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    Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,820

    Looks like we're nationalising Port Talbot.

    Blimey

    Do you have a link?
    http://www.itv.com/news/2016-03-29/could-port-talbot-be-nationalised/
    Thanks. Seems to be speculation at the moment.
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    runnymederunnymede Posts: 2,536
    'temporary nationalisation i.e. the "For Sale" sign goes up day after EU Ref...'

    I imagine so.
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    watford30watford30 Posts: 3,474
    edited March 2016

    Looks like we're nationalising Port Talbot.

    Blimey

    Do you have a link?
    http://www.itv.com/news/2016-03-29/could-port-talbot-be-nationalised/
    temporary nationalisation i.e. the "For Sale" sign goes up day after EU Ref...
    Kind of like Labour did with Austin Rover?

    It will be interesting to see if the EU blocks any intervention in Tata's UK operations by the government.
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    Looks like we're nationalising Port Talbot.

    Blimey

    And they were only talking about this on BBC Parliament yesterday.

    P.S Have emailed you, thanks again.
    I've not received anything
    Ok, I tried your other email address
    Received, and replied.
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,291
    edited March 2016
    watford30 said:

    Looks like we're nationalising Port Talbot.

    Blimey

    Do you have a link?
    http://www.itv.com/news/2016-03-29/could-port-talbot-be-nationalised/
    temporary nationalisation i.e. the "For Sale" sign goes up day after EU Ref...
    Kind of like Labour did with Austin Rover?

    It will be interesting to see if the EU blocks any intervention in Tata's UK operations by the government.
    I some how doubt the Chinese will be interesting in asset stripping it like Rover...
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    tysontyson Posts: 6,050
    That is the last straw. Leave is putting animal welfare at risk.

    We have a government here that is quite happy to shoot badgers in huge numbers for no other good reason than just to shoot them, is more than happy to let foxes get torn to shreds by packs of dogs, is quite happy to let farmers regulate their own farm production, does nothing about circuses, allows our seas to be plundered and polluted....

    The next thing you'll say, is that it is OK for humans to rear and butcher mammals in catastrophic numbers and so to cruelly massacre animals that were bred only to feed the meat obsessed human race and to satiate human's needless, grotesque and unhealthy taste for mammalian flesh.

    Surely such a dystopia only exists in the most warped vision of perverse fiction......

    kle4 said:

    Freggles said:

    Freggles said:


    The second largest block of voters are Labour supporters. We could see turnout from these voters under 50%. Yet they should be the largest block of voters turning out for REMAIN.



    Out of interest, would that message change for me, as 25-30, graduate level public sector employee, South West England?

    Curious to know how targeted we can get.
    Might do. Would probably say more about the countryside - admittedly there are rural areas in the North-East and urban ones in the South-West, but in identity terms one is clearly more urban than the other.

    You cannot imagine how freakily microtargeted Remain is, particularly in the context of social media ad buys. 20-40 year old woman who liked a lot of baby photos on Facebook recently? You're getting an advert for EU maternity leave rights. I searched for hotels on the Isle of Wight yesterday and today I got an advert about the EU Clean Beaches directive. I uploaded a cat photo, I got an advert telling me that Leave was putting animal welfare at risk.

    Which is all weird. If there's a majority in favour of EU rules then we would surely end up with a Parliament here which set out the same rules. If there isn't, you'd expect a vote for Leave. Unless the British people have some sort of devotion to voting against their own interests and being rescued by foreigners.
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    The government has denied the nationalisation story.

    What was it Yes Prime Minister said, never believe anything until has been officially denied
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    Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @chrisshipitv: Nationalisation - or something like it - is on the cards. Ministers have *gamed* this scenario for Uk and state ownership not ruled out

    @PickardJE: 2nd government source on PortTalbot:
    "We are looking at all viable options"
    Is part-nationalisation a viable option?
    "Not to my knowledge."
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,291

    The government has denied the nationalisation story.

    What was it Yes Prime Minister said, never believe anything until has been officially denied

    Like the dreaded vote of confidence in a football manager...
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    edited March 2016

    kle4 said:

    Freggles said:

    Freggles said:


    The second largest block of voters are Labour supporters. We could see turnout from these voters under 50%. Yet they should be the largest block of voters turning out for REMAIN.

    If Labour turnout is under 50% then it's very possible for Labour Leave to come very close to Labour Remain. Vote Leave (as a Labour Leave) to both leave the EU and remove Cameron must be seen as a win/win.
    Too right!
    So tell me why I as a lefty should vote Leave. I'm genuinely interested. Seems to me Brussels acts as a brake on the turbo Thatcherite instincts of all governments
    What social class would you be and what is your age?
    25-30, graduate level public sector employee (does that make me C1 or B?), North East England
    Greece. You should vote Leave in solidarity with our comrades in Greece. We only have an opt-out from the final stage of EMU, and one day, especially if we vote strongly remain, the fiscal rules will come for us, whether Cameron flounced on the last attempt or not.

    Also
    Out of interest, would that message change for me, as 25-30, graduate level public sector employee, South West England?

    Curious to know how targeted we can get.
    Might do. Would probably say more about the countryside - admittedly there are rural areas in the North-East and urban ones in the South-West, but in identity terms one is clearly more urban than the other.

    You cannot imagine how freakily microtargeted Remain is, particularly in the context of social media ad buys. 20-40 year old woman who liked a lot of baby photos on Facebook recently? You're getting an advert for EU maternity leave rights. I searched for hotels on the Isle of Wight yesterday and today I got an advert about the EU Clean Beaches directive. I uploaded a cat photo, I got an advert telling me that Leave was putting animal welfare at risk.

    Which is all weird. If there's a majority in favour of EU rules then we would surely end up with a Parliament here which set out the same rules. If there isn't, you'd expect a vote for Leave. Unless the British people have some sort of devotion to voting against their own interests and being rescued by foreigners.
    The Facebook microtargetting is pretty good. I used to get fairly offensive anti-immigration Leave ads, but those have gone. I now get ads from "healthier in" and "scientists for the EU" etc.

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    watford30watford30 Posts: 3,474
    edited March 2016
    tyson said:

    That is the last straw. Leave is putting animal welfare at risk.

    We have a government here that is quite happy to shoot badgers in huge numbers for no other good reason than just to shoot them, is more than happy to let foxes get torn to shreds by packs of dogs, is quite happy to let farmers regulate their own farm production, does nothing about circuses, allows our seas to be plundered and polluted....

    The next thing you'll say, is that it is OK for humans to rear and butcher mammals in catastrophic numbers and so to cruelly massacre animals that were bred only to feed the meat obsessed human race and to satiate human's needless, grotesque and unhealthy taste for mammalian flesh.

    Surely such a dystopia only exists in the most warped vision of perverse fiction......

    kle4 said:

    Freggles said:

    Freggles said:


    The second largest block of voters are Labour supporters. We could see turnout from these voters under 50%. Yet they should be the largest block of voters turning out for REMAIN.



    Out of interest, would that message change for me, as 25-30, graduate level public sector employee, South West England?

    Curious to know how targeted we can get.
    Might do. Would probably say more about the countryside - admittedly there are rural areas in the North-East and urban ones in the South-West, but in identity terms one is clearly more urban than the other.

    You cannot imagine how freakily microtargeted Remain is, particularly in the context of social media ad buys. 20-40 year old woman who liked a lot of baby photos on Facebook recently? You're getting an advert for EU maternity leave rights. I searched for hotels on the Isle of Wight yesterday and today I got an advert about the EU Clean Beaches directive. I uploaded a cat photo, I got an advert telling me that Leave was putting animal welfare at risk.

    Which is all weird. If there's a majority in favour of EU rules then we would surely end up with a Parliament here which set out the same rules. If there isn't, you'd expect a vote for Leave. Unless the British people have some sort of devotion to voting against their own interests and being rescued by foreigners.
    snip
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,991
    edited March 2016
    tyson said:


    The next thing you'll say, is that it is OK for humans to rear and butcher mammals in catastrophic numbers and so to cruelly massacre animals that were bred only to feed the meat obsessed human race and to satiate human's needless, grotesque and unhealthy taste for mammalian flesh.

    Too right - now if it was reptilian flesh, that'd be ok, but it's harder to get hold of.
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    TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 41,403

    England didn't play the Tottenham press tonight. Gave the Dutch too much time. Defence not up to much. Drinkeater on the plane now, surely. Everytime there's a close-up of Vardy I expect to see a little ciggie stub in the side of his mouth. He looks like he should be working the docks. Exceptional speed though.

    we were brilliant in our own half.
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    watford30watford30 Posts: 3,474
    edited March 2016
    watford30 said:

    tyson said:

    That is the last straw. Leave is putting animal welfare at risk.

    We have a government here that is quite happy to shoot badgers in huge numbers for no other good reason than just to shoot them, is more than happy to let foxes get torn to shreds by packs of dogs, is quite happy to let farmers regulate their own farm production, does nothing about circuses, allows our seas to be plundered and polluted....

    The next thing you'll say, is that it is OK for humans to rear and butcher mammals in catastrophic numbers and so to cruelly massacre animals that were bred only to feed the meat obsessed human race and to satiate human's needless, grotesque and unhealthy taste for mammalian flesh.

    Surely such a dystopia only exists in the most warped vision of perverse fiction......

    kle4 said:

    Freggles said:

    Freggles said:


    The second largest block of voters are Labour supporters. We could see turnout from these voters under 50%. Yet they should be the largest block of voters turning out for REMAIN.



    Out of interest, would that message change for me, as 25-30, graduate level public sector employee, South West England?

    Curious to know how targeted we can get.
    Might do. Would probably say more about the countryside - admittedly there are rural areas in the North-East and urban ones in the South-West, but in identity terms one is clearly more urban than the other.

    You cannot imagine how freakily microtargeted Remain is, particularly in the context of social media ad buys. 20-40 year old woman who liked a lot of baby photos on Facebook recently? You're getting an advert for EU maternity leave rights. I searched for hotels on the Isle of Wight yesterday and today I got an advert about the EU Clean Beaches directive. I uploaded a cat photo, I got an advert telling me that Leave was putting animal welfare at risk.

    Which is all weird. If there's a majority in favour of EU rules then we would surely end up with a Parliament here which set out the same rules. If there isn't, you'd expect a vote for Leave. Unless the British people have some sort of devotion to voting against their own interests and being rescued by foreigners.


    Hunting with dogs has been banned you nitwit.

    As for animal welfare, direct your ire at the farmers in Italy who have a shocking record when it comes to animal welfare, as was pointed out to you a month or so ago.
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    watford30watford30 Posts: 3,474
    edited March 2016
    'tyson said:
    That is the last straw. Leave is putting animal welfare at risk.'

    Hunting with dogs has been banned you nitwit.

    As for the treatment of animals, direct your ire at the farmers in Italy who have a shocking record when it comes to welfare, as was pointed out to you a month or so ago.

    And regarding 'sea plundering', blame your precious EU and the grotesque quota system.
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    Looks like we're nationalising Port Talbot.

    Blimey

    And they were only talking about this on BBC Parliament yesterday.

    P.S Have emailed you, thanks again.
    I've not received anything
    Ok, I tried your other email address
    Received, and replied.
    Cheers mate
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    TOPPING said:

    England didn't play the Tottenham press tonight. Gave the Dutch too much time. Defence not up to much. Drinkeater on the plane now, surely. Everytime there's a close-up of Vardy I expect to see a little ciggie stub in the side of his mouth. He looks like he should be working the docks. Exceptional speed though.

    we were brilliant in our own half.
    Looked to me that the defence was pretty shocking again. We need to score more than our opponents. We cannot rely on clean sheets.
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    TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 41,403
    watford30 said:

    Hunting with dogs has been banned you nitwit.

    and flourishes in La France.
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    another_richardanother_richard Posts: 25,128
    tyson said:

    That is the last straw. Leave is putting animal welfare at risk.

    We have a government here that is quite happy to shoot badgers in huge numbers for no other good reason than just to shoot them, is more than happy to let foxes get torn to shreds by packs of dogs, is quite happy to let farmers regulate their own farm production, does nothing about circuses, allows our seas to be plundered and polluted....

    The next thing you'll say, is that it is OK for humans to rear and butcher mammals in catastrophic numbers and so to cruelly massacre animals that were bred only to feed the meat obsessed human race and to satiate human's needless, grotesque and unhealthy taste for mammalian flesh.

    Surely such a dystopia only exists in the most warped vision of perverse fiction......

    I think you need a nice falafel kebab.

    Alternatively watch some 'animals eating other animals' porn.

    After seeing this one I'll be very careful of bambi in future:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQOQdBLHrLk

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    weejonnieweejonnie Posts: 3,820
    More significant is the article on the right about charities (which are predominantly left-wing led).
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    SouthamObserverSouthamObserver Posts: 38,966

    So England have just been beaten at home by a country which lost home and away to Iceland.

    Do all those people who were getting so excited after the Germany game NEVER learn ???

    A very different starting line-up playing a completely different system. There was real promise in the performance against the Germans. Tonight's result does not change that one bit.

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    watford30watford30 Posts: 3,474
    TOPPING said:

    watford30 said:

    Hunting with dogs has been banned you nitwit.

    and flourishes in La France.
    And shooting is a national pastime in Italy. 800,000 happy hunters out blasting away at everything that scuttles, runs or flies for 6 months of the year.

    https://www.justlanded.com/english/Italy/Articles/Travel-Leisure/Hunting-in-Italy
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    tysontyson Posts: 6,050
    edited March 2016
    I was being slightly ironical. As much as I want to stay in Europe, if I got an AD from the remain camp bigging up their animal welfare credentials, it wouldn't go down too well.

    Human beings abuse animal terribly...I mean pretty terribly. It really is bad enough to eat a mammal when we have alternatives, the rest of the stuff we do to further our own needs is beyond thinking about.

    It would be pretty grim to imagine a higher level organism treat us as we treat our fellow mammals. Could you imagine? It would be like watching the most horrific film and then some.
    watford30 said:

    'tyson said:
    That is the last straw. Leave is putting animal welfare at risk.'

    Hunting with dogs has been banned you nitwit.

    As for the treatment of animals, direct your ire at the farmers in Italy who have a shocking record when it comes to welfare, as was pointed out to you a month or so ago.

    As for 'sea plundering', blame your precious EU and the grotesque quota system.

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    AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Newsnight talking about phone vs online polls.
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    Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    tyson said:

    It would be pretty grim to imagine a higher level organism treat us as we treat our fellow mammals. Could you imagine? It would be like watching the most horrific film and then some.

    I can't think of anything more natural than mammals eating mammals.
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    Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @NCPoliticsEU: Populus/Number Cruncher Politics (#EURef, PHONE):

    REMAIN 48
    LEAVE 37

    26th-28th Feb
    N=1,002
    #EUReferendum #Newsnight

    @NCPoliticsEU: Populus/Number Cruncher Politics (#EURef, ONLINE):

    REMAIN 39
    LEAVE 45

    26th-28th Feb
    N=2,071
    #EUReferendum #Newsnight
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    Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,820

    I can't think of anything more natural than mammals eating mammals.

    That is certainly the considered view of our cats.
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,291
    Scott_P said:

    @NCPoliticsEU: Populus/Number Cruncher Politics (#EURef, PHONE):

    REMAIN 48
    LEAVE 37

    26th-28th Feb
    N=1,002
    #EUReferendum #Newsnight

    @NCPoliticsEU: Populus/Number Cruncher Politics (#EURef, ONLINE):

    REMAIN 39
    LEAVE 45

    26th-28th Feb
    N=2,071
    #EUReferendum #Newsnight

    Clear as mud...
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    Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,820
    Scott_P said:

    @NCPoliticsEU: Populus/Number Cruncher Politics (#EURef, PHONE):

    REMAIN 48
    LEAVE 37

    26th-28th Feb
    N=1,002
    #EUReferendum #Newsnight

    @NCPoliticsEU: Populus/Number Cruncher Politics (#EURef, ONLINE):

    REMAIN 39
    LEAVE 45

    26th-28th Feb
    N=2,071
    #EUReferendum #Newsnight

    Well, Populus are going to be right.
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    runnymederunnymede Posts: 2,536
    So the charities story - are we to assume the government is now trying to get round the spending limits by allowing nakedly political campaigning by 'charities'?
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,291
    If Trump's man gets done for this assault, I would think that every person who works in security of VIPs will be open to getting charged with something pretty much every day.
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    tysontyson Posts: 6,050
    In my wife's home rural village, there may be 50-60 hunters out of a population of 2,000 or so.
    The hunters are a powerful lobby, but the vast majority of folk prefer to see their wildlife alive. The silent majority hate killing for sport, do not participate in it, do not condone it- but sadly turn a blind eye.

    Regularly seeing groups of men (and it is men), driving their 4 by 4's, in their stupid camouflages, with their mean faces, and their blood lust hardly bonds me to Italy. It has nothing to do with rural traditions, and everything to do with a brutal, mean, cruel pastime continued by a small, vocal minority of highly inadequate men.
    watford30 said:

    TOPPING said:

    watford30 said:

    Hunting with dogs has been banned you nitwit.

    and flourishes in La France.
    And shooting is a national pastime in Italy. 800,000 happy hunters out blasting away at everything that scuttles, runs or flies for 6 months of the year.

    https://www.justlanded.com/english/Italy/Articles/Travel-Leisure/Hunting-in-Italy
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    watford30watford30 Posts: 3,474
    edited March 2016
    runnymede said:

    So the charities story - are we to assume the government is now trying to get round the spending limits by allowing nakedly political campaigning by 'charities'?

    Cameron and Osborne going for the 'Death or Glory' approach?

    Well, that's one way of losing even more support from party members and MPs. Corbyn's looking more like PM in 2020, when Conservatives sit on their hands at the GE.
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    another_richardanother_richard Posts: 25,128

    So England have just been beaten at home by a country which lost home and away to Iceland.

    Do all those people who were getting so excited after the Germany game NEVER learn ???

    A very different starting line-up playing a completely different system. There was real promise in the performance against the Germans. Tonight's result does not change that one bit.

    Said so many times over the years.

    Here's England beating Spain before the 2012 Euros:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb36OBuFIuE


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    Tim_BTim_B Posts: 7,669

    I can't think of anything more natural than mammals eating mammals.

    That is certainly the considered view of our cats.
    A former coroner here recently published a memoir. He made the point that while a dog will guard his dead owner and pine, a cat just needs to eat.
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    SouthamObserverSouthamObserver Posts: 38,966

    So England have just been beaten at home by a country which lost home and away to Iceland.

    Do all those people who were getting so excited after the Germany game NEVER learn ???

    A very different starting line-up playing a completely different system. There was real promise in the performance against the Germans. Tonight's result does not change that one bit.

    Said so many times over the years.

    Here's England beating Spain before the 2012 Euros:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb36OBuFIuE

    We'll see. I feel a lot better about this England side than any other since the 1990s.

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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548

    So England have just been beaten at home by a country which lost home and away to Iceland.

    Do all those people who were getting so excited after the Germany game NEVER learn ???

    A very different starting line-up playing a completely different system. There was real promise in the performance against the Germans. Tonight's result does not change that one bit.

    Said so many times over the years.

    Here's England beating Spain before the 2012 Euros:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb36OBuFIuE

    We'll see. I feel a lot better about this England side than any other since the 1990s.

    Playing without Rooney makes them a lot better than we are used to.
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    tysontyson Posts: 6,050
    OK- could you imagine a scenario where some higher life form harvest humans, where they impregnate them without thought- mothers and sons and sisters all fertilising each other, they harvest and reproduce them in their own filth, feeding them the off cuts of their own species and then industrially butcher them one by one so that one can see what is happening to the other before death.

    Would you consider that natural? Or would you consider it perhaps a pretty dystopic horror film?

    tyson said:

    It would be pretty grim to imagine a higher level organism treat us as we treat our fellow mammals. Could you imagine? It would be like watching the most horrific film and then some.

    I can't think of anything more natural than mammals eating mammals.
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    Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    tyson said:

    OK- could you imagine a scenario where some higher life form harvest humans, where they impregnate them without thought- mothers and sons and sisters all fertilising each other, they harvest and reproduce them in their own filth, feeding them the off cuts of their own species and then industrially butcher them one by one so that one can see what is happening to the other before death.

    Would you consider that natural? Or would you consider it perhaps a pretty dystopic horror film?

    tyson said:

    It would be pretty grim to imagine a higher level organism treat us as we treat our fellow mammals. Could you imagine? It would be like watching the most horrific film and then some.

    I can't think of anything more natural than mammals eating mammals.
    I'd consider any film with a lifeform higher than humans to be dystopic.

    Though a lot of what you described would violate animal welfare laws in this country anyway.
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    Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 25,519
    tyson said:

    OK- could you imagine a scenario where some higher life form harvest humans, where they impregnate them without thought- mothers and sons and sisters all fertilising each other, they harvest and reproduce them in their own filth, feeding them the off cuts of their own species and then industrially butcher them one by one so that one can see what is happening to the other before death.

    Would you consider that natural? Or would you consider it perhaps a pretty dystopic horror film?

    tyson said:

    It would be pretty grim to imagine a higher level organism treat us as we treat our fellow mammals. Could you imagine? It would be like watching the most horrific film and then some.

    I can't think of anything more natural than mammals eating mammals.
    You're mixing two issues; whether it's immoral to eat flesh, and poor animal husbandry. The latter is in no-one's interests; sick, dirty, medicated, stressed animals don't make good food.
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    TykejohnnoTykejohnno Posts: 7,362
    I'm really beginning to think Tyson is a spoof ;-)
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    Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    watford30 said:

    runnymede said:

    So the charities story - are we to assume the government is now trying to get round the spending limits by allowing nakedly political campaigning by 'charities'?

    Cameron and Osborne going for the 'Death or Glory' approach?

    Well, that's one way of losing even more support from party members and MPs. Corbyn's looking more like PM in 2020, when Conservatives sit on their hands at the GE.
    Again Cameron will be gone in 2020.
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    another_richardanother_richard Posts: 25,128

    TOPPING said:

    England didn't play the Tottenham press tonight. Gave the Dutch too much time. Defence not up to much. Drinkeater on the plane now, surely. Everytime there's a close-up of Vardy I expect to see a little ciggie stub in the side of his mouth. He looks like he should be working the docks. Exceptional speed though.

    we were brilliant in our own half.
    Looked to me that the defence was pretty shocking again. We need to score more than our opponents. We cannot rely on clean sheets.
    Teams with shocking defences do not win tournaments.

    Can anyone remember the last time England had a defence which looked properly solid.

    1990 IMO. Even 1996 was shaky and had to bailed out by David Seaman more than once.

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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548

    TOPPING said:

    England didn't play the Tottenham press tonight. Gave the Dutch too much time. Defence not up to much. Drinkeater on the plane now, surely. Everytime there's a close-up of Vardy I expect to see a little ciggie stub in the side of his mouth. He looks like he should be working the docks. Exceptional speed though.

    we were brilliant in our own half.
    Looked to me that the defence was pretty shocking again. We need to score more than our opponents. We cannot rely on clean sheets.
    Teams with shocking defences do not win tournaments.

    Can anyone remember the last time England had a defence which looked properly solid.

    1990 IMO. Even 1996 was shaky and had to bailed out by David Seaman more than once.

    1998 World Cup team had a pretty good defence. Sol Campbell was great against the Argies.
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    ZenPaganZenPagan Posts: 689
    Not sure animal welfare being protected by the eu is such a sure fire line when you have this

    http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2016/03/22/eu-legal-change-could-threaten-ban-on-animal-cosmetic-testin
    tyson said:

    That is the last straw. Leave is putting animal welfare at risk.

    We have a government here that is quite happy to shoot badgers in huge numbers for no other good reason than just to shoot them, is more than happy to let foxes get torn to shreds by packs of dogs, is quite happy to let farmers regulate their own farm production, does nothing about circuses, allows our seas to be plundered and polluted....

    The next thing you'll say, is that it is OK for humans to rear and butcher mammals in catastrophic numbers and so to cruelly massacre animals that were bred only to feed the meat obsessed human race and to satiate human's needless, grotesque and unhealthy taste for mammalian flesh.

    Surely such a dystopia only exists in the most warped vision of perverse fiction......

    kle4 said:

    Freggles said:

    Freggles said:


    The second largest block of voters are Labour supporters. We could see turnout from these voters under 50%. Yet they should be the largest block of voters turning out for REMAIN.



    Out of interest, would that message change for me, as 25-30, graduate level public sector employee, South West England?

    Curious to know how targeted we can get.
    Might do. Would probably say more about the countryside - admittedly there are rural areas in the North-East and urban ones in the South-West, but in identity terms one is clearly more urban than the other.

    You cannot imagine how freakily microtargeted Remain is, particularly in the context of social media ad buys. 20-40 year old woman who liked a lot of baby photos on Facebook recently? You're getting an advert for EU maternity leave rights. I searched for hotels on the Isle of Wight yesterday and today I got an advert about the EU Clean Beaches directive. I uploaded a cat photo, I got an advert telling me that Leave was putting animal welfare at risk.

    Which is all weird. If there's a majority in favour of EU rules then we would surely end up with a Parliament here which set out the same rules. If there isn't, you'd expect a vote for Leave. Unless the British people have some sort of devotion to voting against their own interests and being rescued by foreigners.
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    TOPPING said:

    England didn't play the Tottenham press tonight. Gave the Dutch too much time. Defence not up to much. Drinkeater on the plane now, surely. Everytime there's a close-up of Vardy I expect to see a little ciggie stub in the side of his mouth. He looks like he should be working the docks. Exceptional speed though.

    we were brilliant in our own half.
    Looked to me that the defence was pretty shocking again. We need to score more than our opponents. We cannot rely on clean sheets.
    Teams with shocking defences do not win tournaments.

    Can anyone remember the last time England had a defence which looked properly solid.

    1990 IMO. Even 1996 was shaky and had to bailed out by David Seaman more than once.

    1998 World Cup team had a pretty good defence. Sol Campbell was great against the Argies.
    Shame Alan *elbows* Shearer buggered things up. Sol scored a perfectly good goal.
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    TykejohnnoTykejohnno Posts: 7,362

    TOPPING said:

    England didn't play the Tottenham press tonight. Gave the Dutch too much time. Defence not up to much. Drinkeater on the plane now, surely. Everytime there's a close-up of Vardy I expect to see a little ciggie stub in the side of his mouth. He looks like he should be working the docks. Exceptional speed though.

    we were brilliant in our own half.
    Looked to me that the defence was pretty shocking again. We need to score more than our opponents. We cannot rely on clean sheets.
    Teams with shocking defences do not win tournaments.

    Can anyone remember the last time England had a defence which looked properly solid.

    1990 IMO. Even 1996 was shaky and had to bailed out by David Seaman more than once.

    1998 World Cup team had a pretty good defence. Sol Campbell was great against the Argies.
    Come on Guys,I know we didn't play well and the defence is dodgy but the ref for the second goal was a disgrace.
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    O/T There has been a comment or two made here today re the UN decision over the South Atlantic. A view from one of the Falkland FB pages.
    https://www.facebook.com/keeptheislandsbritish/?fref=nf
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,412
    TSE: "Do you want a drink?"

    Sunil: "Got any Quorn?"

    TSE: "If you want!" (He also takes a bottle of meat from the fridge).

    Sunil: "Meat...? Ugh!!!"

    TSE: "It's what Ian Rush drinks."

    Sunil: "Ian Rush?"

    TSE: "Yeah, an' he says if I don't drink lots of meat, when I grow up I'm only gonna be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley!"

    Sunil: "Accrington Stanley? Who are they?"

    TSE: "Exactly!"


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    another_richardanother_richard Posts: 25,128

    TOPPING said:

    England didn't play the Tottenham press tonight. Gave the Dutch too much time. Defence not up to much. Drinkeater on the plane now, surely. Everytime there's a close-up of Vardy I expect to see a little ciggie stub in the side of his mouth. He looks like he should be working the docks. Exceptional speed though.

    we were brilliant in our own half.
    Looked to me that the defence was pretty shocking again. We need to score more than our opponents. We cannot rely on clean sheets.
    Teams with shocking defences do not win tournaments.

    Can anyone remember the last time England had a defence which looked properly solid.

    1990 IMO. Even 1996 was shaky and had to bailed out by David Seaman more than once.

    1998 World Cup team had a pretty good defence. Sol Campbell was great against the Argies.
    It certainly wasn't the worst but there was some shoddy ineptitude in the defeat to Romania:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1uEGt_eG8E
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,412

    I'm really beginning to think Tyson is a spoof ;-)

    I am the ONLY VEGETARIAN in the PB Village :p
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    RodCrosbyRodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    edited March 2016
    Trump cosying-up to his new biker friends...
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    williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 48,130
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    watford30watford30 Posts: 3,474
    edited March 2016
    Things are so bad with regard to animal welfare in French slaughterhouses, ever single one is being inspected under an emergency nationwide probe into conditions.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3514309/ALL-abattoirs-France-undergo-emergency-inspections-latest-shocking-secret-footage-shows-workers-throwing-sheep-against-wall-quartering-one-alive.html
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    oldpoliticsoldpolitics Posts: 455
    ZenPagan said:

    Not sure animal welfare being protected by the eu is such a sure fire line when you have this

    But once you're explaining, you're losing. That hasn't been paid to come up on the Facebook of everyone who likes fluffy animals. The headline about the poor baby whatever they were that Nigel Farage wants to bite the heads off and how ONLY! YOU! CAN! STOP! HIM! has.
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    RodCrosbyRodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    Trump: "Romney a stiff, a dope..."
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    TykejohnnoTykejohnno Posts: 7,362

    I'm really beginning to think Tyson is a spoof ;-)

    I am the ONLY VEGETARIAN in the PB Village :p
    lol
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,412

    So England have just been beaten at home by a country which lost home and away to Iceland.

    Do all those people who were getting so excited after the Germany game NEVER learn ???

    It looked so good when Vardy scored :(
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    TykejohnnoTykejohnno Posts: 7,362

    So England have just been beaten at home by a country which lost home and away to Iceland.

    Do all those people who were getting so excited after the Germany game NEVER learn ???

    It looked so good when Vardy scored :(
    Sunil. I know your a West ham fan and my team have a couple of west ham's very good youth team players on loan.

    Don't know what odd's you will get on one of the players(Reese Burke)getting a full England cap in the future,worth looking into.

    I really rate him to go far in the game.
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    RodCrosbyRodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    Trump: "the head of Harvard Law School says Cruz is wrong. He's not a natural born citizen. The Democrats will sue him. He was a Canadian citizen until 14/15 months ago..."
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    Y0kelY0kel Posts: 2,307
    edited March 2016
    I'm a bit of a fan of Germany and watch a fair amount of their games when I can locate them. The qualifying campaign wasn't stellar compared to what they have done in the past and the England result was not quite as much of a surprise as tradition might tell you. Germany is in a bit of transition. The Germany that turns up in France are liable to be better but they are still vulnerable. A very good attacking side but definitely not awesome at the back. They shipped 9 in qualifying in a group that, Poland apart, wasn't anything special. To give you a comparison, we shipped 6 in qualifying, England shipped 3 though England's group was a bit weaker than Germany's.

    Against Italy Germany looked liked...Germany...they just steamrolled the Italians out of the game by half time and Italy couldn't be much arsed with very limited attacking threat.

    Come the 21st June however in Paris, however, we will set the model for the rest of World football and thump the Germans....maybe...with luck...if the wind is blowing the right way
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    Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 49,412

    So England have just been beaten at home by a country which lost home and away to Iceland.

    Do all those people who were getting so excited after the Germany game NEVER learn ???

    It looked so good when Vardy scored :(
    Sunil. I know your a West ham fan and my team have a couple of west ham's very good youth team players on loan.

    Don't know what odd's you will get on one of the players(Reese Burke)getting a full England cap in the future,worth looking into.

    I really rate him to go far in the game.
    Sounds interesting, though not heard of him before tonight.

    Speaking of youth teams, I happened to travel by train from Brum to Derby yesterday and sat next to someone who turned out to be a Chesterfield Youth Team player, and moreover - the really spooky part - he grew up in Newham, right next-door to Ilford, my home-town, AND went to Beal School, just down the road from my school, Ilford County High!
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,291
    edited March 2016
    TheDonald is going nuts on his plane...not sure I have seen him quite so red in the face before.
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    TykejohnnoTykejohnno Posts: 7,362

    So England have just been beaten at home by a country which lost home and away to Iceland.

    Do all those people who were getting so excited after the Germany game NEVER learn ???

    It looked so good when Vardy scored :(
    Sunil. I know your a West ham fan and my team have a couple of west ham's very good youth team players on loan.

    Don't know what odd's you will get on one of the players(Reese Burke)getting a full England cap in the future,worth looking into.

    I really rate him to go far in the game.
    Sounds interesting, though not heard of him before tonight.

    Speaking of youth teams, I happened to travel by train from Brum to Derby yesterday and sat next to someone who turned out to be a Chesterfield Youth Team player, and moreover - the really spooky part - he grew up in Newham, right next-door to Ilford, my home-town, AND went to Beal School, just down the road from my school, Ilford County High!
    It was meant to be,you sitting next to him ;-)
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    Moses_Moses_ Posts: 4,865
    edited March 2016
    CNN breaking news

    Canadian politician Jean Lapierre and 6 others die in crash flying to funeral

    Former Canadian Parliamentarian Jean Lapierre and several members of his family were killed in a plane crash Tuesday off the coast of eastern Quebec, according to a law enforcement official.

    http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/29/americas/jean-lapierre-canada-plane-crash/index.html?adkey=bn
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,291
    TheDonald seemed genuinely really pissed in that press thing on his plane, rather than the faux outrage stuff he normally does.
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    TykejohnnoTykejohnno Posts: 7,362
    Sunil,this from bradford city fans on the West ham duo -and this thread started march 8th,only got better the pair ;-)

    http://www.claretandbanter.uk/threads/burke-and-cullen.48157/unread

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    dugarbandierdugarbandier Posts: 2,596

    TOPPING said:

    England didn't play the Tottenham press tonight. Gave the Dutch too much time. Defence not up to much. Drinkeater on the plane now, surely. Everytime there's a close-up of Vardy I expect to see a little ciggie stub in the side of his mouth. He looks like he should be working the docks. Exceptional speed though.

    we were brilliant in our own half.
    Looked to me that the defence was pretty shocking again. We need to score more than our opponents. We cannot rely on clean sheets.
    Teams with shocking defences do not win tournaments.

    Can anyone remember the last time England had a defence which looked properly solid.

    1990 IMO. Even 1996 was shaky and had to bailed out by David Seaman more than once.

    They should be picking Shawcross
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,291
    edited March 2016
    Going to be in the order of 10k's said Tony...

    1.6 million migrants from the EU settle in Britain:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3514701/1-6-million-migrants-EU-settle-Britain.html

    Terrible article btw, Mail conflating different types of migrant etc etc etc.
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    The_ApocalypseThe_Apocalypse Posts: 7,830
    I've kind of tuned out of the EU referendum campaign. A vast majority of it seems to centre around the internal politics of the Tory party, moreso than the actual pros and cons of staying (or leaving) the EU. I still think Remain will win, though and that Cameron will stay until 2017/8. I agree that May is looking a decent bet to be the next Tory leader, and tbh she'd be their best choice by far.

    On England, I do not know why anybody would look to friendlies' as a legitimate litmus test of what England will produce in a tournament. The last time Germany beat England in Germany was 1987 (according to the BBC on twitter), but this hasn't stopped Germany reaching many finals, semi-finals, and winning three tournaments between 1987-2016, while England has won none. England in recent years have had actually *on paper* far better teams than the current one - I'm thinking of the team between 2001-2004 with Neville, Terry, Campbell, Gerard, Cole, Beckham, Lampard, Scholes, and Rooney. And yet that team could not get past the quarters in Euro-2004.

    A similar story was the case in 2002 (hopefully Wikipedia is right on this one!) when only a year after that 5-1 win in Munich, England got to the quarters and Germany the final of the WC. In recent years we've beaten Spain, and Brazil in friendlies as well. So why some were on Saturday, so keen to proclaim the current team as better than the ones' in 02' and 04' on the back of one friendly is beyond me. The players in teams between 2001-04, had won EPL titles, CLs, and FA cups. Many of the 'hopes' within our current team are relatively inexperienced in that regard.

    On Germany, in the last 10 years or so they have never really looked that good in friendlies. I recall that only a few months before the WC in 2010, Argentina beat them 3-1 in a friendly. Yet when during the actual tournament they beat Argentina 4-1.

    Goodnight.
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    JohnLoonyJohnLoony Posts: 1,790
    Tim_B said:

    I can't think of anything more natural than mammals eating mammals.

    That is certainly the considered view of our cats.
    A former coroner here recently published a memoir. He made the point that while a dog will guard his dead owner and pine, a cat just needs to eat.
    Animal psychology:

    Dogs are children
    Cats are teenagers
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    JohnLoonyJohnLoony Posts: 1,790
    If the plane was supposed to fly from Alexandria to Cairo (120 miles), how did it have enough fuel to fly to Cyprus (350 miles)? How much extra / surplus do planes usually carry?
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    RobDRobD Posts: 58,989
    JohnLoony said:

    If the plane was supposed to fly from Alexandria to Cairo (120 miles), how did it have enough fuel to fly to Cyprus (350 miles)? How much extra / surplus do planes usually carry?

    Fueled for the return leg?
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    AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    edited March 2016
    New German poll from INSA puts the combined share for the two main parties at 52%.

    CDU/CSU 32%
    SPD 20%
    AfD 13%
    Greens 12.5%
    Left 11%
    FDP 6%
    Others 5.5%

    http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/
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