> > I realise that's your strongly held view, and superficially it may be what many Brexit-leaning people would expect at the moment, but just think about how jarring all of the Brexiteer rhetoric becomes once you apply it to England: "Global England", "Believe in England", etc.
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> Wales also voted Leave and has a big Brexit Party lead in today's poll so you have to say 'England and Wales' not just England
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Ok, "Global England and Wales!", "Believe in England and Wales!", etc.
> @TOPPING said: > Bring rich neither guarantees getting married or being in good health though it helps afford more luxuries and a better retirement > > Hmm not so sure, what was that Peter Crouch quote...?
Being able to bed more partners or pay for prostitutes is not the same as being married and avoiding divorce
@recidivist If "whatever is most likely to prevent Brexit" is the strict criterion, then there is a decent argument for Tory. Keep May in place and let the stalemate continue!
> @MarqueeMark said: > > @viewcode said: > > The porn ban will be one of those things that causes muffled outrage. People will be pissed off - but who is going to march to restore free porn access? They will just blame politicians for stifling their joy. Perhaps these same politicians could destroy their remaining crumbs of support by going for a ban on car-boot sales too..... > > > > If they ban DIY, I'm hitting the (rather well constructed if somewhat unfinished) barricades. "COME AND GET ME YOU BASTARDS! I HAVE AN ALLEN KEY AND I KNOW HOW TO USE IT! > > B&Q: Democracy's Last Stand...........
> @TOPPING said: > Being able to bed more partners or pay for prostitutes is not the same as being married and avoiding divorce > > He is happily married.
It is good to know that in these turbulent times, when the old orders are being cast aside and being replaced with new, unknown quantities, that some things remain constant and unchanging.
That along with warm beer, cricket, the one day of warm weather every summer, and the Archers Omnibus, we can rely on bankers to cheat consumers.
> @Richard_Nabavi said: > Did SeanT write this? > > https://twitter.com/thetimesscot/status/1128999505649721344 > > > > This is a causation correlation issue isn't it? If you are rich you live longer and also you can afford all those things. I don't think it is the trinkets that keep you alive, it is being rich. > > Spoilsport!
I thought being married was great for men - keeps them alive longer etc - but not so good for women - doubtless on account of those pesky men hanging around the place expecting dinner etc.
> @Recidivist said: > Sorry, but Tories 6th in Wales goes by with barely a flicker. > > > > This ought to be sensational. > > > > Strange times indeed. > > I really wish Mrs Thatcher could have lived long enough to see this.
The arrow has a long history in European politics, though this logo may have caused some confusion on a ballot paper (not that they were very keen on ballot papers).
This is a causation correlation issue isn't it? If you are rich you live longer and also you can afford all those things. I don't think it is the trinkets that keep you alive, it is being rich.
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> Spoilsport!
I thought being married was great for men - keeps them alive longer etc - but not so good for women - doubtless on account of those pesky men hanging around the place expecting dinner etc.
Can’t say it does much for my confidence in the FAA.
That is terrible. Whilst the final reports haven't been released into either crash, it's been clear for some time than Boeing and some in the US are trying to get their story in first: it wasn't Boeing's fault; it was the fault of the airlines and the lack of training in the foreign, non-American pilots.
Don't get me wrong: incidents like this always have many causal factors, and the pilots' actions - especially in the case of the Ethiopian crash - will come under scrutiny. But that doesn't alter the fact that Boeing made a plane that wanted to fly into the ground and, in the case of the Indonesian crash, didn't tell pilots about it. (There is some debate about whether what they told the pilots after that was actually accurate).
Boeing have found three important software bugs: MCAS, one to do with flight control surfaces, and a third that meant a mandatory warning light was, in fact, an option. The FAA might be better off asking what's gone wrong in Boeing's culture to allow this to happen. And they might want to examine themselves as well ...
Can’t say it does much for my confidence in the FAA.
That is terrible. Whilst the final reports haven't been released into either crash, it's been clear for some time than Boeing and some in the US are trying to get their story in first: it wasn't Boeing's fault; it was the fault of the airlines and the lack of training in the foreign, non-American pilots.
Don't get me wrong: incidents like this always have many causal factors, and the pilots' actions - especially in the case of the Ethiopian crash - will come under scrutiny. But that doesn't alter the fact that Boeing made a plane that wanted to fly into the ground and, in the case of the Indonesian crash, didn't tell pilots about it. (There is some debate about whether what they told the pilots after that was actually accurate).
Boeing have found three important software bugs: MCAS, one to do with flight control surfaces, and a third that meant a mandatory warning light was, in fact, an option. The FAA might be better off asking what's gone wrong in Boeing's culture to allow this to happen. And they might want to examine themselves as well ...
No kidding. But in an America made great again, facts are not the currency of debate.
> @JosiasJessop said: > It is good to know that in these turbulent times, when the old orders are being cast aside and being replaced with new, unknown quantities, that some things remain constant and unchanging. > > That along with warm beer, cricket, the one day of warm weather every summer, and the Archers Omnibus, we can rely on bankers to cheat consumers. > > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48292946
The real question is why it has taken 6 years for the EU Commission to come to this decision when UK, Swiss and US regulators reached this point years ago.
I can pretty much guarantee you that FX traders now will look at this and think: that's history, all the rules/procedures/training have changed and there is nothing I need learn from this.
It's not enough to discipline banks. You have to do it when the events are still fresh in peoples' minds so that people realise that this applies to them too. 2007 was so long ago that you might as well be talking about some misbehaviour by the Assyrians.
The FCA has just fined two banks in relation to transaction reporting failures (don't ask) from 2007 onwards. In one case, there is literally no-one left from that time still working in the bank in the relevant areas. It is very hard to get people to take as seriously as they should the lessons to be learned from this. The natural reaction is to distance yourself from bad guys. When the events in question were happening while you were still in school that distancing becomes even easier. The City has a very short memory.
Mind you, I'd have been very happy with the Pichon Lalande!
LOL and indeed re the Pichon Lalande just don't get @SeanT started on him not being able to tell the difference.
I wonder what the customer's face looked like when presented with the Le Pin I would love a live cam of that moment.
A friend of mine bought a couple of cases of the famous 1982 Le Pin for very little money on release, not really knowing much about it. He was stunned when he discovered a few years later that it was worth megabucks. (No, I didn't get to taste it!)
> @Nigelb said: > > @Richard_Nabavi said: > > > Did SeanT write this? > > > > > > https://twitter.com/thetimesscot/status/1128999505649721344 > > > This is a causation correlation issue isn't it? If you are rich you live longer and also you can afford all those things. I don't think it is the trinkets that keep you alive, it is being rich. > > > > > > Spoilsport! > > > > I thought being married was great for men - keeps them alive longer etc - but not so good for women - doubtless on account of those pesky men hanging around the place expecting dinner etc. > > Enough of the casual misandry. > > Some of us cook.
You will always be welcome here. I will provide the coffee and the chocolate.
(My husband cooks. I garden. I did my bit when the children were growing up and I had to keep them alive. Now they cook for me. And I swan around expressing forthright opinions and arranging flowers.... ).
I am really really struggling to find the motivation to vote next week. Yes, our Labour MEPs in the North East are genuinely good people. But they are standing on a non-platform arguing my party's non-position bullshit on Europe.
What other options do I have? LibDem? Duplicitous shits. NoCHangeUK? Wazzocks. Are the Greens running? But I don't want to abstain - my grandfather's generation sacrificed everything to give me the ability to vote, I feel a civic duty to do so. But for whom?
What a bloody mess - the end of the post-war political settlement.
Mind you, I'd have been very happy with the Pichon Lalande!
LOL and indeed re the Pichon Lalande just don't get @SeanT started on him not being able to tell the difference.
I wonder what the customer's face looked like when presented with the Le Pin I would love a live cam of that moment.
A friend of mine bought a couple of cases of the famous 1982 Le Pin for very little money on release, not really knowing much about it. He was stunned when he discovered a few years later that it was worth megabucks. (No, I didn't get to taste it!)
Some friend...or did he educate his children with it?
> @StuartDickson said: > > @williamglenn said: > > The next election could be between the Brexit Party and the Lib Dems. > > England : Brexit Party vs Lib Dems > N Ireland: DUP vs Sinn Féin > Wales: Labour vs Plaid > Scotland: SNP vs Ruth > > Some Union.
On today's polling it will be Brexit Party v Labour in Wales, some polls even have the Brexit Party second in Scotland for the European elections.
Most GE polls still have it Tory v Labour for the GE across the UK as a whole with 1 poll Brexit Party v Labour
I am really really struggling to find the motivation to vote next week. Yes, our Labour MEPs in the North East are genuinely good people. But they are standing on a non-platform arguing my party's non-position bullshit on Europe.
What other options do I have? LibDem? Duplicitous shits. NoCHangeUK? Wazzocks. Are the Greens running? But I don't want to abstain - my grandfather's generation sacrificed everything to give me the ability to vote, I feel a civic duty to do so. But for whom?
What a bloody mess - the end of the post-war political settlement.
I will be out of the country and was pondering how upset I am that I will not be able to vote (flights taking off and landing at 8am/8pm). I can't get too worked up about it although I would probably have voted Cons. As you do.
I am really really struggling to find the motivation to vote next week. Yes, our Labour MEPs in the North East are genuinely good people. But they are standing on a non-platform arguing my party's non-position bullshit on Europe.
What other options do I have? LibDem? Duplicitous shits. NoCHangeUK? Wazzocks. Are the Greens running? But I don't want to abstain - my grandfather's generation sacrificed everything to give me the ability to vote, I feel a civic duty to do so. But for whom?
What a bloody mess - the end of the post-war political settlement.
Perhaps it's a mistake to look at this purely through the prism of the parties' respective positions (or non-positions) on Brexit? After all, if Brexit goes ahead soon, it's academic, but if it doesn't, then surely you'd want to have voted for the MEPs whom you consider would best represent you in the European Parliament.
> @RochdalePioneers said: > I am really really struggling to find the motivation to vote next week. Yes, our Labour MEPs in the North East are genuinely good people. But they are standing on a non-platform arguing my party's non-position bullshit on Europe. > > What other options do I have? LibDem? Duplicitous shits. NoCHangeUK? Wazzocks. Are the Greens running? But I don't want to abstain - my grandfather's generation sacrificed everything to give me the ability to vote, I feel a civic duty to do so. But for whom? > > What a bloody mess - the end of the post-war political settlement.
I feel the same. But. Gotta vote Labour in NE. Only way of trying to keep 2 Brexit MEPs out. That is my priority, even if I will have to hold my nose. Would love to vote LD or Green, but not confident they can reach the threshold for a representative here.
I've repeatedly posted on here that I'm wary of taking the 'rallies' as a sign of anything very much.
The polling is good for the Brexit Party but previously Farage has been overstated by them.
I don't think it's a shoo-in that the BP will win. Probably 3 parties will poll in the 20's.
And much as it may irritate Faragists to apply an 'abitrary benchmark', I think he needs to poll 30%+ to command the media narrative the following day. If he wins with, say, 27%-28% as I expect then I don't think it's going to mean very much.
Perhaps it's a mistake to look at this purely through the prism of the parties' respective positions (or non-positions) on Brexit? After all, if Brexit goes ahead soon, it's academic, but if it doesn't, then surely you'd want to have voted for the MEPs whom you consider would best represent you in the European Parliament.
Oh please. Like anyone knows what or who their MEP does or is. Mine is Syed Kamall MEP and I only know this because that is how he signs the emails I instantly delete but that's about all I do know.
You will always be welcome here. I will provide the coffee and the chocolate.
(My husband cooks. I garden. I did my bit when the children were growing up and I had to keep them alive. Now they cook for me. And I swan around expressing forthright opinions and arranging flowers.... ).
Careful - next time I'm up in the Lakes I might take you up on that.
As for domestic chores, I draw the line only at ironing. But then again, so does my wife.
> @Mysticrose said: > > @HYUFD said: > > > @Scott_P said: > > > Yet lead every European elections poll and are holding packed out rallies across the country > > > > > > Here is that "packed out" rally > > > > > > https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1128964539221987328 > > > > > > > > > > > I've repeatedly posted on here that I'm wary of taking the 'rallies' as a sign of anything very much. > > The polling is good for the Brexit Party but previously Farage has been overstated by them. > > I don't think it's a shoo-in that the BP will win. Probably 3 parties will poll in the 20's. > > And much as it may irritate Faragists to apply an 'abitrary benchmark', I think he needs to poll 30%+ to command the media narrative the following day. If he wins with, say, 27%-28% as I expect then I don't think it's going to mean very much.
There are other images of that Merthyr rally from the other side of that bus that show hundreds of people attending. Maybe heading towards a thousand.
In Merthyr.
I do not want to see Farage be a force in UK politics. But posting wanky pictures to wish his appeal away ain't going to stop him.
> I've repeatedly posted on here that I'm wary of taking the 'rallies' as a sign of anything very much.
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> The polling is good for the Brexit Party but previously Farage has been overstated by them.
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> I don't think it's a shoo-in that the BP will win. Probably 3 parties will poll in the 20's.
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> And much as it may irritate Faragists to apply an 'abitrary benchmark', I think he needs to poll 30%+ to command the media narrative the following day. If he wins with, say, 27%-28% as I expect then I don't think it's going to mean very much.
There are other images of that Merthyr rally from the other side of that bus that show hundreds of people attending. Maybe heading towards a thousand.
In Merthyr.
I do not want to see Farage be a force in UK politics. But posting wanky pictures to wish his appeal away ain't going to stop him.
Didn’t you hear Cadwalladr? the Brexit party is finished.
> @Nigelb said: > You will always be welcome here. I will provide the coffee and the chocolate. > > > (My husband cooks. I garden. I did my bit when the children were growing up and I had to keep them alive. Now they cook for me. And I swan around expressing forthright opinions and arranging flowers.... ). > > Careful - next time I'm up in the Lakes I might take you up on that. > > As for domestic chores, I draw the line only at ironing. But then again, so does my wife.
You would be most welcome. As you would in London.
I eliminated ironing from my life decades ago by rarely buying clothes that need ironing. There is not a shirt to be found anywhere in my wardrobe.
There are only three domestic chores I insist on: having a well made bed (bliss!), clean bathrooms and the bins being regularly emptied.
With children, a very messy husband, a dog and 4 cats, one must be realistic.
Theresa May has agreed to stand down before 2022-ish? MPs wanted her out until they heard this morning that Boris still fancied the job? Nothing's changed?
> I've repeatedly posted on here that I'm wary of taking the 'rallies' as a sign of anything very much.
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> The polling is good for the Brexit Party but previously Farage has been overstated by them.
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> I don't think it's a shoo-in that the BP will win. Probably 3 parties will poll in the 20's.
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> And much as it may irritate Faragists to apply an 'abitrary benchmark', I think he needs to poll 30%+ to command the media narrative the following day. If he wins with, say, 27%-28% as I expect then I don't think it's going to mean very much.
There are other images of that Merthyr rally from the other side of that bus that show hundreds of people attending. Maybe heading towards a thousand.
In Merthyr.
I do not want to see Farage be a force in UK politics. But posting wanky pictures to wish his appeal away ain't going to stop him.
Didn’t you hear Cadwalladr? the Brexit party is finished.
A brand new party leading the polls and 1/10 to win a national election is clear evidence of its decline
> @Cyclefree said: > > @Nigelb said: > > You will always be welcome here. I will provide the coffee and the chocolate. > > > > > > (My husband cooks. I garden. I did my bit when the children were growing up and I had to keep them alive. Now they cook for me. And I swan around expressing forthright opinions and arranging flowers.... ). > > > > Careful - next time I'm up in the Lakes I might take you up on that. > > > > As for domestic chores, I draw the line only at ironing. But then again, so does my wife. > > You would be most welcome. As you would in London. > > I eliminated ironing from my life decades ago by rarely buying clothes that need ironing. There is not a shirt to be found anywhere in my wardrobe. > > There are only three domestic chores I insist on: having a well made bed (bliss!), clean bathrooms and the bins being regularly emptied. > > With children, a very messy husband, a dog and 4 cats, one must be realistic.
Non-iron shirts are a thing now. Come to think of it, so are ironing services. It is the duty of the wealthy man...
> @RobD said: > > @Mysticrose said: > > > > @HYUFD said: > > > > > @Scott_P said: > > > > > Yet lead every European elections poll and are holding packed out rallies across the country > > > > > > > > > > Here is that "packed out" rally > > > > > > > > > > https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1128964539221987328 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've repeatedly posted on here that I'm wary of taking the 'rallies' as a sign of anything very much. > > > > > > The polling is good for the Brexit Party but previously Farage has been overstated by them. > > > > > > I don't think it's a shoo-in that the BP will win. Probably 3 parties will poll in the 20's. > > > > > > And much as it may irritate Faragists to apply an 'abitrary benchmark', I think he needs to poll 30%+ to command the media narrative the following day. If he wins with, say, 27%-28% as I expect then I don't think it's going to mean very much. > > > > There are other images of that Merthyr rally from the other side of that bus that show hundreds of people attending. Maybe heading towards a thousand. > > > > In Merthyr. > > > > I do not want to see Farage be a force in UK politics. But posting wanky pictures to wish his appeal away ain't going to stop him. > > Didn’t you hear Cadwalladr? the Brexit party is finished.
The quality of our MPs is only exceeded by that of the press.
> @DecrepitJohnL said: > > @Cyclefree said: > > > @Nigelb said: > > > You will always be welcome here. I will provide the coffee and the chocolate. > > > > > > > > > (My husband cooks. I garden. I did my bit when the children were growing up and I had to keep them alive. Now they cook for me. And I swan around expressing forthright opinions and arranging flowers.... ). > > > > > > Careful - next time I'm up in the Lakes I might take you up on that. > > > > > > As for domestic chores, I draw the line only at ironing. But then again, so does my wife. > > > > You would be most welcome. As you would in London. > > > > I eliminated ironing from my life decades ago by rarely buying clothes that need ironing. There is not a shirt to be found anywhere in my wardrobe. > > > > There are only three domestic chores I insist on: having a well made bed (bliss!), clean bathrooms and the bins being regularly emptied. > > > > With children, a very messy husband, a dog and 4 cats, one must be realistic. > > Non-iron shirts are a thing now. Come to think of it, so are ironing services. It is the duty of the wealthy man...
I don't really like them as a garment, TBH. Like wearing a school uniform. All that tucking in and buttoning and unbuttoning. Tiresome.
It's bullshit. They have nothing to do with Blair. I imagine that was written by a sad Corynite looking for a reason why people aren't as attached to Corbyn as he/she is. Anyway much to glib to be worth repeating
Sky News reporting May has refused to set s firm departure date and 1922 committee has agreed that she should just meet again with Sir Graham Brady in early June to confirm intentions at which time the Withdrawal Agreement will be put forward for the final time anyway.
Hm. They've been unlucky in a way. Timing and personality matters a lot. On the timing front, they had plenty of publicity for a month or two and then along came Farage to steal the limelight. On personality, if you compare the Tiggers with TBP and En Marche, they lack a central charismatic figure with a clear message.
But I think the first problem (Farage's intervention) is bigger than the second. Apart from stealing their publicity, he's indirectly created the narrative that Remain voters need to support the LibDems to defeat him. And if we weren't contrasting Change UK with TBP, I still think most people would be impressed that a dozen MPs have managed to start a national centrist movement.
> @RobD said: > @Sean_F... that is only merely a doubt?
She’s won award after award (most recently she has been nominated for the Pulitzer). Personal attacks on her credibility are usually a reliable sign that the writer can be safely ignored.
She’s won award after award (most recently she has been nominated for the Pulitzer). Personal attacks on her credibility are usually a reliable sign that the writer can be safely ignored.
On the one hand it seems that shouldn’t be allowed, on the other I think drivers will just see a picture of Farage and BREXIT PARTY, those who hate him will sneer & those who like him will be reminded to vote. Bit like ‘car crash’ interviews with Marr etc
She’s won award after award (most recently she has been nominated for the Pulitzer). Personal attacks on her credibility are usually a reliable sign that the writer can be safely ignored.
She was ahead of the curve regarding Jeremy Kyle. I love the banter between her and Arron Banks/Andy Wigmore
> @Morris_Dancer said: > Good afternoon, my fellow Groundhog Day viewers.
It's all a bit gloomy isn't it. The Brexit party will do well next week, the WA will be voted down again, May will resign, some Leave Muppet will become PM and will take us out of the EU with no agreement and no plan other than to sing "Who do you think you are kidding Mr Juncker" loudly across the Channel and in just over a month's time the nights will start getting longer.
> @isam said: > > @RobD said: > > > @Sean_F... that is only merely a doubt? > > > > She’s won award after award (most recently she has been nominated for the Pulitzer). Personal attacks on her credibility are usually a reliable sign that the writer can be safely ignored. > > She was ahead of the curve regarding Jeremy Kyle. I love the banter between her and Arron Banks/Andy Wigmore
She’s far from perfect. But she has a nose for a story.
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> Yet lead every European elections poll and are holding packed out rallies across the country
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> Here is that "packed out" rally
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> https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1128964539221987328
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> https://twitter.com/jonesarwyn/status/1128952415833796609
Taken from another angle
https://twitter.com/brexitparty_uk/status/1128752335021400064?s=20
Plus Peterborough
https://twitter.com/brexitparty_uk/status/1125831775534579715?s=20
> https://twitter.com/TheHeraldEditor/status/1129001304599289856
where is the outrage? Helps control numbers and same cost as his other rallies
> https://twitter.com/TheHeraldEditor/status/1129001304599289856
Sparked outrage among whom? The paper refers to social media users, so it could just be a bunch of Reaminers.
> Bring rich neither guarantees getting married or being in good health though it helps afford more luxuries and a better retirement
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> Hmm not so sure, what was that Peter Crouch quote...?
Being able to bed more partners or pay for prostitutes is not the same as being married and avoiding divorce
If "whatever is most likely to prevent Brexit" is the strict criterion, then there is a decent argument for Tory. Keep May in place and let the stalemate continue!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/after-two-faulty-boeing-jets-crash-the-trump-administration-blames-foreign-pilots/2019/05/15/e940a692-774e-11e9-b3f5-5673edf2d127_story.html
Can’t say it does much for my confidence in the FAA.
> > @viewcode said:
> > The porn ban will be one of those things that causes muffled outrage. People will be pissed off - but who is going to march to restore free porn access? They will just blame politicians for stifling their joy. Perhaps these same politicians could destroy their remaining crumbs of support by going for a ban on car-boot sales too.....
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> > If they ban DIY, I'm hitting the (rather well constructed if somewhat unfinished) barricades. "COME AND GET ME YOU BASTARDS! I HAVE AN ALLEN KEY AND I KNOW HOW TO USE IT!
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> B&Q: Democracy's Last Stand...........
All your Homebase are belong to us.
> Did SeanT write this?
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> https://twitter.com/thetimesscot/status/1128999505649721344
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> Seems like sage advice to me.
A thymely reminder?
> Being able to bed more partners or pay for prostitutes is not the same as being married and avoiding divorce
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> He is happily married.
He has had at least 1 affair
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1301404/Peter-Crouch-teenage-vice-girl-new-shame-England.html
> https://twitter.com/theousherwood/status/1129001076944982016?s=21
Five people control the destiny of the entire country?
That along with warm beer, cricket, the one day of warm weather every summer, and the Archers Omnibus, we can rely on bankers to cheat consumers.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48292946
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/16/diner-accidentally-gets-4500-bottle-of-wine-in-manchester-restaurant
Mind you, I'd have been very happy with the Pichon Lalande!
> Did SeanT write this?
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> https://twitter.com/thetimesscot/status/1128999505649721344
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> This is a causation correlation issue isn't it? If you are rich you live longer and also you can afford all those things. I don't think it is the trinkets that keep you alive, it is being rich.
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> Spoilsport!
I thought being married was great for men - keeps them alive longer etc - but not so good for women - doubtless on account of those pesky men hanging around the place expecting dinner etc.
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> A thymely reminder?
Anise pun, but don't get carraway or you will rue the day......
> Sorry, but Tories 6th in Wales goes by with barely a flicker.
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> I really wish Mrs Thatcher could have lived long enough to see this.
If she'd continued on the arc of her Euroscpticism, she'd probably think TBP were lily livered > @williamglenn said:
> > @NorthernUprising said:
> > Nothing wrong with having an arrow on your logo, but we did it first:
> > http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/Registrations/PP2303
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> Did the party above you on the ballot paper get an unexpected surge?
The arrow has a long history in European politics, though this logo may have caused some confusion on a ballot paper (not that they were very keen on ballot papers).
https://tinyurl.com/nltsujr
I wonder what the customer's face looked like when presented with the Le Pin I would love a live cam of that moment.
> https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1129006106741813248
Change UK's problem at the moment is we are still in the EU.
Ironically that is also why the Brexit Party is now doing well, if we left the EU with No Deal it might be CUK making advances rather than Farage
Some of us cook.
> https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1129006625661100033
Nothing has changed - except the voters ..
Don't get me wrong: incidents like this always have many causal factors, and the pilots' actions - especially in the case of the Ethiopian crash - will come under scrutiny. But that doesn't alter the fact that Boeing made a plane that wanted to fly into the ground and, in the case of the Indonesian crash, didn't tell pilots about it. (There is some debate about whether what they told the pilots after that was actually accurate).
Boeing have found three important software bugs: MCAS, one to do with flight control surfaces, and a third that meant a mandatory warning light was, in fact, an option. The FAA might be better off asking what's gone wrong in Boeing's culture to allow this to happen. And they might want to examine themselves as well ...
But in an America made great again, facts are not the currency of debate.
> The next election could be between the Brexit Party and the Lib Dems.
England : Brexit Party vs Lib Dems
N Ireland: DUP vs Sinn Féin
Wales: Labour vs Plaid
Scotland: SNP vs Ruth
Some Union.
> > @Scott_P said:
> > https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1129006625661100033
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> Nothing has changed - except the voters ..
Sir Graham Brady versus the PM, in the preliminary round of the World Stare Out Championships. Commentary by Barry Davies......
> It is good to know that in these turbulent times, when the old orders are being cast aside and being replaced with new, unknown quantities, that some things remain constant and unchanging.
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> That along with warm beer, cricket, the one day of warm weather every summer, and the Archers Omnibus, we can rely on bankers to cheat consumers.
>
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48292946
The real question is why it has taken 6 years for the EU Commission to come to this decision when UK, Swiss and US regulators reached this point years ago.
I can pretty much guarantee you that FX traders now will look at this and think: that's history, all the rules/procedures/training have changed and there is nothing I need learn from this.
It's not enough to discipline banks. You have to do it when the events are still fresh in peoples' minds so that people realise that this applies to them too. 2007 was so long ago that you might as well be talking about some misbehaviour by the Assyrians.
The FCA has just fined two banks in relation to transaction reporting failures (don't ask) from 2007 onwards. In one case, there is literally no-one left from that time still working in the bank in the relevant areas. It is very hard to get people to take as seriously as they should the lessons to be learned from this. The natural reaction is to distance yourself from bad guys. When the events in question were happening while you were still in school that distancing becomes even easier. The City has a very short memory.
> > @TGOHF said:
> > > @Scott_P said:
> > > https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1129006625661100033
> >
> > Nothing has changed - except the voters ..
>
> Sir Ian Brady versus the PM, in the preliminary round of the World Stare Out Championships. Commentary by Barry Davies......
Unfortunate Freudian slip there?
> > @Richard_Nabavi said:
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> > Did SeanT write this?
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> > https://twitter.com/thetimesscot/status/1128999505649721344
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> This is a causation correlation issue isn't it? If you are rich you live longer and also you can afford all those things. I don't think it is the trinkets that keep you alive, it is being rich.
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> > Spoilsport!
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> I thought being married was great for men - keeps them alive longer etc - but not so good for women - doubtless on account of those pesky men hanging around the place expecting dinner etc.
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> Enough of the casual misandry.
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> Some of us cook.
You will always be welcome here. I will provide the coffee and the chocolate.
(My husband cooks. I garden. I did my bit when the children were growing up and I had to keep them alive. Now they cook for me. And I swan around expressing forthright opinions and arranging flowers....
> > @MarqueeMark said:
> > > @TGOHF said:
> > > > @Scott_P said:
> > > > https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1129006625661100033
> > >
> > > Nothing has changed - except the voters ..
> >
> > Sir Ian Brady versus the PM, in the preliminary round of the World Stare Out Championships. Commentary by Barry Davies......
>
> Unfortunate Freudian slip there?
Probably a gag too far, but I thought the writers of Big Train would approve.....
> https://twitter.com/theousherwood/status/1129001076944982016?s=21
Did the audience of 5 or whatever then put their heads in their hands?
> https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1129006106741813248
That's why they all refused to stand in by elections I suppose...
What other options do I have? LibDem? Duplicitous shits. NoCHangeUK? Wazzocks. Are the Greens running? But I don't want to abstain - my grandfather's generation sacrificed everything to give me the ability to vote, I feel a civic duty to do so. But for whom?
What a bloody mess - the end of the post-war political settlement.
> https://twitter.com/elliotttimes/status/1129009600869621761
OK I was wrong to predict this self-penned tale of privilege, hubris then disaster would never see the light of day.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48299424
Oh god...
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1127501/brexit-news-latest-nigel-farage-brexit-party-welsh-assembly-mark-reckless-david-rowlands/amp
> > @williamglenn said:
> > The next election could be between the Brexit Party and the Lib Dems.
>
> England : Brexit Party vs Lib Dems
> N Ireland: DUP vs Sinn Féin
> Wales: Labour vs Plaid
> Scotland: SNP vs Ruth
>
> Some Union.
On today's polling it will be Brexit Party v Labour in Wales, some polls even have the Brexit Party second in Scotland for the European elections.
Most GE polls still have it Tory v Labour for the GE across the UK as a whole with 1 poll Brexit Party v Labour
> > @Scott_P said:
> > https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1129006106741813248
>
> That's why they all refused to stand in by elections I suppose...
The irony being that that's exactly what they should have done to generate momentum and get publicity.
> I am really really struggling to find the motivation to vote next week. Yes, our Labour MEPs in the North East are genuinely good people. But they are standing on a non-platform arguing my party's non-position bullshit on Europe.
>
> What other options do I have? LibDem? Duplicitous shits. NoCHangeUK? Wazzocks. Are the Greens running? But I don't want to abstain - my grandfather's generation sacrificed everything to give me the ability to vote, I feel a civic duty to do so. But for whom?
>
> What a bloody mess - the end of the post-war political settlement.
I feel the same. But. Gotta vote Labour in NE. Only way of trying to keep 2 Brexit MEPs out. That is my priority, even if I will have to hold my nose. Would love to vote LD or Green, but not confident they can reach the threshold for a representative here.
> > @Scott_P said:
> > Yet lead every European elections poll and are holding packed out rallies across the country
> >
> > Here is that "packed out" rally
> >
> > https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1128964539221987328
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>
I've repeatedly posted on here that I'm wary of taking the 'rallies' as a sign of anything very much.
The polling is good for the Brexit Party but previously Farage has been overstated by them.
I don't think it's a shoo-in that the BP will win. Probably 3 parties will poll in the 20's.
And much as it may irritate Faragists to apply an 'abitrary benchmark', I think he needs to poll 30%+ to command the media narrative the following day. If he wins with, say, 27%-28% as I expect then I don't think it's going to mean very much.
> Brexit Party forms its first parliamentary group:
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> https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1127501/brexit-news-latest-nigel-farage-brexit-party-welsh-assembly-mark-reckless-david-rowlands/amp
I initially read that as "paramilitary group" and wasn't surprised.
As for domestic chores, I draw the line only at ironing. But then again, so does my wife.
https://twitter.com/hoxtonwanka/status/1128652851394297857
> > @HYUFD said:
> > > @Scott_P said:
> > > Yet lead every European elections poll and are holding packed out rallies across the country
> > >
> > > Here is that "packed out" rally
> > >
> > > https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1128964539221987328
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> >
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> I've repeatedly posted on here that I'm wary of taking the 'rallies' as a sign of anything very much.
>
> The polling is good for the Brexit Party but previously Farage has been overstated by them.
>
> I don't think it's a shoo-in that the BP will win. Probably 3 parties will poll in the 20's.
>
> And much as it may irritate Faragists to apply an 'abitrary benchmark', I think he needs to poll 30%+ to command the media narrative the following day. If he wins with, say, 27%-28% as I expect then I don't think it's going to mean very much.
There are other images of that Merthyr rally from the other side of that bus that show hundreds of people attending. Maybe heading towards a thousand.
In Merthyr.
I do not want to see Farage be a force in UK politics. But posting wanky pictures to wish his appeal away ain't going to stop him.
> You will always be welcome here. I will provide the coffee and the chocolate.
>
>
> (My husband cooks. I garden. I did my bit when the children were growing up and I had to keep them alive. Now they cook for me. And I swan around expressing forthright opinions and arranging flowers....
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> Careful - next time I'm up in the Lakes I might take you up on that.
>
> As for domestic chores, I draw the line only at ironing. But then again, so does my wife.
You would be most welcome. As you would in London.
I eliminated ironing from my life decades ago by rarely buying clothes that need ironing. There is not a shirt to be found anywhere in my wardrobe.
There are only three domestic chores I insist on: having a well made bed (bliss!), clean bathrooms and the bins being regularly emptied.
With children, a very messy husband, a dog and 4 cats, one must be realistic.
> https://twitter.com/rosskempsell/status/1129014341041369088
Theresa May has agreed to stand down before 2022-ish? MPs wanted her out until they heard this morning that Boris still fancied the job? Nothing's changed?
Edit: Oh. Now I see the leak posted below and feel silly.
> > @Nigelb said:
> > You will always be welcome here. I will provide the coffee and the chocolate.
> >
> >
> > (My husband cooks. I garden. I did my bit when the children were growing up and I had to keep them alive. Now they cook for me. And I swan around expressing forthright opinions and arranging flowers....
> >
> > Careful - next time I'm up in the Lakes I might take you up on that.
> >
> > As for domestic chores, I draw the line only at ironing. But then again, so does my wife.
>
> You would be most welcome. As you would in London.
>
> I eliminated ironing from my life decades ago by rarely buying clothes that need ironing. There is not a shirt to be found anywhere in my wardrobe.
>
> There are only three domestic chores I insist on: having a well made bed (bliss!), clean bathrooms and the bins being regularly emptied.
>
> With children, a very messy husband, a dog and 4 cats, one must be realistic.
Non-iron shirts are a thing now. Come to think of it, so are ironing services. It is the duty of the wealthy man...
>
> A brand new party
It isn't.
It's UKIP Mk II. Farage's party.
Which you know full well.
> > @Mysticrose said:
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> > > @HYUFD said:
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> > > > @Scott_P said:
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> > > > Yet lead every European elections poll and are holding packed out rallies across the country
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> > > >
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> > > > Here is that "packed out" rally
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> > > > https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1128964539221987328
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> > I've repeatedly posted on here that I'm wary of taking the 'rallies' as a sign of anything very much.
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> >
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> > The polling is good for the Brexit Party but previously Farage has been overstated by them.
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> >
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> > I don't think it's a shoo-in that the BP will win. Probably 3 parties will poll in the 20's.
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> >
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> > And much as it may irritate Faragists to apply an 'abitrary benchmark', I think he needs to poll 30%+ to command the media narrative the following day. If he wins with, say, 27%-28% as I expect then I don't think it's going to mean very much.
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> There are other images of that Merthyr rally from the other side of that bus that show hundreds of people attending. Maybe heading towards a thousand.
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> In Merthyr.
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> I do not want to see Farage be a force in UK politics. But posting wanky pictures to wish his appeal away ain't going to stop him.
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> Didn’t you hear Cadwalladr? the Brexit party is finished.
The quality of our MPs is only exceeded by that of the press.
> > @Cyclefree said:
> > > @Nigelb said:
> > > You will always be welcome here. I will provide the coffee and the chocolate.
> > >
> > >
> > > (My husband cooks. I garden. I did my bit when the children were growing up and I had to keep them alive. Now they cook for me. And I swan around expressing forthright opinions and arranging flowers....
> > >
> > > Careful - next time I'm up in the Lakes I might take you up on that.
> > >
> > > As for domestic chores, I draw the line only at ironing. But then again, so does my wife.
> >
> > You would be most welcome. As you would in London.
> >
> > I eliminated ironing from my life decades ago by rarely buying clothes that need ironing. There is not a shirt to be found anywhere in my wardrobe.
> >
> > There are only three domestic chores I insist on: having a well made bed (bliss!), clean bathrooms and the bins being regularly emptied.
> >
> > With children, a very messy husband, a dog and 4 cats, one must be realistic.
>
> Non-iron shirts are a thing now. Come to think of it, so are ironing services. It is the duty of the wealthy man...
I don't really like them as a garment, TBH. Like wearing a school uniform. All that tucking in and buttoning and unbuttoning. Tiresome.
> > @Scott_P said:
> > Yet lead every European elections poll and are holding packed out rallies across the country
> >
> > Here is that "packed out" rally
> >
> > https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1128964539221987328
> >
> >
> >
> > https://twitter.com/jonesarwyn/status/1128952415833796609
>
> Taken from another angle
>
> https://twitter.com/brexitparty_uk/status/1128752335021400064?s=20
> Plus Peterborough
> https://twitter.com/brexitparty_uk/status/1125831775534579715?s=20
I doubt if Carol Catwoman is particularly reliable.
> https://twitter.com/cjayanetti/status/1129010574736728064
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>
>
> I think that is just about the truest thing going right now.
It's bullshit. They have nothing to do with Blair. I imagine that was written by a sad Corynite looking for a reason why people aren't as attached to Corbyn as he/she is. Anyway much to glib to be worth repeating
https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1129020271187365888
Yawn
> https://twitter.com/cjayanetti/status/1129010574736728064
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> I think that is just about the truest thing going right now.
Hm. They've been unlucky in a way. Timing and personality matters a lot. On the timing front, they had plenty of publicity for a month or two and then along came Farage to steal the limelight. On personality, if you compare the Tiggers with TBP and En Marche, they lack a central charismatic figure with a clear message.
But I think the first problem (Farage's intervention) is bigger than the second. Apart from stealing their publicity, he's indirectly created the narrative that Remain voters need to support the LibDems to defeat him. And if we weren't contrasting Change UK with TBP, I still think most people would be impressed that a dozen MPs have managed to start a national centrist movement.
> @Sean_F... that is only merely a doubt?
She’s won award after award (most recently she has been nominated for the Pulitzer). Personal attacks on her credibility are usually a reliable sign that the writer can be safely ignored.
> https://twitter.com/ByDonkeys/status/1128946811400589312
isn't that a really confusing billboard?
Surely we are all set for a Tory leadership election over the summer, with the new PM in place ahead of conference.
The only question is whether May stays in post until then or Liddington gets the caretaker gig.
Edit: I wrote the above before reading the LauraK tweet!
> https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/1129022843436580864
So, to get me out most quickly, it's vote against the WA. Great tactics!
> Good afternoon, my fellow Groundhog Day viewers.
It's all a bit gloomy isn't it. The Brexit party will do well next week, the WA will be voted down again, May will resign, some Leave Muppet will become PM and will take us out of the EU with no agreement and no plan other than to sing "Who do you think you are kidding Mr Juncker" loudly across the Channel and in just over a month's time the nights will start getting longer.
> > @RobD said:
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> > @Sean_F... that is only merely a doubt?
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>
>
> She’s won award after award (most recently she has been nominated for the Pulitzer). Personal attacks on her credibility are usually a reliable sign that the writer can be safely ignored.
>
> She was ahead of the curve regarding Jeremy Kyle. I love the banter between her and Arron Banks/Andy Wigmore
She’s far from perfect. But she has a nose for a story.