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Result of council at last election (2015): Labour 29, Conservatives 17, Independents 7, United Kingdom Independence Party 3 (Labour majority of 2)
Result of wards at last election (2015)
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Moss Bay sounds very piratey.0
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Second like Leave!0
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Third like Leicester on May 15th...
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Bungling Belgian anti-terror police quizzed 'mastermind' Abdeslam for just ONE HOUR before Brussels bloodbath as he was 'TOO TIRED' for questioning
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3508389/Abdeslam-questioned-ONE-HOUR-four-days-attacks-TIRED.html
Dupond et Dupont at it again...0 -
5th like Spurs on May 15th
Edit: I do not want this to happen.0 -
US officials said he and his brother Khalid were on US counter-terror watch lists before the attacks.
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Our best finish since 1928 and a Champions League place. I would have taken that at the start of the season! Arsenal have the best run in, but too big of gap to close I think. Leicesters target is 83 points, to be certain of winning. We have consistently got 2 points average per game all season so should get 80. Its going to be tough for Spurs to catch us...tlg86 said:Third like Leicester on May 15th...
(runs and hides).
Sad to see Cruyff had an untimely death today. My earliest football memory was watching his sensational performance in the 74 world cup.0 -
What the hell is wrong with students these days. The 6th and 7th pictures are hilarious. The 7th particularly so as two students are comforting each other after viewing the word "Trump".
Students freak out because someone chalked trump slogans on campus: Emory university president says students are scared and 'in pain'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3506491/Emory-president-Students-scared-Trump-2016-chalk-signs.html
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3506491/Emory-president-Students-scared-Trump-2016-chalk-signs.htmlMP_SE said:What the hell is wrong with students these days. The 6th and 7th pictures are hilarious. The 7th particularly so as two students are comforting each other after viewing the word "Trump".
Students freak out because someone chalked trump slogans on campus: Emory university president says students are scared and 'in pain'
WTF
University organizations also offered counselling to those affected
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SAFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEEE SPPPACCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE0
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I think Leicester should do it - but that might be the problem. So far the players look very comfortable where they are and haven't started panicking, but I hope Arsenal (though hopefully not Spurs) can keep you honest to the end.foxinsoxuk said:
Our best finish since 1928 and a Champions League place. I would have taken that at the start of the season! Arsenal have the best run in, but too big of gap to close I think. Leicesters target is 83 points, to be certain of winning. We have consistently got 2 points average per game all season so should get 80. Its going to be tough for Spurs to catch us...tlg86 said:Third like Leicester on May 15th...
(runs and hides).
Sad to see Cruyff had an untimely death today. My earliest football memory was watching his sensational performance in the 74 world cup.
Yes, sad news about Cruyff. It was a shame that the Netherlands did not win the World Cup in 1974 or 1978. Whether Cruyff would have made the difference in the latter is not known, but they are certainly one of the greatest teams in the history of the game.0 -
WTFMoses_ said:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3506491/Emory-president-Students-scared-Trump-2016-chalk-signs.htmlMP_SE said:What the hell is wrong with students these days. The 6th and 7th pictures are hilarious. The 7th particularly so as two students are comforting each other after viewing the word "Trump".
Students freak out because someone chalked trump slogans on campus: Emory university president says students are scared and 'in pain'
University organizations also offered counselling to those affected
Preparing them for the real world.
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O/T.on Paris and Brussels....It is difficult to imagine a time in human history when such a bunch of pathetic, group of puerile, inadequate, immature, mommy's boy, losers were able to gain such traction.
ISIS, and Islamism offers this pathetic group something. It is almost impossible to take them seriously other than the fact that they cause such carnage and unbearable heartbreak.0 -
It seems a little silly that the US primaries are still being polled at a national level when most of the delegates have already been alloted.0
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WTFMoses_ said:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3506491/Emory-president-Students-scared-Trump-2016-chalk-signs.htmlMP_SE said:What the hell is wrong with students these days. The 6th and 7th pictures are hilarious. The 7th particularly so as two students are comforting each other after viewing the word "Trump".
Students freak out because someone chalked trump slogans on campus: Emory university president says students are scared and 'in pain'
University organizations also offered counselling to those affected
Unbelievable. Heaven forbid that someone has a position they disagree with. Recent stories like these are making me reconsider my life in academia!0 -
The most incredible scandal is brewing in the poker / gambling industry. The head of Amaya (a company you probably won't of heard of, but it behind a lot of internet gambling) has been charged with insider trading and people have started to dig and the story is going everywhere. From his dodgy brother being involved with running an illegal lottery scheme and still owing the victims, to the CEO of the world largest porn company also being named in the insider trading case and that companies very chequered past.
Also, the small matter of one of the world largest asset manager BlackRock have pumped huge sums into Amaya.0 -
I thought for a second your first paragraph was on the Belgian police. I was thinking it seemed a bit harsh, then I saw the rest and it made sense.tyson said:O/T.on Paris and Brussels....It is difficult to imagine a time in human history when such a bunch of pathetic, group of puerile, inadequate, immature, mommy's boy, losers were able to gain such traction.
ISIS, and Islamism offers this pathetic group something. It is almost impossible to take them seriously other than the fact that they cause such carnage and unbearable heartbreak.
I would however argue the Nazis were a similar bunch of sexual and emotional inadequates - Hitler's lusting after his teenage niece springs to mind - who had far greater traction and caused considerably more carnage and heartbreak.
It is worth further mentioning at this point that Hitler was a big admirer of Wahhabist Islam (the creed which underpins much of Daesh's dogma) and was reported as saying that would have been a much better religion for Germany than 'meek and flabby' Christianity. Which suggests there is something rather radically wrong with it.0 -
Not watching it, but my timeline suggests the Scottish leaders debate is not going quite the way Nicola expected0
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There was some discussion in the papers a week or two back concerning at what age children are safe to be left alone. One columnist expressed a view that the reluctance of parents to let their children be alone even for very brief periods was to blame for all this "safe-spacing" and "trigger-warning" stuff. The argument was that the children never developed the independence of thought and mind to cope with the challenges of living in the outside world. Too many universities seem to treat themselves as overgrown creches.
It makes me feel old, but at 23 I was handling cardiac arrests, massive road trauma and attempts at suicide. At 21 my wife was often Nurse in charge of a chest surgery ward with deaths every day. Friends of mine were really searching out safe spaces and looking for trigger warnings in Northern Ireland at the same age.
Stifling children leads to immature adults. I blame the parents, and the Universities in Loco Parentis.0 -
Oooh, dear that could be nasty. A lot of charities invest in BRIM. A charity I used to run years ago did, for example. I remember wondering at the time why its accounts were so opaque. However, as they paid out regularly and we only had about 10% of our assets in them, I decided it wasn't really that important and just let it go.FrancisUrquhart said:Also, the small matter of one of the world largest asset manager BlackRock have pumped huge sums into Amaya.
If this turns out to be the start of something big there, a lot of people who have never even heard of Black Rock but use charities that have money with it are going to get badly hurt.0 -
Actually ydoethur, when I was sending off my post, I thought of Hitler and his repulsive bunch of inadequates, misfits and losers.
I dunno about humanity- I kind of believe that we have sufficient checks and balances in our system of governance, but then you have this kind of horror emerging.ydoethur said:
I thought for a second your first paragraph was on the Belgian police. I was thinking it seemed a bit harsh, then I saw the rest and it made sense.tyson said:O/T.on Paris and Brussels....It is difficult to imagine a time in human history when such a bunch of pathetic, group of puerile, inadequate, immature, mommy's boy, losers were able to gain such traction.
ISIS, and Islamism offers this pathetic group something. It is almost impossible to take them seriously other than the fact that they cause such carnage and unbearable heartbreak.
I would however argue the Nazis were a similar bunch of sexual and emotional inadequates - Hitler's lusting after his teenage niece springs to mind - who had far greater traction and caused considerably more carnage and heartbreak.
It is worth further mentioning at this point that Hitler was a big admirer of Wahhabist Islam (the creed which underpins much of Daesh's dogma) and was reported as saying that would have been a much better religion for Germany than 'meek and flabby' Christianity. Which suggests there is something rather radically wrong with it.0 -
Thank you Doctor for not mentioning the schools.foxinsoxuk said:Stifling children leads to immature adults. I blame the parents, and the Universities in Loco Parentis.
I'm sure it's only a matter of time before someone does though0 -
I think Blackrock will be fine, but they backed Amaya with huge funds to take over Pokerstars for $4.9 bn, when at the time Amaya at turnover of $160 million and never made a profit...ydoethur said:
Oooh, dear that could be nasty. A lot of charities invest in BRIM. A charity I used to run years ago did, for example. I remember wondering at the time why its accounts were so opaque. However, as they paid out regularly and we only had about 10% of our assets in them, I decided it wasn't really that important and just let it go.FrancisUrquhart said:Also, the small matter of one of the world largest asset manager BlackRock have pumped huge sums into Amaya.
If this turns out to be the start of something big there, a lot of people who have never even heard of Black Rock but use charities that have money with it are going to get badly hurt.
Pokerstars is still making money however, so at worst Blackrock still have a solid asset (although Amaya are running the site appallingly).
And now it seems the guy behind Amaya, his brother etc are as dodgy as hell. And then a whole list of other people are alleged to have been given privileged information about this takeover.
I mean would you do business with these brothers on a multi billion takeover?
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MORE: French Interior Minister: French national arrested today led to Paris raids that foiled attack in advanced stage of preparation.0
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What's disturbing about the Nazis is that you can't make any plausible excuse for them. They were not in a poor country, which is not to deny it had economic problems; nor was it backward or superstitious, being the cradle of enlightenment thought; nor were they marginalised in society, containing as they did Goering and Ludendorff.tyson said:Actually ydoethur, when I was sending off my post, I thought of Hitler and his repulsive bunch of inadequates, misfits and losers.
I dunno about humanity- I kind of believe that we have sufficient checks and balances in our system of governance, but then you have this kind of horror emerging.ydoethur said:
I thought for a second your first paragraph was on the Belgian police. I was thinking it seemed a bit harsh, then I saw the rest and it made sense.tyson said:O/T.on Paris and Brussels....It is difficult to imagine a time in human history when such a bunch of pathetic, group of puerile, inadequate, immature, mommy's boy, losers were able to gain such traction.
ISIS, and Islamism offers this pathetic group something. It is almost impossible to take them seriously other than the fact that they cause such carnage and unbearable heartbreak.
I would however argue the Nazis were a similar bunch of sexual and emotional inadequates - Hitler's lusting after his teenage niece springs to mind - who had far greater traction and caused considerably more carnage and heartbreak.
It is worth further mentioning at this point that Hitler was a big admirer of Wahhabist Islam (the creed which underpins much of Daesh's dogma) and was reported as saying that would have been a much better religion for Germany than 'meek and flabby' Christianity. Which suggests there is something rather radically wrong with it.
They were evil and they happened. Therefore, as you say, such things could happen anywhere.0 -
Re:student distress sufficient to necessitate counselling on seeing the word "Trump"... reminds me of my university days when an ironic rending of "Nellie the Elephant" would often feature at student discos... All together now: "Off she went with a trumpty-trump. Trump, trump, trump!".
More seriously, although my older daughter is only 15, she tells me that lots of her acquaintances at school are almost desperate to have some sort of mental illness diagnosed - depression, OCD, self-harming, eating disorder. She reckons it has become almost like a badge of honour these days or at least it has done amongst girls she knows. These are intelligent girls at a grammar school. A worrying trend.0 -
At the age of 12 I was smoking dope quite regularly and pretty responsibly, truanting a bit, and in control of roughly all my needs,,, laundry, meals etc.. Didn't hinder me at all in getting straight A's a O level and A level either. But as my wife tells me, she was still playing with her barbie dolls until the age of 14.foxinsoxuk said:
There was some discussion in the papers a week or two back concerning at what age children are safe to be left alone. One columnist expressed a view that the reluctance of parents to let their children be alone even for very brief periods was to blame for all this "safe-spacing" and "trigger-warning" stuff. The argument was that the children never developed the independence of thought and mind to cope with the challenges of living in the outside world. Too many universities seem to treat themselves as overgrown creches.
It makes me feel old, but at 23 I was handling cardiac arrests, massive road trauma and attempts at suicide. At 21 my wife was often Nurse in charge of a chest surgery ward with deaths every day. Friends of mine were really searching out safe spaces and looking for trigger warnings in Northern Ireland at the same age.
Stifling children leads to immature adults. I blame the parents, and the Universities in Loco Parentis.0 -
Schools get enough of this nonsense from parents themselves. Kids need to learn to rub along with the wider world, and school is an excellent place to learn about bullying, verbal attacks, mindless rules and a bit of physical rough and tumble. Schools need to know when to let the kids sort it out amongst themselves and when it really does need an adult intervention.ydoethur said:
Thank you Doctor for not mentioning the schools.foxinsoxuk said:Stifling children leads to immature adults. I blame the parents, and the Universities in Loco Parentis.
I'm sure it's only a matter of time before someone does though
Mind you fellow parents were aghast when my 8 year old son broke his arm jumping out of a tree. "Kids who don't break the odd bone every now and then are not getting enough exercise!" meant only slightly in jest.0 -
Tell them to read 'Black is the Colour of my True Love's Heart' by Ellis Peters.LucyJones said:Re:student distress sufficient to necessitate counselling on seeing the word "Trump"... reminds me of my university days when an ironic rending of "Nellie the Elephant" would often feature at student discos... All together now: "Off she went with a trumpty-trump. Trump, trump, trump!".
More seriously, although my older daughter is only 15, she tells me that lots of her acquaintances at school are almost desperate to have some sort of mental illness diagnosed - depression, OCD, self-harming, eating disorder. She reckons it has become almost like a badge of honour these days or at least it has done amongst girls she knows. These are intelligent girls at a grammar school. A worrying trend.
After a teenage girl spends a whole page psychoanalysing herself and her disorders, she is withered with the phrase 'You're a perfectly normal adolescent who spends too much time in adult company.'
And that was in about 1960!
Goodnight all, and Happy Easter.0 -
Nicola Sturgeon says she wants 50p income tax rate0
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3506491/Emory-president-Students-scared-Trump-2016-chalk-signs.htmlMP_SE said:What the hell is wrong with students these days. The 6th and 7th pictures are hilarious. The 7th particularly so as two students are comforting each other after viewing the word "Trump".
Students freak out because someone chalked trump slogans on campus: Emory university president says students are scared and 'in pain'
Absolutely pitiful, the next generation of leaders are being moulded in these places and it, quite frankly, scares the shit out of me.0 -
@jcullinane86: So NicolaFrancisUrquhart said:Nicola Sturgeon says she wants 50p income tax rate
Backs 50p tax but won't implement it
Opposes fracking but won't ban it
Prioritises education but will cut it
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@ydoethur
(Quote doesn't seem to be working for me).
I'll get my daughter to read the book you mention. To be honest, she feels like an observer of the angst around her, rather than a sufferer. Her own theory is that she is far too busy studying, playing sport and practicing music to spend loads of time navel-gazing. Lots of her friends seem to go to school, hang out on social media .... and that's about it.
Anyway, happy Easter. Am off to the Wye Valley tomorrow for a short holiday. Looks like it is going to be a very wet break!0 -
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
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I was quite interested in psychiatry and considered it for a career.ydoethur said:
Tell them to read 'Black is the Colour of my True Love's Heart' by Ellis Peters.LucyJones said:Re:student distress sufficient to necessitate counselling on seeing the word "Trump"... reminds me of my university days when an ironic rending of "Nellie the Elephant" would often feature at student discos... All together now: "Off she went with a trumpty-trump. Trump, trump, trump!".
More seriously, although my older daughter is only 15, she tells me that lots of her acquaintances at school are almost desperate to have some sort of mental illness diagnosed - depression, OCD, self-harming, eating disorder. She reckons it has become almost like a badge of honour these days or at least it has done amongst girls she knows. These are intelligent girls at a grammar school. A worrying trend.
After a teenage girl spends a whole page psychoanalysing herself and her disorders, she is withered with the phrase 'You're a perfectly normal adolescent who spends too much time in adult company.'
And that was in about 1960!
Goodnight all, and Happy Easter.
One thing that troubled me was whether labelling odd behaviour helped or hindered recovery. Despite its ubiquity there is a paucity of evidence that such counselling does help much following perceived trauma. I think that neurotic personalities can be made worse by excessive dwelling on such things.
Thats not to say that certain forms of extreme trauma don't benefit from short time limited intervention. Group therapy became commonplace after being used on combat fatigued troops in WW2. It was recognised that timely and time limited discussion with fellows having had similar experiences was the quickest and surest way to get soldiers combat fit again and returned to action.0 -
There's no reason for these dysfunctional dweebs to be leaders of anything, provided people treat them with the ridicule they deserve, demolish their imaginary 'safe spaces', and vote for people such as Donald Trump.saddened said:
Absolutely pitiful, the next generation of leaders are being moulded in these places and it, quite frankly, scares the shit out of me.MP_SE said:What the hell is wrong with students these days. The 6th and 7th pictures are hilarious. The 7th particularly so as two students are comforting each other after viewing the word "Trump".
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3506491/Emory-president-Students-scared-Trump-2016-chalk-signs.html0 -
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
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@TelePolitics: Former shadow cabinet minister on 'hostile' list is being targeted 'because she is Jewish', MPs claim https://t.co/DUnei73beE0
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Unbelievable. Heaven forbid that someone has a position they disagree with. Recent stories like these are making me reconsider my life in academia!RobD said:
WTFMoses_ said:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3506491/Emory-president-Students-scared-Trump-2016-chalk-signs.htmlMP_SE said:What the hell is wrong with students these days. The 6th and 7th pictures are hilarious. The 7th particularly so as two students are comforting each other after viewing the word "Trump".
Students freak out because someone chalked trump slogans on campus: Emory university president says students are scared and 'in pain'
University organizations also offered counselling to those affected
Surely this is an unintended consequence of the commodification of learning. If you are a customer paying through the nose, you are going to expect your views to be pandered to.0 -
Serendipity. That was the song that I associate spliffing up to as a young 12/13 year old whippersnapper... That and Closer/Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division which I still love.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
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"Ah the Jews...again", to quote Gerald Kaufman...Scott_P said:@TelePolitics: Former shadow cabinet minister on 'hostile' list is being targeted 'because she is Jewish', MPs claim https://t.co/DUnei73beE
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Yeah, they usually used to spend ages climbing up and when they got there, they stayed around for a bit.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
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I'd be tempted to vote trump just to watch their tiny minds explode.RodCrosby said:
There's no reason for these dysfunctional dweebs to be leaders of anything, provided people treat them with the ridicule they deserve, demolish their imaginary 'safe spaces', and vote for people such as Donald Trump.saddened said:
Absolutely pitiful, the next generation of leaders are being moulded in these places and it, quite frankly, scares the shit out of me.MP_SE said:What the hell is wrong with students these days. The 6th and 7th pictures are hilarious. The 7th particularly so as two students are comforting each other after viewing the word "Trump".
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3506491/Emory-president-Students-scared-Trump-2016-chalk-signs.html0 -
Not just them, but senior politicians including our very own PM.saddened said:
I'd be tempted to vote trump just to watch their tiny minds explode.RodCrosby said:
There's no reason for these dysfunctional dweebs to be leaders of anything, provided people treat them with the ridicule they deserve, demolish their imaginary 'safe spaces', and vote for people such as Donald Trump.saddened said:
Absolutely pitiful, the next generation of leaders are being moulded in these places and it, quite frankly, scares the shit out of me.MP_SE said:What the hell is wrong with students these days. The 6th and 7th pictures are hilarious. The 7th particularly so as two students are comforting each other after viewing the word "Trump".
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3506491/Emory-president-Students-scared-Trump-2016-chalk-signs.html0 -
It was the first to go straight in at no1 since Slade's "Merry Christmas" in 1973 at least according to this site:viewcode said:
Yeah, they usually used to spend ages climbing up and when they got there, they stayed around for a bit.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
http://ukcharts.20m.com/number1.html#enter1
Perhaps my profession shows in my choice of favourite Jam track "the Bitterest Pill"0 -
Just a note on terror 'watch lists' . Being on a watch list doesn't actually count for too much in itself. Such lists can run to many thousands of individuals and does not, because in all practicality it can't mean actually intensively watching anyone in all encompassing manner.
The Bakraoui brothers progress to the point of these attacks actually show a notably different pattern than those that traditionally feature high on the ones to watch list.
That in itself is a serious worry because the priority filtering exercise gets more difficult if they represent a distinct subset of people coming within IS orbit. Whether these guys are an exception or a new angle will be important to assess.
The UK is lucky in any number of ways with its counter Islamist terrorist capabilities but the truth is the kind of IS controlled, directed and executed attacks seen in France and Belgium haven't really been sniffed here to a great degree. Given the widespread belief that something of this kind has been on the slate for some time the question is why has their been comparatively little concrete evidence of it yet in the UK? There are number of either/or/all possibilities:
-IS didn't have the appropriate infrastructure & people in place for some time
-The spooks have kept a tremendous amount under wraps domestically
-The interdiction efforts at source are proving successful
-The authorities aren't seeing it and we'll get blindsided.
IS really want to hit the UK and by now could and should have the people ready to do some damage. The concern is that if and when IS do launch a truly centrally directed attack, it will be a first-time variation on a well known theme, causing a serious stretch problem and that it may not be all pure domestic citizens involved in its execution.
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I'm going to sound like such an old fogey- but the Specials, Billy Bragg, UB40 et al- and my beloved Manchester music- Joy Division, New Order, Smiths, Buzzcocks, and then the Stone Roses, the Mondays, Primal Scream. And we were all living off post modernist American 70's cinema- Scorcese, Pakula, Ashby, Cimino, Allen, Coppola etc...
Musically, culturally, I cannot complain about the time and place I grew up in. Thank god it isn't as boring as Adele, the Internet, Facebook and multi channel TV.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
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More anti-terror raids in Paris and Brussels tonight.
The Times has a story the cell was planning a radioactive dirty bomb.
Trump: Britain will leave EU.0 -
The scariest bit of the Panorama wasn't the numpties like the guy who paniced, shot himself and them phoned for an ambulance while in a car packed to the nines with weapons...it was that there was infrastructure that silently delivered that car to a car park and that was directed from ISIS in Syria.Y0kel said:Just a note on terror 'watch lists' . Being on a watch list doesn't actually count for too much in itself. Such lists can run to many thousands of individuals and does not, because in all practicality it can't mean actually intensively watching anyone in all encompassing manner.
The Bakraoui brothers progress to the point of these attacks actually show a notably different pattern than those that traditionally feature high on the ones to watch list.
That in itself is a serious worry because the priority filtering exercise gets more difficult if they represent a distinct subset of people coming within IS orbit. Whether these guys are an exception or a new angle will be important to assess.
The UK is lucky in any number of ways with its counter Islamist terrorist capabilities but the truth is the kind of IS controlled, directed and executed attacks seen in France and Belgium haven't really been sniffed here to a great degree. Given the widespread belief that something of this kind has been on the slate for some time the question is why has their been comparatively little concrete evidence of it yet in the UK? There are number of either/or/all possibilities:
-IS didn't have the appropriate infrastructure & people in place for some time
-The spooks have kept a tremendous amount under wraps domestically
-The interdiction efforts at source are proving successful
-The authorities aren't seeing it and we'll get blindsided.
IS really want to hit the UK and by now could and should have the people ready to do some damage. The concern is that if and when IS do launch a truly centrally directed attack, it will be a first-time variation on a well known theme, causing a serious stretch problem and that it may not be all pure domestic citizens involved in its execution.0 -
The Specials are playing Leicester November 3rd. Its a dilemma, after all it is local byelection night on here!tyson said:I'm going to sound like such an old fogey- but the Specials, Billy Bragg, UB40 et al- and my beloved Manchester music- Joy Division, New Order, Smiths, Buzzcocks, and then the Stone Roses, the Mondays, Primal Scream. And we were all living off post modernist American 70's cinema- Scorcese, Pakula, Ashby, Cimino, Allen, Coppola etc...
Musically, culturally, I cannot complain about the time and place I grew up in. Thank god it isn't as boring as Adele, the Internet, Facebook and multi channel TV.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
There is some good music round now too. Just the mainstream has been drowned in look alike talent show wannabees.0 -
Can I ask that down thread the long url links are shortened or removed? As the page is unreadable. Comments bleeding into the right hand archive menu. I've only just been able to select the Post Comment button!0
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Should say that I'm on iPhone.0
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Lol.
Europhile Tory donor calls for leadership contest after EU referendum.Alexander Temerko says Cameron should face ballot whatever the referendum result, and that Boris Johnson should win
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The Mail had a report (that was a translation from a paper on the continent) that said they had hours of footage related to a nuclear power station and employees.RodCrosby said:More anti-terror raids in Paris and Brussels tonight.
The Times has a story the cell was planning a radioactive dirty bomb.
Trump: Britain will leave EU.0 -
BREAKING: Six arrests made in Brussels police operation after attacks: Belga news agency0
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UB40!!!!?????tyson said:I'm going to sound like such an old fogey- but the Specials, Billy Bragg, UB40 et al- and my beloved Manchester music- Joy Division, New Order, Smiths, Buzzcocks, and then the Stone Roses, the Mondays, Primal Scream. And we were all living off post modernist American 70's cinema- Scorcese, Pakula, Ashby, Cimino, Allen, Coppola etc...
Musically, culturally, I cannot complain about the time and place I grew up in. Thank god it isn't as boring as Adele, the Internet, Facebook and multi channel TV.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
I saw the Jam loads of times at the Rainbow and also their final gig in Brighton. They were superb. The late 70s/early 80s was a golden time for music and much else, even as the country itself seemed to be in permanent turmoil. Maybe that was the reason. London Calling was maybe the definitive song of that era.
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@JournoStephen: Congratulations to BBC #LeadersDebate audience on hiding their English accents. Think we managed to fool them this time. #OperationDundeeII0
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We are in a Long Emergency, an undeclared (civil) War in Europe, with increasing mass casualties inevitable.FrancisUrquhart said:
The Mail had a report (that was a translation from a paper on the continent) that said they had hours of footage related to a nuclear power station and employees.RodCrosby said:More anti-terror raids in Paris and Brussels tonight.
The Times has a story the cell was planning a radioactive dirty bomb.
Trump: Britain will leave EU.0 -
The annual Royal Navy v French Navy match went well then:
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No no you have it all wrong, if Belgians weren't racist there wouldn't be a problem...or something like that....they just need to reaffirm their unwritten deal with the local Islamists to agree not to go disrupting them anymore and there won't be any more problems.RodCrosby said:
We are in a Long Emergency, an undeclared (civil) War in Europe, with increasing mass casualties inevitable.FrancisUrquhart said:
The Mail had a report (that was a translation from a paper on the continent) that said they had hours of footage related to a nuclear power station and employees.RodCrosby said:More anti-terror raids in Paris and Brussels tonight.
The Times has a story the cell was planning a radioactive dirty bomb.
Trump: Britain will leave EU.0 -
All because somebody called one of them a Gypsy Boy....SouthamObserver said:The annual Royal Navy v French Navy match went well then:
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Joe Marler could face a four-week ban after World Rugby delivered a slap in the face to Six Nations organisers by saying that the England prop would face a misconduct hearing.FrancisUrquhart said:All because somebody called one of them a Gypsy Boy....
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Given the bar being set so low, if Brian Moore still played rugby he would be permanently suspended....Scott_P said:
Joe Marler could face a four-week ban after World Rugby delivered a slap in the face to Six Nations organisers by saying that the England prop would face a misconduct hearing.FrancisUrquhart said:All because somebody called one of them a Gypsy Boy....
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Hey, don't knock 70's American paranoia...The Parallax View, Winter Kills, Three Days of the Condor, The Candidate, The Conversation, All The President's Men and it all came together in Apocalypse Now, which took everything, turned it up to eleven, then set it on fire. You had Carpenter and Romero in horror, De Niro driving a taxi, Snake Plissken on top of the WTC, Olivier telling Hoffman why don't you just act...tyson said:I'm going to sound like such an old fogey- but the Specials, Billy Bragg, UB40 et al- and my beloved Manchester music- Joy Division, New Order, Smiths, Buzzcocks, and then the Stone Roses, the Mondays, Primal Scream. And we were all living off post modernist American 70's cinema- Scorcese, Pakula, Ashby, Cimino, Allen, Coppola etc...
Musically, culturally, I cannot complain about the time and place I grew up in. Thank god it isn't as boring as Adele, the Internet, Facebook and multi channel TV.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
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>Stifling children leads to immature adults. I blame the parents, and the Universities in Loco Parentis. <
I'm not sure we have a consensus on what we want kids to be. There's the sentimental "let children be children" idea, which I remember hating as a kid and wanting to grow out of as fast as possible: I've never met a child who didn't want to be older. There's the "children should be mature" idea, linked to low age of criminal responsibility and relates to the sort of stifling Fox mentions. There's the "children should be free to explore and experiment" idea, which is probably the dominant view at the moment, but adults are unnervingly inconsistent in what they mean by it - is it sinister or OK or a good thing if a 12-year tries wine, or 14-year-olds explore sex, or 18-year-olds get hammered and have sex with strangers in Spain? I'd be confused, God knows what the average young teenager thinks is desirable behaviour.0 -
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@adrianmcmenamin: President Obama, Who Has Run Out of F*cks, Just Burned Ted Cruz - In response to Cruz's batshit prop https://t.co/nG6B5Xu72X via @Esquire0
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What was the outcome? The Navy has something to live up to in terms of casualty ratio.SouthamObserver said:The annual Royal Navy v French Navy match went well then:
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Inconsistency is the worst. We equip children with eyes to the world such as internet and social media then fill them with fears about it, so they become spectators rather than activists.NickPalmer said:>Stifling children leads to immature adults. I blame the parents, and the Universities in Loco Parentis. <
I'm not sure we have a consensus on what we want kids to be. There's the sentimental "let children be children" idea, which I remember hating as a kid and wanting to grow out of as fast as possible: I've never met a child who didn't want to be older. There's the "children should be mature" idea, linked to low age of criminal responsibility and relates to the sort of stifling Fox mentions. There's the "children should be free to explore and experiment" idea, which is probably the dominant view at the moment, but adults are unnervingly inconsistent in what they mean by it - is it sinister or OK or a good thing if a 12-year tries wine, or 14-year-olds explore sex, or 18-year-olds get hammered and have sex with strangers in Spain? I'd be confused, God knows what the average young teenager thinks is desirable behaviour.
Its not easy being a parent, but the toughest bit is letting them go. Fox jr spent last summer backpacking in South America. I had to pull over on the road home and stifle tears after dropping him at the airport. It did him the world of good though. He is a level headed lad and matured noticeably over the couple of months. A lot better than xbox.0 -
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Excellent.Scott_P said:@adrianmcmenamin: President Obama, Who Has Run Out of F*cks, Just Burned Ted Cruz - In response to Cruz's batshit prop https://t.co/nG6B5Xu72X via @Esquire
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Radio 1 used to have a "guess the order" competition on Thursday - surprisingly no one got it that week. (yep I remember it well also). Usually a good number 1 was no 1 for 4 weeks (I don't like Mondays, We don't talk anymore). Bright Eyes made 6 weeks and Grease songs (Summer nights, you're the one that I want) - 16 weeks.viewcode said:
Yeah, they usually used to spend ages climbing up and when they got there, they stayed around for a bit.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
There were some exceptions - "Baker Street" was in the chart for months without doing anything really - as was "The Birdie Song" - reached #2.0 -
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I have to agree. What we are seeing now are just the opening skirmishes.RodCrosby said:
We are in a Long Emergency, an undeclared (civil) War in Europe, with increasing mass casualties inevitable.FrancisUrquhart said:
The Mail had a report (that was a translation from a paper on the continent) that said they had hours of footage related to a nuclear power station and employees.RodCrosby said:More anti-terror raids in Paris and Brussels tonight.
The Times has a story the cell was planning a radioactive dirty bomb.
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The Jam were rather good at getting straight in at number 1. Indeed, if I recall correctly, no one had done it before they did since the early 70s and Slade.weejonnie said:
Radio 1 used to have a "guess the order" competition on Thursday - surprisingly no one got it that week. (yep I remember it well also). Usually a good number 1 was no 1 for 4 weeks (I don't like Mondays, We don't talk anymore). Bright Eyes made 6 weeks and Grease songs (Summer nights, you're the one that I want) - 16 weeks.viewcode said:
Yeah, they usually used to spend ages climbing up and when they got there, they stayed around for a bit.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
There were some exceptions - "Baker Street" was in the chart for months without doing anything really - as was "The Birdie Song" - reached #2.
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Britain may well leave the EU, but Trump won't be president when it happens.Wanderer said:
I have to agree. What we are seeing now are just the opening skirmishes.RodCrosby said:
We are in a Long Emergency, an undeclared (civil) War in Europe, with increasing mass casualties inevitable.FrancisUrquhart said:
The Mail had a report (that was a translation from a paper on the continent) that said they had hours of footage related to a nuclear power station and employees.RodCrosby said:More anti-terror raids in Paris and Brussels tonight.
The Times has a story the cell was planning a radioactive dirty bomb.
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We are *this* close to resurrecting the Shaddap You Face/Vienna controversy...weejonnie said:
Radio 1 used to have a "guess the order" competition on Thursday - surprisingly no one got it that week. (yep I remember it well also). Usually a good number 1 was no 1 for 4 weeks (I don't like Mondays, We don't talk anymore). Bright Eyes made 6 weeks and Grease songs (Summer nights, you're the one that I want) - 16 weeks.viewcode said:
Yeah, they usually used to spend ages climbing up and when they got there, they stayed around for a bit.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
There were some exceptions - "Baker Street" was in the chart for months without doing anything really - as was "The Birdie Song" - reached #2.0 -
Fine times. I loved London Calling. I played that record to its death.SouthamObserver said:
UB40!!!!?????tyson said:I'm going to sound like such an old fogey- but the Specials, Billy Bragg, UB40 et al- and my beloved Manchester music- Joy Division, New Order, Smiths, Buzzcocks, and then the Stone Roses, the Mondays, Primal Scream. And we were all living off post modernist American 70's cinema- Scorcese, Pakula, Ashby, Cimino, Allen, Coppola etc...
Musically, culturally, I cannot complain about the time and place I grew up in. Thank god it isn't as boring as Adele, the Internet, Facebook and multi channel TV.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
I saw the Jam loads of times at the Rainbow and also their final gig in Brighton. They were superb. The late 70s/early 80s was a golden time for music and much else, even as the country itself seemed to be in permanent turmoil. Maybe that was the reason. London Calling was maybe the definitive song of that era.0 -
It was the increasing mass casualties that I was referring to.rottenborough said:
Britain may well leave the EU, but Trump won't be president when it happens.Wanderer said:
I have to agree. What we are seeing now are just the opening skirmishes.RodCrosby said:
We are in a Long Emergency, an undeclared (civil) War in Europe, with increasing mass casualties inevitable.FrancisUrquhart said:
The Mail had a report (that was a translation from a paper on the continent) that said they had hours of footage related to a nuclear power station and employees.RodCrosby said:More anti-terror raids in Paris and Brussels tonight.
The Times has a story the cell was planning a radioactive dirty bomb.
Trump: Britain will leave EU.0 -
It means nothing to me.viewcode said:
We are *this* close to resurrecting the Shaddap You Face/Vienna controversy...weejonnie said:
Radio 1 used to have a "guess the order" competition on Thursday - surprisingly no one got it that week. (yep I remember it well also). Usually a good number 1 was no 1 for 4 weeks (I don't like Mondays, We don't talk anymore). Bright Eyes made 6 weeks and Grease songs (Summer nights, you're the one that I want) - 16 weeks.viewcode said:
Yeah, they usually used to spend ages climbing up and when they got there, they stayed around for a bit.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
There were some exceptions - "Baker Street" was in the chart for months without doing anything really - as was "The Birdie Song" - reached #2.
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The reviews are in on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and they don't look good for a studio hoping to start a billion-dollar superhero franchise.
Among one of the more hilarious lines was J.R. Jones at the Chicago Reader, who said the film 'was 'not as bad as Bush v. Gore, but close'.0 -
Reet Petite by Jackie Wilson was Christmas #1 in 1986 - it took just 29 years to hit the top slot!weejonnie said:
Radio 1 used to have a "guess the order" competition on Thursday - surprisingly no one got it that week. (yep I remember it well also). Usually a good number 1 was no 1 for 4 weeks (I don't like Mondays, We don't talk anymore). Bright Eyes made 6 weeks and Grease songs (Summer nights, you're the one that I want) - 16 weeks.viewcode said:
Yeah, they usually used to spend ages climbing up and when they got there, they stayed around for a bit.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
There were some exceptions - "Baker Street" was in the chart for months without doing anything really - as was "The Birdie Song" - reached #2.0 -
What's the problem with UB40?SouthamObserver said:
UB40!!!!?????tyson said:I'm going to sound like such an old fogey- but the Specials, Billy Bragg, UB40 et al- and my beloved Manchester music- Joy Division, New Order, Smiths, Buzzcocks, and then the Stone Roses, the Mondays, Primal Scream. And we were all living off post modernist American 70's cinema- Scorcese, Pakula, Ashby, Cimino, Allen, Coppola etc...
Musically, culturally, I cannot complain about the time and place I grew up in. Thank god it isn't as boring as Adele, the Internet, Facebook and multi channel TV.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
I saw the Jam loads of times at the Rainbow and also their final gig in Brighton. They were superb. The late 70s/early 80s was a golden time for music and much else, even as the country itself seemed to be in permanent turmoil. Maybe that was the reason. London Calling was maybe the definitive song of that era.0 -
I didn't know whether to be proud or embarrassed about its use in Die Another Day...rottenborough said:
Fine times. I loved London Calling. I played that record to its death.SouthamObserver said:
UB40!!!!?????tyson said:I'm going to sound like such an old fogey- but the Specials, Billy Bragg, UB40 et al- and my beloved Manchester music- Joy Division, New Order, Smiths, Buzzcocks, and then the Stone Roses, the Mondays, Primal Scream. And we were all living off post modernist American 70's cinema- Scorcese, Pakula, Ashby, Cimino, Allen, Coppola etc...
Musically, culturally, I cannot complain about the time and place I grew up in. Thank god it isn't as boring as Adele, the Internet, Facebook and multi channel TV.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
I saw the Jam loads of times at the Rainbow and also their final gig in Brighton. They were superb. The late 70s/early 80s was a golden time for music and much else, even as the country itself seemed to be in permanent turmoil. Maybe that was the reason. London Calling was maybe the definitive song of that era.0 -
What controversy? The better song won, fair and square.viewcode said:
We are *this* close to resurrecting the Shaddap You Face/Vienna controversy...weejonnie said:
Radio 1 used to have a "guess the order" competition on Thursday - surprisingly no one got it that week. (yep I remember it well also). Usually a good number 1 was no 1 for 4 weeks (I don't like Mondays, We don't talk anymore). Bright Eyes made 6 weeks and Grease songs (Summer nights, you're the one that I want) - 16 weeks.viewcode said:
Yeah, they usually used to spend ages climbing up and when they got there, they stayed around for a bit.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
There were some exceptions - "Baker Street" was in the chart for months without doing anything really - as was "The Birdie Song" - reached #2.0 -
I'm still playing itrottenborough said:
Fine times. I loved London Calling. I played that record to its death.SouthamObserver said:
UB40!!!!?????tyson said:I'm going to sound like such an old fogey- but the Specials, Billy Bragg, UB40 et al- and my beloved Manchester music- Joy Division, New Order, Smiths, Buzzcocks, and then the Stone Roses, the Mondays, Primal Scream. And we were all living off post modernist American 70's cinema- Scorcese, Pakula, Ashby, Cimino, Allen, Coppola etc...
Musically, culturally, I cannot complain about the time and place I grew up in. Thank god it isn't as boring as Adele, the Internet, Facebook and multi channel TV.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
I saw the Jam loads of times at the Rainbow and also their final gig in Brighton. They were superb. The late 70s/early 80s was a golden time for music and much else, even as the country itself seemed to be in permanent turmoil. Maybe that was the reason. London Calling was maybe the definitive song of that era.0 -
TSE will in all likelihood love itFrancisUrquhart said:The reviews are in on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and they don't look good for a studio hoping to start a billion-dollar superhero franchise.
Among one of the more hilarious lines was J.R. Jones at the Chicago Reader, who said the film 'was 'not as bad as Bush v. Gore, but close'.
According to Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_v_Superman:_Dawn_of_Justice
Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice an approval rating of 31%, based on 185 reviews, with an average rating was 5.1/10. According to the site's critical consensus, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice smothers a potentially powerful story – and some of America's most iconic superheroes – in a grim whirlwind of effects-driven action."[145] Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an average score of 44 out of 100, based on 50 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[146]0 -
The feeling has gone, only you and I...rottenborough said:
It means nothing to me.viewcode said:
We are *this* close to resurrecting the Shaddap You Face/Vienna controversy...weejonnie said:
Radio 1 used to have a "guess the order" competition on Thursday - surprisingly no one got it that week. (yep I remember it well also). Usually a good number 1 was no 1 for 4 weeks (I don't like Mondays, We don't talk anymore). Bright Eyes made 6 weeks and Grease songs (Summer nights, you're the one that I want) - 16 weeks.viewcode said:
Yeah, they usually used to spend ages climbing up and when they got there, they stayed around for a bit.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
There were some exceptions - "Baker Street" was in the chart for months without doing anything really - as was "The Birdie Song" - reached #2.0 -
During we the expenses scandal we thought our MP were a load of money grabbing lowlifes and in some cases criminals.
In Brazil, 60%, yes 6-0 percentage, of their legislature face criminal proceedings including murder.0 -
They played the O2 Academy in Brum a couple of months ago. I didn't attend, but saw the queues on the way to my hotel.AndyJS said:What's the problem with UB40?
SouthamObserver said:
UB40!!!!?????tyson said:I'm going to sound like such an old fogey- but the Specials, Billy Bragg, UB40 et al- and my beloved Manchester music- Joy Division, New Order, Smiths, Buzzcocks, and then the Stone Roses, the Mondays, Primal Scream. And we were all living off post modernist American 70's cinema- Scorcese, Pakula, Ashby, Cimino, Allen, Coppola etc...
Musically, culturally, I cannot complain about the time and place I grew up in. Thank god it isn't as boring as Adele, the Internet, Facebook and multi channel TV.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
I saw the Jam loads of times at the Rainbow and also their final gig in Brighton. They were superb. The late 70s/early 80s was a golden time for music and much else, even as the country itself seemed to be in permanent turmoil. Maybe that was the reason. London Calling was maybe the definitive song of that era.0 -
They don't look good for a studio hoping to overtake an asthmatic ant. They're not Fant4Stic explode-on-the-pad awful, but lord, we were hoping for Skyfall and we got Spectre, whoops. Chris Stuckmann gave it a C+, god knows what Kermode will think. So, Zack, did you like your directing career?...FrancisUrquhart said:The reviews are in on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and they don't look good for a studio hoping to start a billion-dollar superhero franchise.
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Despite being a fellow Brummie I was never wild about UB40. But their name? Brilliance.Sunil_Prasannan said:
They played the O2 Academy in Brum a couple of months ago. I didn't attend, but saw the queues on the way to my hotel.AndyJS said:What's the problem with UB40?
SouthamObserver said:
UB40!!!!?????tyson said:I'm going to sound like such an old fogey- but the Specials, Billy Bragg, UB40 et al- and my beloved Manchester music- Joy Division, New Order, Smiths, Buzzcocks, and then the Stone Roses, the Mondays, Primal Scream. And we were all living off post modernist American 70's cinema- Scorcese, Pakula, Ashby, Cimino, Allen, Coppola etc...
Musically, culturally, I cannot complain about the time and place I grew up in. Thank god it isn't as boring as Adele, the Internet, Facebook and multi channel TV.foxinsoxuk said:
Straight in at number one as I recall, which was very rare in those days. I remember it well.viewcode said:
I can beat that. The Jam. "Going Underground". Number 1 on this day...thirty-five years ago.foxinsoxuk said:It makes me feel old ...
I saw the Jam loads of times at the Rainbow and also their final gig in Brighton. They were superb. The late 70s/early 80s was a golden time for music and much else, even as the country itself seemed to be in permanent turmoil. Maybe that was the reason. London Calling was maybe the definitive song of that era.0 -
Given its Easter, is Kermode away? It will be a shame if we miss out of a Kermodian rant of epic proportions.viewcode said:
They don't look good for a studio hoping to overtake an asthmatic ant. They're not Fant4Stic explode-on-the-pad awful, but lord, we were hoping for Skyfall and we got Spectre, whoops. Chris Stuckmann gave it a C+, god knows what Kermode will think. So, Zack, did you like your directing career?...FrancisUrquhart said:The reviews are in on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and they don't look good for a studio hoping to start a billion-dollar superhero franchise.
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I want his head to explode and cover Simon Mayo in bloodsoaked quiff. All it needs is for Michael Bay and Uwe Boll to film Sex and the City 3. In 3D. It's only a matter of time...FrancisUrquhart said:
Given its Easter, is Kermode away? It will be a shame if we miss out of a Kermodian rant of epic proportions.viewcode said:
They don't look good for a studio hoping to overtake an asthmatic ant. They're not Fant4Stic explode-on-the-pad awful, but lord, we were hoping for Skyfall and we got Spectre, whoops. Chris Stuckmann gave it a C+, god knows what Kermode will think. So, Zack, did you like your directing career?...FrancisUrquhart said:The reviews are in on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and they don't look good for a studio hoping to start a billion-dollar superhero franchise.
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Not just In 3D...only available in 3D....viewcode said:
I want his head to explode and cover Simon Mayo in bloodsoaked quiff. All it needs is for Michael Bay and Uwe Boll to film Sex and the City 3. In 3D. It's only a matter of time...FrancisUrquhart said:
Given its Easter, is Kermode away? It will be a shame if we miss out of a Kermodian rant of epic proportions.viewcode said:
They don't look good for a studio hoping to overtake an asthmatic ant. They're not Fant4Stic explode-on-the-pad awful, but lord, we were hoping for Skyfall and we got Spectre, whoops. Chris Stuckmann gave it a C+, god knows what Kermode will think. So, Zack, did you like your directing career?...FrancisUrquhart said:The reviews are in on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and they don't look good for a studio hoping to start a billion-dollar superhero franchise.
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FrancisUrquhart said:
Not just In 3D...only available in 3D....viewcode said:
I want his head to explode and cover Simon Mayo in bloodsoaked quiff. All it needs is for Michael Bay and Uwe Boll to film Sex and the City 3. In 3D. It's only a matter of time...FrancisUrquhart said:
Given its Easter, is Kermode away? It will be a shame if we miss out of a Kermodian rant of epic proportions.viewcode said:
They don't look good for a studio hoping to overtake an asthmatic ant. They're not Fant4Stic explode-on-the-pad awful, but lord, we were hoping for Skyfall and we got Spectre, whoops. Chris Stuckmann gave it a C+, god knows what Kermode will think. So, Zack, did you like your directing career?...FrancisUrquhart said:The reviews are in on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and they don't look good for a studio hoping to start a billion-dollar superhero franchise.
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Crikey, Doc. You had it easy, your boy wanted to go. I had to damn near force my lad to go volunteering in Honduras. Letting him go was the easy bit, that he keeps coming back is the hard part.foxinsoxuk said:
Inconsistency is the worst. We equip children with eyes to the world such as internet and social media then fill them with fears about it, so they become spectators rather than activists.NickPalmer said:>Stifling children leads to immature adults. I blame the parents, and the Universities in Loco Parentis. <
I'm not sure we have a consensus on what we want kids to be. There's the sentimental "let children be children" idea, which I remember hating as a kid and wanting to grow out of as fast as possible: I've never met a child who didn't want to be older. There's the "children should be mature" idea, linked to low age of criminal responsibility and relates to the sort of stifling Fox mentions. There's the "children should be free to explore and experiment" idea, which is probably the dominant view at the moment, but adults are unnervingly inconsistent in what they mean by it - is it sinister or OK or a good thing if a 12-year tries wine, or 14-year-olds explore sex, or 18-year-olds get hammered and have sex with strangers in Spain? I'd be confused, God knows what the average young teenager thinks is desirable behaviour.
Its not easy being a parent, but the toughest bit is letting them go. Fox jr spent last summer backpacking in South America. I had to pull over on the road home and stifle tears after dropping him at the airport. It did him the world of good though. He is a level headed lad and matured noticeably over the couple of months. A lot better than xbox.
He is home on leave as of Sunday, for five, whole, days - my bandwidth will disappear under his usage, I'll not be able to go to for a bath when I want, the food stocks will be ransacked, I'll have a huge pile of ironing to to do and my knowledge of the naval pacific war (1941-1945) and the 14th century will again come under great scrutiny. Actually, I am rather looking forward to it0 -
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