's no cure for regret.
That cheery Christian existentialist Kierkegaard points out that there is no cure for regret because the moment we make a choice we wonder for all time what would have been if we had made the other one. Robert Frost puts it best:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;
That's a funny one for me - I can spend ages agonising over a choice and change my mind at the last moment. But once the decision is made it's not something I revisit or feel regret over. My wife really bugs me on this sometimes: "we should have..." or "if only...", but even with hindsight, you can never really know how those other paths would have turned out.
I'm sure I've made plenty of bad decisions. My life doesn't look like a straight path from A to B, much more like someone blundering around without a map. But I'm happy where I've ended up and changing any of those decisions would put me somewhere else (and quite possibly I'd never have met my wife - our paths only crossed briefly, possibly due to some of my bad decisions).
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig sets this out quite brilliantly.
Or, as Seneca put it somewhat earlier: “It is in no man’s power to have whatever he wants, but he has it in his power not to wish for what he hasn’t got, and cheerfully make the most of the things that do come his way.”
The bastard who murdered little Preston has been given a full life sentence.
Shouldn't Reform and their friends be demanding white school teachers are vilified across the nation?
Or the banning of adoption by gay men?
That might be quite a likely demand from a hard of thinking politician I would have thought.
The bigger questions need to be asked at the hospital where he had several admissions in a very short space of time.
I have looked in detail at the timeline and with hindsight it is easy to condemn. However the key potential error is the broken elbow on visit three. This seems highly problematic. Lady Brook is not happy. I believe she has lots of questions of medical and social worker staff.
Varley's evil and graphic sexual abuse is beyond contempt. I don't believe a general extrapolation should be made because Varley was either, white, male, a teacher or gay.
Clearly not. But the failure to spot the warning signs will need to be looked at.
My three year old has had a few instances taken to the local out of hours medical service (usually ear infections plus temperatures) and I worried every time about getting on the list as 'parents keep bringing child in'. When my son was a very small baby and we had the routine social worker visits on one occasion I said I was surprised that my son had not had a motion for a couple of days and I asked about this. The social worker gave me a look and asked why I was asking, with me getting the impression that she was suspicious that I had done something. I explained that he was my only child so it was all new to me.
My nephew had his children removed by a children's court by an incompetent social worker after one visit to hospital
As a result I cannot understand how this happened in this case.
In the case of baby P, Shoesmith was obsessed with punishing someone for child abuse.
The person in question was a young social worker who, after a tirade of abuse from a teenager, shouted back. Once.
A big, fat file was opened on this terrible case.
At the same time, the warnings from the same young social worker that baby P was being gradually battered to death, over months, were ignored.
Tail wagging against England means one of two things (1) Its now a really good track - batting will be easy or (2) We are about to get rolled for 120...
The joy of Bazball is we don't know which but we will by tea when NZ are batting again.
Historically the Oval was the flattest of flat tracks for decades
Always used to be the final test of summer. In the glory days when we had long hot summers and the pitch would start to break up on day 4, and Phil Tufnell would spin the Aussies out.
I played for Kenilworth during my PhD at Warwick and I will never forget that Tufnell game (we'd finished and were all watching on TV...)
Off topic. I read PB most days. It’s been ages since I have commented on PB. However: @Luckyguy1983 recently commented that: “Burnham's 'clean air zone' in Manchester is a black spot on his reputation.” Can I ask @Luckyguy1983 what is wrong with trying to improve air quality? Air pollution caused by vehicle emissions is a disaster for asthmatics and people with respiratory illness. Does anyone remember Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah? Google summary. “The case of Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah stands as a pivotal example of how vehicle pollution can lead to asthma-related deaths. Ella, a nine-year-old girl, tragically passed away due to asthma exacerbations caused by air pollution from road traffic. Her inquest revealed that air pollution, particularly from traffic emissions, was a significant contributory factor to her asthma and death.” I am hugely in favour of low emission zones and attempts to improve air quality. (Wife and I have an EV.) I have taken asthma medication for almost all of my life, but I don’t have the most serious type. I have only been hospitalised once and that was about 45 years ago. According to google there are about four asthma deaths in the UK each day.
You have missed the point. Burnham caved on Manchester's clean air zone.
He has missed the point, and so have you.
The clean air zone has come up as a negative (trying to implement it, not caving on it, which shows wisdom if not courage), one of not very many, on the doorsteps of Makerfield. That prepares the ground for Burnham to be portrayed as on the side of green zealotry.
As for Moanrs post, it is dreadfully sad that the young girl died, but she died from asthma. If someone's asthmatic condition means that them being in an area of high road traffic aggravates their condition to a potentially lethal extent, their parents, assisted where possible by the State, should move them somewhere different. The whole city cannot be turned on its axis because of one person's health needs - that is absurd. It is an even more perverse version of locking everyone up to protect the old and unfit during Covid. And it happens for similar reason - giving national power to single interest campaigns and quangos, who can then introduce deeply damaging economic and social havoc on everyone to pursue their single issue goal with no consideration for the wider implications.
Incrementally increasing standards for the environment have been one of the great successes of the late 20th and earlier 21st century.
Hemlines rising has been one of the great fashion successes of the 20th and 21st century. That doesn't mean that logically it is desirable that they should rise indefinitely or that any rise is good.
Off topic. I read PB most days. It’s been ages since I have commented on PB. However: @Luckyguy1983 recently commented that: “Burnham's 'clean air zone' in Manchester is a black spot on his reputation.” Can I ask @Luckyguy1983 what is wrong with trying to improve air quality? Air pollution caused by vehicle emissions is a disaster for asthmatics and people with respiratory illness. Does anyone remember Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah? Google summary. “The case of Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah stands as a pivotal example of how vehicle pollution can lead to asthma-related deaths. Ella, a nine-year-old girl, tragically passed away due to asthma exacerbations caused by air pollution from road traffic. Her inquest revealed that air pollution, particularly from traffic emissions, was a significant contributory factor to her asthma and death.” I am hugely in favour of low emission zones and attempts to improve air quality. (Wife and I have an EV.) I have taken asthma medication for almost all of my life, but I don’t have the most serious type. I have only been hospitalised once and that was about 45 years ago. According to google there are about four asthma deaths in the UK each day.
You have missed the point. Burnham caved on Manchester's clean air zone.
He has missed the point, and so have you.
The clean air zone has come up as a negative (trying to implement it, not caving on it, which shows wisdom if not courage), one of not very many, on the doorsteps of Makerfield. That prepares the ground for Burnham to be portrayed as on the side of green zealotry.
As for Moanrs post, it is dreadfully sad that the young girl died, but she died from asthma. If someone's asthmatic condition means that them being in an area of high road traffic aggravates their condition to a potentially lethal extent, their parents, assisted where possible by the State, should move them somewhere different. The whole city cannot be turned on its axis because of one person's health needs - that is absurd. It is an even more perverse version of locking everyone up to protect the old and unfit during Covid. And it happens for similar reason - giving national power to single interest campaigns and quangos, who can then introduce deeply damaging economic and social havoc on everyone to pursue their single issue goal with no consideration for the wider implications.
Incrementally increasing standards for the environment have been one of the great successes of the late 20th and earlier 21st century.
@LG83 is distraught that he was too late for his dream career as a coal mine canary.
Sadly for him electrification of transport means that improvements in air quality are inevitable
I hear he’s off to Moscow to enjoy the atmosphere.
The bastard who murdered little Preston has been given a full life sentence.
Shouldn't Reform and their friends be demanding white school teachers are vilified across the nation?
Aren’t they already? “My little Timmy just set fire to the school and broke a girls arm. And you spoke to him in a mean tone of voice! How can you live with yourself?!!”
That wasn't what I had in mind at all.
When disgusting murders were committed in Stockport, Mr Farage demanded unrest on the streets against a particular cohort of people, one of whom he had incorrectly assumed was involved in the dreadful murders.
Off topic. I read PB most days. It’s been ages since I have commented on PB. However: @Luckyguy1983 recently commented that: “Burnham's 'clean air zone' in Manchester is a black spot on his reputation.” Can I ask @Luckyguy1983 what is wrong with trying to improve air quality? Air pollution caused by vehicle emissions is a disaster for asthmatics and people with respiratory illness. Does anyone remember Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah? Google summary. “The case of Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah stands as a pivotal example of how vehicle pollution can lead to asthma-related deaths. Ella, a nine-year-old girl, tragically passed away due to asthma exacerbations caused by air pollution from road traffic. Her inquest revealed that air pollution, particularly from traffic emissions, was a significant contributory factor to her asthma and death.” I am hugely in favour of low emission zones and attempts to improve air quality. (Wife and I have an EV.) I have taken asthma medication for almost all of my life, but I don’t have the most serious type. I have only been hospitalised once and that was about 45 years ago. According to google there are about four asthma deaths in the UK each day.
You have missed the point. Burnham caved on Manchester's clean air zone.
He has missed the point, and so have you.
The clean air zone has come up as a negative (trying to implement it, not caving on it, which shows wisdom if not courage), one of not very many, on the doorsteps of Makerfield. That prepares the ground for Burnham to be portrayed as on the side of green zealotry.
As for Moanrs post, it is dreadfully sad that the young girl died, but she died from asthma. If someone's asthmatic condition means that them being in an area of high road traffic aggravates their condition to a potentially lethal extent, their parents, assisted where possible by the State, should move them somewhere different. The whole city cannot be turned on its axis because of one person's health needs - that is absurd. It is an even more perverse version of locking everyone up to protect the old and unfit during Covid. And it happens for similar reason - giving national power to single interest campaigns and quangos, who can then introduce deeply damaging economic and social havoc on everyone to pursue their single issue goal with no consideration for the wider implications.
Incrementally increasing standards for the environment have been one of the great successes of the late 20th and earlier 21st century.
Hemlines rising has been one of the great fashion successes of the 20th and 21st century. That doesn't mean that logically it is desirable that they should rise indefinitely or that any rise is good.
The bastard who murdered little Preston has been given a full life sentence.
Shouldn't Reform and their friends be demanding white school teachers are vilified across the nation?
Or the banning of adoption by gay men?
That might be quite a likely demand from a hard of thinking politician I would have thought.
The bigger questions need to be asked at the hospital where he had several admissions in a very short space of time.
I have looked in detail at the timeline and with hindsight it is easy to condemn. However the key potential error is the broken elbow on visit three. This seems highly problematic. Lady Brook is not happy. I believe she has lots of questions of medical and social worker staff.
Varley's evil and graphic sexual abuse is beyond contempt. I don't believe a general extrapolation should be made because Varley was either, white, male, a teacher or gay.
Clearly not. But the failure to spot the warning signs will need to be looked at.
My three year old has had a few instances taken to the local out of hours medical service (usually ear infections plus temperatures) and I worried every time about getting on the list as 'parents keep bringing child in'. When my son was a very small baby and we had the routine social worker visits on one occasion I said I was surprised that my son had not had a motion for a couple of days and I asked about this. The social worker gave me a look and asked why I was asking, with me getting the impression that she was suspicious that I had done something. I explained that he was my only child so it was all new to me.
My nephew had his children removed by a children's court by an incompetent social worker after one visit to hospital
As a result I cannot understand how this happened in this case.
Do you mean health visitor rather than social worker?
White supremacists with links to banned neo-Nazi groups are helping to fund Restore Britain.
Rupert Lowe’s party could hold the balance of power in Thursday’s Makerfield by-election by splitting the Right-wing vote with Reform UK, clearing the way for Labour’s Andy Burnham to win.
Some of Restore’s supporters are so openly racist that Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the far-Right activist detained last week under counter-terrorism laws, has questioned whether the party is too extreme.
Yaxley-Lennon, who uses the alias Tommy Robinson, challenged Mr Lowe to ask whether black people would be allowed to stand as parliamentary candidates for the party, or whether their skin colour would rule them out. Robinson suggested they should be able to stand.
Among Restore’s recent supporters is Steve Laws, who campaigns for “total remigration” of all non-white people. He posted on social media that he had donated to the party.
Jared Taylor, an American banned from the UK because of his extreme racist views, has become a paid-up member.
Other neo-fascists who have paid to join Restore include Sam Melia, who was jailed in 2024 for stirring up racial hatred, Sam Wilkes, a Nazi apologist, and Simon Birkett, who is buying up land for the benefit of “the British people”.
Mr Laws, who has said he has “signed up and donated” to Restore Britain, describes himself as the founder of Remigration Now, which calls for the expulsion of every non-white and Jewish person from Britain.
Is it reassuring, troubling, or just odd that Farage should start sounding like a wet liberal with a passion for the rule of law and a desire for peaceful integration?
As to the unfolding of the monsters of the sleep of reason, will the Vikings wanting to expel the Saxons get their first, or will the Anglians wanting to expel the Picts beat them to it?
I really like the phrase "monsters of the sleep of reason". If I knew what it meant I might steal it!
Either Farage drinks in exactly the same pub, with the same group of England fans for every match or he has decided to get involved in recycling:
And drinking Spanish beer (see the drip tray). What a traitor!
Madri is as Spanish as Francis Drake.
I believe he spelled it 'Francisco'.
Madri is a top quality Spanish beer, known for its authentic Spanish flavour, brewed in the uk on Licence
It’s the spirit of Madrid
I can't believe that isn't satire, but in case... From Wikipedia
Madrí Excepcional is a British beer developed in Burton on Trent by Coors, the parent company of Carling, with some input from their Spanish brewery subsidiary in Toledo, La Sagra; it is manufactured in Tadcaster, UK. In 2024, it was the fourth most sold lager in the UK.
Either Farage drinks in exactly the same pub, with the same group of England fans for every match or he has decided to get involved in recycling:
And drinking Spanish beer (see the drip tray). What a traitor!
Madri is as Spanish as Francis Drake.
I believe he spelled it 'Francisco'.
Madri is a top quality Spanish beer, known for its authentic Spanish flavour, brewed in the uk on Licence
It’s the spirit of Madrid
I can't believe that isn't satire, but in case... From Wikipedia
Madrí Excepcional is a British beer developed in Burton on Trent by Coors, the parent company of Carling, with some input from their Spanish brewery subsidiary in Toledo, La Sagra; it is manufactured in Tadcaster, UK. In 2024, it was the fourth most sold lager in the UK.
Sorry. I was being childish. It was meant as a joke
Off topic. I read PB most days. It’s been ages since I have commented on PB. However: @Luckyguy1983 recently commented that: “Burnham's 'clean air zone' in Manchester is a black spot on his reputation.” Can I ask @Luckyguy1983 what is wrong with trying to improve air quality? Air pollution caused by vehicle emissions is a disaster for asthmatics and people with respiratory illness. Does anyone remember Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah? Google summary. “The case of Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah stands as a pivotal example of how vehicle pollution can lead to asthma-related deaths. Ella, a nine-year-old girl, tragically passed away due to asthma exacerbations caused by air pollution from road traffic. Her inquest revealed that air pollution, particularly from traffic emissions, was a significant contributory factor to her asthma and death.” I am hugely in favour of low emission zones and attempts to improve air quality. (Wife and I have an EV.) I have taken asthma medication for almost all of my life, but I don’t have the most serious type. I have only been hospitalised once and that was about 45 years ago. According to google there are about four asthma deaths in the UK each day.
You have missed the point. Burnham caved on Manchester's clean air zone.
He has missed the point, and so have you.
The clean air zone has come up as a negative (trying to implement it, not caving on it, which shows wisdom if not courage), one of not very many, on the doorsteps of Makerfield. That prepares the ground for Burnham to be portrayed as on the side of green zealotry.
As for Moanrs post, it is dreadfully sad that the young girl died, but she died from asthma. If someone's asthmatic condition means that them being in an area of high road traffic aggravates their condition to a potentially lethal extent, their parents, assisted where possible by the State, should move them somewhere different. The whole city cannot be turned on its axis because of one person's health needs - that is absurd. It is an even more perverse version of locking everyone up to protect the old and unfit during Covid. And it happens for similar reason - giving national power to single interest campaigns and quangos, who can then introduce deeply damaging economic and social havoc on everyone to pursue their single issue goal with no consideration for the wider implications.
Incrementally increasing standards for the environment have been one of the great successes of the late 20th and earlier 21st century.
@LG83 is distraught that he was too late for his dream career as a coal mine canary.
Sadly for him electrification of transport means that improvements in air quality are inevitable
I hear he’s off to Moscow to enjoy the atmosphere.
Indeed - a complete and successful marketing confection. And rumoured to be Coors light with extra hops (although that is not certain). Hilariously (or at least I find it funny) the Aldi knock-off of Madri called “Grande,” and the red bottle label is replete with a Spanish looking chap in a hat, is actually brewed in Spain.
Indeed - a complete and successful marketing confection. And rumoured to be Coors light with extra hops (although that is not certain). Hilariously (or at least I find it funny) the Aldi knock-off of Madri called “Grande,” and the red bottle label is replete with a Spanish looking chap in a hat, is actually brewed in Spain.
It’s supposed to be the spirit of Madrid but spirits arev40% or so ABV
Why would they? It is completely British (aside from the fact that the Brewery owners are American).The guy on the label is clearly from Yorkshire, he’s got a flat cap on and everything. Whippets weren’t included because the illustrator can’t do animals or something.
Indeed - a complete and successful marketing confection. And rumoured to be Coors light with extra hops (although that is not certain). Hilariously (or at least I find it funny) the Aldi knock-off of Madri called “Grande,” and the red bottle label is replete with a Spanish looking chap in a hat, is actually brewed in Spain.
I accidentally had a pint once, as in there was nothing else left except other lagers I would never touch, and it duly duly joined that list.
Why would they? It is completely British (aside from the fact that the Brewery owners are American).The guy on the label is clearly from Yorkshire, he’s got a flat cap on and everything. Whippets weren’t included because the illustrator can’t do animals or something.
Indeed - a complete and successful marketing confection. And rumoured to be Coors light with extra hops (although that is not certain). Hilariously (or at least I find it funny) the Aldi knock-off of Madri called “Grande,” and the red bottle label is replete with a Spanish looking chap in a hat, is actually brewed in Spain.
I accidentally had a pint once, as in there was nothing else left except other lagers I would never touch, and it duly duly joined that list.
I had a pint once. Glorious. As great a beer as Jamshed is a top quality wine
Indeed - a complete and successful marketing confection. And rumoured to be Coors light with extra hops (although that is not certain). Hilariously (or at least I find it funny) the Aldi knock-off of Madri called “Grande,” and the red bottle label is replete with a Spanish looking chap in a hat, is actually brewed in Spain.
Beer is actually pretty simple. Choose your grain, malt it then extract the wort and brew with your choice of hops. Water can make a difference. You can tailor the inorganic salts in the water to match any water in the world (e.g. when Gales were bought by Fullers they switched production to Chiswick but with water to match Horndean.)
Indeed - a complete and successful marketing confection. And rumoured to be Coors light with extra hops (although that is not certain). Hilariously (or at least I find it funny) the Aldi knock-off of Madri called “Grande,” and the red bottle label is replete with a Spanish looking chap in a hat, is actually brewed in Spain.
I accidentally had a pint once, as in there was nothing else left except other lagers I would never touch, and it duly duly joined that list.
I only drink lager in hot places like Thailand or, on a good day, the Canaries.
Indeed - a complete and successful marketing confection. And rumoured to be Coors light with extra hops (although that is not certain). Hilariously (or at least I find it funny) the Aldi knock-off of Madri called “Grande,” and the red bottle label is replete with a Spanish looking chap in a hat, is actually brewed in Spain.
I accidentally had a pint once, as in there was nothing else left except other lagers I would never touch, and it duly duly joined that list.
I had a pint once. Glorious. As great a beer as Jamshed is a top quality wine
Thinking of getting a dozen to lie down
There is no beer that a licensed UK industrial brewer given the same ingredients could not ruin.
An absolute weather cauldron is brewing over next few days in France.
Let's hope we escape this one.
Known as high summer?
Yes but a lot higher than used to be the case.
Likely record was et a long long time ago
Just to correct things here: the all time French record (and June record) was 46C, on 28 June 2019. Certainly not 37C!
We missed that one, only peaking at 34C, because of a low stable layer of maritime air infiltrating on Easterlies despite upper air temperatures at stupid levels. We are likely to escape the worst this time, for not drinking similar reasons.
"The government’s annual accounts have been discounted by the National Audit Office for the third year in a row due to the amount of unaudited accounts from local councils."
Off topic. I read PB most days. It’s been ages since I have commented on PB. However: @Luckyguy1983 recently commented that: “Burnham's 'clean air zone' in Manchester is a black spot on his reputation.” Can I ask @Luckyguy1983 what is wrong with trying to improve air quality? Air pollution caused by vehicle emissions is a disaster for asthmatics and people with respiratory illness. Does anyone remember Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah? Google summary. “The case of Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah stands as a pivotal example of how vehicle pollution can lead to asthma-related deaths. Ella, a nine-year-old girl, tragically passed away due to asthma exacerbations caused by air pollution from road traffic. Her inquest revealed that air pollution, particularly from traffic emissions, was a significant contributory factor to her asthma and death.” I am hugely in favour of low emission zones and attempts to improve air quality. (Wife and I have an EV.) I have taken asthma medication for almost all of my life, but I don’t have the most serious type. I have only been hospitalised once and that was about 45 years ago. According to google there are about four asthma deaths in the UK each day.
You have missed the point. Burnham caved on Manchester's clean air zone.
He has missed the point, and so have you.
The clean air zone has come up as a negative (trying to implement it, not caving on it, which shows wisdom if not courage), one of not very many, on the doorsteps of Makerfield. That prepares the ground for Burnham to be portrayed as on the side of green zealotry.
As for Moanrs post, it is dreadfully sad that the young girl died, but she died from asthma. If someone's asthmatic condition means that them being in an area of high road traffic aggravates their condition to a potentially lethal extent, their parents, assisted where possible by the State, should move them somewhere different. The whole city cannot be turned on its axis because of one person's health needs - that is absurd. It is an even more perverse version of locking everyone up to protect the old and unfit during Covid. And it happens for similar reason - giving national power to single interest campaigns and quangos, who can then introduce deeply damaging economic and social havoc on everyone to pursue their single issue goal with no consideration for the wider implications.
Incrementally increasing standards for the environment have been one of the great successes of the late 20th and earlier 21st century.
Hemlines rising has been one of the great fashion successes of the 20th and 21st century. That doesn't mean that logically it is desirable that they should rise indefinitely or that any rise is good.
Most analogies are rubbish.
It sort of works, until you reflect that long skirts don't generally make kids die of asthma.
Indeed - a complete and successful marketing confection. And rumoured to be Coors light with extra hops (although that is not certain). Hilariously (or at least I find it funny) the Aldi knock-off of Madri called “Grande,” and the red bottle label is replete with a Spanish looking chap in a hat, is actually brewed in Spain.
Beer is actually pretty simple. Choose your grain, malt it then extract the wort and brew with your choice of hops. Water can make a difference. You can tailor the inorganic salts in the water to match any water in the world (e.g. when Gales were bought by Fullers they switched production to Chiswick but with water to match Horndean.)
I guess it is simple - however, as an enthusiastic home brewer it often feels like a lot of cleaning until all of a sudden some brewing happens.
But like cooking - quality of ingredients matters, techniques matter and if you cut corners generally the output is worse (e.g. you can pressure ferment lager means so you can ferment at higher temps and get a quicker result, you can also throw in a load of chemicals to clean it up for packaging rather than letting it actually “lager” at a cold temp for ages). The lager I will open tonight was made at Christmas and kept cold until now.
It certainly sounds like it could be the wrong kind of nondescript lager/dishwasher .
And Newcastle Brown Ale?
The favoured drink of my student days!
Dumb question from me - when I drank it in the 90's it came in a bottle and was fizzy. Was it the same in your time? Or was is a keg beer?
Back in the late 50's I'm pretty sure it was down from pumps, although there were bottles. I tried it again 40 years later and it was definitely fizzier than I recalled.
Is there ever a good excuse for an opener to be run out?
I opened once with a guy who thought he was playing a test match - it was an evening 20 over bash. Every over I took one run of the first ball of the over, then he batted out the remaining 5 balls. Must have been 6 or 7 overs in.
It certainly sounds like it could be the wrong kind of nondescript lager/dishwasher .
And Newcastle Brown Ale?
The favoured drink of my student days!
Dumb question from me - when I drank it in the 90's it came in a bottle and was fizzy. Was it the same in your time? Or was is a keg beer?
I can recall it being available on draft (and in cans), but it was generally drunk in half-size glasses from 500ml bottles. For some unfathomable reason in my youth it was generally known as dog.
Indeed - a complete and successful marketing confection. And rumoured to be Coors light with extra hops (although that is not certain). Hilariously (or at least I find it funny) the Aldi knock-off of Madri called “Grande,” and the red bottle label is replete with a Spanish looking chap in a hat, is actually brewed in Spain.
Beer is actually pretty simple. Choose your grain, malt it then extract the wort and brew with your choice of hops. Water can make a difference. You can tailor the inorganic salts in the water to match any water in the world (e.g. when Gales were bought by Fullers they switched production to Chiswick but with water to match Horndean.)
I guess it is simple - however, as an enthusiastic home brewer it often feels like a lot of cleaning until all of a sudden some brewing happens.
But like cooking - quality of ingredients matters, techniques matter and if you cut corners generally the output is worse (e.g. you can pressure ferment lager means so you can ferment at higher temps and get a quicker result, you can also throw in a load of chemicals to clean it up for packaging rather than letting it actually “lager” at a cold temp for ages). The lager I will open tonight was made at Christmas and kept cold until now.
2020s guide to making beer – get famous and await call from small brewery to stick your name on the label. See also wine, gin, perfume.
Is there ever a good excuse for an opener to be run out?
I opened once with a guy who thought he was playing a test match - it was an evening 20 over bash. Every over I took one run of the first ball of the over, then he batted out the remaining 5 balls. Must have been 6 or 7 overs in.
Republicans quietly killed Sen. Elizabeth Warren's amendment to bar DOD from investing in companies tied to President Donald Trump, his Cabinet and their families.
Is there ever a good excuse for an opener to be run out?
I opened once with a guy who thought he was playing a test match - it was an evening 20 over bash. Every over I took one run of the first ball of the over, then he batted out the remaining 5 balls. Must have been 6 or 7 overs in.
Reader - I ran him out.
Dimly recall Botham once did that to Boycott.
Brian Rose opened with Boycott and the pair set off at a funereal pace. In his book A Cricketing Hero Leo McKinstry wrote that as they prepared to head out, Rose said: "I suppose we're going to go out and slog it?" to which Boycott replied: "You play it your way, I'll play it mine."
When Rose fell for 7 England had crawled to 25 for 1 after 80 minutes. Boycott was all at sea, barely able to get the ball off the square. Pushing for quick runs was the last thing he needed or was likely to do.
Derek Randall came in to get things moving and was finding his feet when he was controversially run out by Ewen Chatfield while backing up. No warning was given, and England were livid. "New Zealand's reputation for fair play is in the gutter after the meanest act I have seen on a cricket field," was Pat Gibson's conclusion in the Daily Express.
Botham was promoted to No. 4 by vice-captain Bob Willis with the aim of quick runs - and also with a specific order from Willis to "go and run the bugger [Boycott] out". Given the mental state of the tour party, it was a sentiment that probably echoed what they were all feeling.
Botham's first job was to let Chatfield know what he thought of his behaviour, and he then walked on to meet Boycott, who told him how he was struggling. Botham smiled and told him not to worry, and that he would sort it.
After 20 minutes the chance came. Botham called for the most improbable of singles, and by the time a bemused Boycott realised what was happening and tried to send his partner back, it was too late and Botham had run past him before he could regain his ground at the non-striker's end.
"He never stood a chance," admitted Botham. "What have you done, what have you done," Boycott muttered as it dawned on him he was out. Botham's response - allegedly, "I've run you out, you ****" - has gone down in folklore. "I couldn't look at him," Botham added. "I cracked up and had to go for a walk around the back of the umpire."
It certainly sounds like it could be the wrong kind of nondescript lager/dishwasher .
And Newcastle Brown Ale?
The favoured drink of my student days!
Dumb question from me - when I drank it in the 90's it came in a bottle and was fizzy. Was it the same in your time? Or was is a keg beer?
I can recall it being available on draft (and in cans), but it was generally drunk in half-size glasses from 500ml bottles. For some unfathomable reason in my youth it was generally known as dog.
We normally drank it in pints. Other beers were available as draft as well.
Republicans quietly killed Sen. Elizabeth Warren's amendment to bar DOD from investing in companies tied to President Donald Trump, his Cabinet and their families.
Republicans quietly killed Sen. Elizabeth Warren's amendment to bar DOD from investing in companies tied to President Donald Trump, his Cabinet and their families.
Comments
1) She couldn't work at my firm as she'd fail the enhanced DBS check and CIFAS check.
and
2) It would blunt any attacks on Nigel Farage's probity.
But that’s odd as you’re very much one of the rational people here. Deciding what Reform would say and condemning them for it is just odd.
She's made political errors on WFA
What she has got is the confidence of the markets and had it not for Iran and Trump and Israel shed be well on way to inflation target and growth.
Even either Iran indicators as yet as far better than many right wing media ghouls have predicted.
The ridiculous Rachel from Accounts crap totally fabricate her true economic ability and background.
I'd give her 12 months at least.
Enjoy.
And so where do you put her?
Also, total piss btw.
Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/18/nigel-farage-trying-block-britcoin-crypto-plans-bank-of-england-christopher-harborne
The clean air zone has come up as a negative (trying to implement it, not caving on it, which shows wisdom if not courage), one of not very many, on the doorsteps of Makerfield. That prepares the ground for Burnham to be portrayed as on the side of green zealotry.
As for Moanrs post, it is dreadfully sad that the young girl died, but she died from asthma. If someone's asthmatic condition means that them being in an area of high road traffic aggravates their condition to a potentially lethal extent, their parents, assisted where possible by the State, should move them somewhere different. The whole city cannot be turned on its axis because of one person's health needs - that is absurd. It is an even more perverse version of locking everyone up to protect the old and unfit during Covid. And it happens for similar reason - giving national power to single interest campaigns and quangos, who can then introduce wreak damaging economic and social havoc on everyone to pursue their single issue goal with no consideration for the wider implications.
The new, replacement standard (Europe wide) which was much better was just months away from finalisation.
So a considerable amount of work was done (on the old system) then ripped out without ever combing used.
For extra fun, this actually delayed the final implantation of the new standard.
My three year old has had a few instances taken to the local out of hours medical service (usually ear infections plus temperatures) and I worried every time about getting on the list as 'parents keep bringing child in'. When my son was a very small baby and we had the routine social worker visits on one occasion I said I was surprised that my son had not had a motion for a couple of days and I asked about this. The social worker gave me a look and asked why I was asking, with me getting the impression that she was suspicious that I had done something. I explained that he was my only child so it was all new to me.
My nephew had his children removed by a children's court by an incompetent social worker after one visit to hospital
As a result I cannot understand how this happened in this case.
But, clearly, the death of Preston Davey at the hands of a monster is something to condemn Reform over
Or Ambassador to Afghanistan.
I’d sooner drink my neighbours cats urine
Sadly for him electrification of transport means that improvements in air quality are inevitable
Or, as Seneca put it somewhat earlier:
“It is in no man’s power to have whatever he wants, but he has it in his power not to wish for what he hasn’t got, and cheerfully make the most of the things that do come his way.”
The person in question was a young social worker who, after a tirade of abuse from a teenager, shouted back. Once.
A big, fat file was opened on this terrible case.
At the same time, the warnings from the same young social worker that baby P was being gradually battered to death, over months, were ignored.
Same shit, different arseholes.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/18/most-famous-tree-world-sherwood-forest-ancient-major-oak-dies
One of the last millennials...
I played for Kenilworth during my PhD at Warwick and I will never forget that Tufnell game (we'd finished and were all watching on TV...)
Licence
It’s the spirit of Madrid
Kemi Badenoch tells The Times ceo summit there is "no chance" of Tories ever sharing power with Reform
I hear he’s off to Moscow to enjoy the atmosphere.
Madrí Excepcional is a British beer developed in Burton on Trent by Coors, the parent company of Carling, with some input from their Spanish brewery subsidiary in Toledo, La Sagra; it is manufactured in Tadcaster, UK. In 2024, it was the fourth most sold lager in the UK.
https://x.com/lauraloomer/status/2067319339326276071
10th wicket partnership of 68 in the first innings with Hick. England lost by an innings.
The beer of Madrid maybe
If not why not ?
I just wondered
Thinking of getting a dozen to lie down
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/starmer-hints-world-cup-bank-37308694
Sensible policies for a happier
BritainEngland.We missed that one, only peaking at 34C, because of a low stable layer of maritime air infiltrating on Easterlies despite upper air temperatures at stupid levels. We are likely to escape the worst this time, for not drinking similar reasons.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjx87gvlnxo
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/jun/18/makerfield-byelection-polls-open-labour-leadership-andy-burnham-keir-starmer-latest-news-updates
Do they still make that. Not had it in donkeys
It certainly sounds like it could be the wrong kind of nondescript lager/dishwasher .
And Newcastle Brown Ale?
But like cooking - quality of ingredients matters, techniques matter and if you cut corners generally the output is worse (e.g. you can pressure ferment lager means so you can ferment at higher temps and get a quicker result, you can also throw in a load of chemicals to clean it up for packaging rather than letting it actually “lager” at a cold temp for ages). The lager I will open tonight was made at Christmas and kept cold until now.
Oh, no - silly me. Forgot the Kompromat....
Reader - I ran him out.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/live/c2evw4vpe1jt
Republicans quietly killed Sen. Elizabeth Warren's amendment to bar DOD from investing in companies tied to President Donald Trump, his Cabinet and their families.
It failed in a party-line vote last week during SASC’s closed-door NDAA markup
https://x.com/reporterjoe/status/2067349569709474198
When Rose fell for 7 England had crawled to 25 for 1 after 80 minutes. Boycott was all at sea, barely able to get the ball off the square. Pushing for quick runs was the last thing he needed or was likely to do.
Derek Randall came in to get things moving and was finding his feet when he was controversially run out by Ewen Chatfield while backing up. No warning was given, and England were livid. "New Zealand's reputation for fair play is in the gutter after the meanest act I have seen on a cricket field," was Pat Gibson's conclusion in the Daily Express.
Botham was promoted to No. 4 by vice-captain Bob Willis with the aim of quick runs - and also with a specific order from Willis to "go and run the bugger [Boycott] out". Given the mental state of the tour party, it was a sentiment that probably echoed what they were all feeling.
Botham's first job was to let Chatfield know what he thought of his behaviour, and he then walked on to meet Boycott, who told him how he was struggling. Botham smiled and told him not to worry, and that he would sort it.
After 20 minutes the chance came. Botham called for the most improbable of singles, and by the time a bemused Boycott realised what was happening and tried to send his partner back, it was too late and Botham had run past him before he could regain his ground at the non-striker's end.
"He never stood a chance," admitted Botham. "What have you done, what have you done," Boycott muttered as it dawned on him he was out. Botham's response - allegedly, "I've run you out, you ****" - has gone down in folklore. "I couldn't look at him," Botham added. "I cracked up and had to go for a walk around the back of the umpire."
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rewind-to-1978-botham-to-boycott-i-ve-run-you-out-you-604169