@ the debate on life's priorities, everyone first and foremost always acts in their self interest, fact, even Mother Theresa and Captain Oats (he of the Antarctic).
My wife is in Italy, and I have spent Xmas day and some other time helping out a local homeless charity here......an entirely selfish act because it makes me feel a little bit better about myself, but thankfully a selfish act that also contributes a little bit to the public good.
Speak for yourself. Where I live we do know - and look out for - our neighbours. Until they died (at the ages of 98 and 99 respectively) I had a key to my neighbours’ house and regularly helped them out, as did my children. There is generally a pretty strong sense of community, a long-standing and very good local councillor and most residents have lived here a long time so, even during property booms, properties don’t get sold very frequently. And yes it’s Remainer country with most people earning well. But there are Housing Association properties too. Political views and where people are on the earnings scale don’t seem to affect how kind people are - or not.
It varies a lot, but I think the "don't know my neighbours" is the more common experience in blocks of flats (less so where you've got rows of houses). One neighbour in my last block took the initative of asking us all to the pub round the corner - I was the only one to go or even reply. My immediate neighbour did knock on my door to save me (as he thought) when a kipper I was frying set off the building's smoke alarms. I thanked him warmly for potentially saving my life - he muttered, embarrassed, "Seemed like the right thing to do". We nodded to each other after that but I never discovered his name or anything about him, nor did he seem curious. I think a lot of Londoners want to seek out like-minded friends (which is so much easier than in a village), rather than depend on the luck of finding one next door.
Of course, you can overdo the friendliness. In Broxtowe, I had a constituent whose husband left her for her neighbour. They all stayed on for the following decade, perpetually warring.
A really good article....I wish all Tories were as rational as David H.
Asking T May for a vision is akin to asking Moen to score a century and take a fifer at the final test.
BTW...on cricket, can someone please take out Swan from TMS. He is a nasty, smarmy, arrogant little shit who would better fit becoming the next leader of UKIP........ Brexit personified in the guise of a cricket commentator....yuck.....
I was hoping to save this for HB but well done Psycho you have earnt it:
A tad of free money available on Betfair. 1.06 on Putin to win in Russia, only 3 months to get your profit too.
I actually don't understand this, how on earth could Putin lose? Is there really even a 3-5% chance?
Betfair can be weird sometimes. You could still back the Democrat to win the Alabama Senate race at 1.02 *after* the votes were all counted on the day of certification.
Putin could lose due to mortality issues. Other than that it doesn't seem plausible.
I say this as a lifelong Labour supporter. Politics is not just about ideas, its about the people with the ideas. Most people I believe would love to get rid of the Tories and do not subscribe to their ugly concept of society. But people also have a tendency to cling to nurse for fear of finding something worse, and this I believe is why the Tories are safe in power as long as Corbyn and his fanatics control the Labour Party. Most people in those crucial marginal constituencies in middle England would like to see a fairer more equal society but shrink away in repulsion from the Marxist extremism of Corbyn and McDonnell and their army of chanting Cult of personality "Oh Jeremy Corbyn" fanatics.
As that well known leftie George Orwell might say, "Yes make the farm a fairer more equal society but beware in your quest for equality that you do not deliver the farm to the pigs."
Yet the Tories did better against Miliband, who was no where near as left wing as Corbyn.
Before Brexit. People voted Labour in 2017 to stop hard Brexit. And Corbyn won about the same number of seats as Gordon Brown -who was nowhere near as left wing as Corbyn. Nor do I think its just about being left wing. Its him and his cronies personally. They are nasty pieces of work, and many of their supporters are either deranged, or fascists of the left.
If people vote Labour to stop Brexit, they are going to be sadly disappointed. Corbyn and McDonnell’s vision of society and the economy would be hampered by EU rules. They will gratefully pocket Brexit, while blaming it and the Tories for anuthing that goes wrong, and get on with implementing whatever it is they want to do. And the wailing and gnashing of teeth from some of their supporters as they get hurt will be quite something to behold.
I suspect a great many will take the line about blaming the Tories and run with it in that scenario - its what out parties survive on years and years after their opponents were last in power, and it ignores that Labour are officially for Brexit, and not necessarily a soft one, which they have relied on quite well. Right now people think Tories are hard brexit, labour are soft brexit with some leaning to remain, and LD are remain. The truth is more complicated for all three I think - some Tories want super hard, some soft, Labour I truly am not sure, and some LDs may be in favour of super soft and then rejoin recognising its not viable at present to remain.
A tad of free money available on Betfair. 1.06 on Putin to win in Russia, only 3 months to get your profit too.
I actually don't understand this, how on earth could Putin lose? Is there really even a 3-5% chance?
Betfair can be weird sometimes. You could still back the Democrat to win the Alabama Senate race at 1.02 *after* the votes were all counted on the day of certification.
Putin could lose due to mortality issues. Other than that it doesn't seem plausible.
Agreed. But what's the mortality rate for healthy men his age, especially given heads of state get top medical care etc. Surely not 5% every 3 months.
A really good article....I wish all Tories were as rational as David H.
Asking T May for a vision is akin to asking Moen to score a century and take a fifer at the final t BTW...on cricket, can someone please take out Swan from TMS. He is a nasty, smarmy, arrogant little shit who would better fit becoming the next leader of UKIP........ Brexit personified in the guise of a cricket commentator....yuck.....
Swanny is a bit marmite - but find the link to UKIP a bit tenuous- weird even.
I’ve been given his book as a Christmas present ........WAS looking forward to reading it!
A tad of free money available on Betfair. 1.06 on Putin to win in Russia, only 3 months to get your profit too.
I actually don't understand this, how on earth could Putin lose? Is there really even a 3-5% chance?
The chance he falls under a bus before the election?
I'd get that at 1.01 or 1.02, but he's stayed in good health for the last 20 odd years at the top. There surely isn't a 5-6% chance of it happening in the next 3 months.
Never read them myself, but fans of the 'Alphabet mystery' novels will be sad, one that the author has sadly passed away, but also that the series is now stuck on Y!
Freely given, without the threat of force or expropriation
If you think income tax is "freely given" then stop paying it and see what happens.
The state is not society. Our obligations to each other run deeper than that
But it's the state that decides how much you're going to give and takes it from you with the threat of violence.
You are missing the point. Sure we pay taxes and some functions are provided centrally. But that doesn't absolve us of our obligations to each other.
The state is a convenience: society is what matters and they are not the same.
The obligation to provide falls, I believe, in the following order:
- self, - family, - community, - and finally, the state
Only where there is a genuine incapacity should provision be sought from the next level... and where there is a surplus of means, it should be used to provide at the level above...
The tax and benefit system incorporates self, family (to a limited extent) and the state. It is the diminution of family and the almost exclusion of community that sit behind many of society’s problems.
For me Family Self Community State
I do what I do to provide for my family first and foremost. I really would not want to live a life where self was the number one priority.
Family God Queen Country
Alf Garnett wouldn't disagree. He'd stand to attention while saying it.
I say this as a lifelong Labour supporter. Politics is not just about ideas, its about the people with the ideas. Most people I believe would love to get rid of the Tories and do not subscribe to their ugly concept of society. But people also have a tendency to cling to nurse for fear of finding something worse, and this I believe is why the Tories are safe in power as long as Corbyn and his fanatics control the Labour Party. Most people in those crucial marginal constituencies in middle England would like to see a fairer more equal society but shrink away in repulsion from the Marxist extremism of Corbyn and McDonnell and their army of chanting Cult of personality "Oh Jeremy Corbyn" fanatics.
As that well known leftie George Orwell might say, "Yes make the farm a fairer more equal society but beware in your quest for equality that you do not deliver the farm to the pigs."
I think everyone agrees with you apart from the voters.
A tad of free money available on Betfair. 1.06 on Putin to win in Russia, only 3 months to get your profit too.
I actually don't understand this, how on earth could Putin lose? Is there really even a 3-5% chance?
Betfair can be weird sometimes. You could still back the Democrat to win the Alabama Senate race at 1.02 *after* the votes were all counted on the day of certification.
Putin could lose due to mortality issues. Other than that it doesn't seem plausible.
Agreed. But what's the mortality rate for healthy men his age, especially given heads of state get top medical care etc. Surely not 5% every 3 months.
The ‘nostalgia’ vote in Russia is for the Communists.
The vision is simple - but not as glamouring as the siren cries from Jezzaiah's acolytes.
It's of an organic community, in which those at the top realise that they have obligations and duties to the rest of society. They are not "citizens of nowhere" - but that means they have responsibilities: to pay their taxes, not to use crafty schemr contribution; to invest in the workforce and local communities; to accept that as being in the the UK they have an obligation to pay back and pay forward.
Fundamental what has gone wrong with commerce is the exclusive focus on shareholders not stakeholders. What has gone wrong with society as s whole is the same.
Old maids cycling, warm beer and cricket?
No.
A society where rich bankers and lawyers accept they have a duty to pay their taxes.
A society where Londoners appreciate they need to share their wealth with the rest of the country
A society to which the successful respect their fellow citizens rather than mocking and excoriating them at every opportunity.
A society to which everyone contributes what they can and in which we all acknowledge the ties that bind us
Why on earth should Londoners share their wealth with a bunch of stupid yokels who hate them and who have just sabotaged their economy because they're frightened of foreigners?
And the more fundamental problem with your vision is that it is essentially rural. Britain is an essentially urban country. 1950s Britain is not coming back.
No, it's not. It's a vision built on communities, not transience: a sense that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
It doesn't matter whether than community is in Wiltshire or Clerkenwell, Devonshire or Farringdon Without
Communities don't work that way in London. No one doffs their cap at the vicar, no one knows if Mrs Jones has taken a tumble. London works precisely because most people don't care too much about most other people around them, they just get on with their own business in their own circles and focus on making the best of themselves that they can.
London is one big cesspit of greed, tax evasion , money laundering and "F*** you Jack I am alright".
No - not really. The south especially remains quite village like with lots of ordinary folk living ordinary lives. Meeks lives in a different altogether more privileged place.
The south is not London though, but more and more of it being drawn in by the cesspit.
A really good article....I wish all Tories were as rational as David H.
Asking T May for a vision is akin to asking Moen to score a century and take a fifer at the final t BTW...on cricket, can someone please take out Swan from TMS. He is a nasty, smarmy, arrogant little shit who would better fit becoming the next leader of UKIP........ Brexit personified in the guise of a cricket commentator....yuck.....
Swanny is a bit marmite - but find the link to UKIP a bit tenuous- weird even.
Swan is a small minded English nationalist who likes to lord it over others. His comments on Moen the other night were utterly nasty and extremely personal....and I don't know if he would be quite as ruthless against a good white Englishman who was experiencing a similar loss of form. The TMS crowd have always been an agreeable and pleasant group...until Swan steps in...I'm hoping Tuffnell returns for the last test.
A tad of free money available on Betfair. 1.06 on Putin to win in Russia, only 3 months to get your profit too.
I actually don't understand this, how on earth could Putin lose? Is there really even a 3-5% chance?
The chance he falls under a bus before the election?
I'd get that at 1.01 or 1.02, but he's stayed in good health for the last 20 odd years at the top. There surely isn't a 5-6% chance of it happening in the next 3 months.
there were rumours circulating about a year or so ago that Putin was going to step aside because of ill health...
A tad of free money available on Betfair. 1.06 on Putin to win in Russia, only 3 months to get your profit too.
I actually don't understand this, how on earth could Putin lose? Is there really even a 3-5% chance?
Betfair can be weird sometimes. You could still back the Democrat to win the Alabama Senate race at 1.02 *after* the votes were all counted on the day of certification.
Putin could lose due to mortality issues. Other than that it doesn't seem plausible.
I did once contemplate the idea that it might be possible to double one’s money in a year, by only betting on such ‘dead cert’ events at 1.01 and 1.02. You’d need 70 straight winners at 1.01 (35 at 1.02) to double through, with one loser sending you bankrupt, so would need one bet a week on average - and nerves of steel.
2 markets - (i) 'next PM after May' and (ii) 'next tory leader'.
For a tory one cannot be (i) without also being (ii)
But one CAN be (ii) without being (i)
Not actually true.
Firstly (and I haven't looked) what is the definition of "next Tory leader" - does it include caretakers?
Secondly the PM doesn't have to be Tory leader. Even the PM can be a temporary arrangement (eg. if May suddenly resigned or fell under the literal bus).
That does raise an interesting question in the aftermath of the Damian Green resignation - who is the Theresa-under-a-bus next PM? Hammond or Davis?
Surely Hammond would be the caretaker at least if May died. He's the most senior figure in the government after May.
It is worth remembering that in the Tory party, unlike Labour or the Liberal Democrats, the leader on resigning stays in place until a replacement is elected. They can however nominate somebody to deputise for them if they wish as Eden (Butler) and Heath (Carr) did.
Only in the event of death would things be different, and no Tory leader has died in office since 1881 (although Neville Chamberlain, Bonar Law and Lord Salisbury all had near squeaks of it).
Freely given, without the threat of force or expropriation
If you think income tax is "freely given" then stop paying it and see what happens.
The state is not society. Our obligations to each other run deeper than that
But it's the state that decides how much you're going to give and takes it from you with the threat of violence.
You are missing the point. Sure we pay taxes and some functions are provided centrally. But that doesn't absolve us of our obligations to each other.
The state is a convenience: society is what matters and they are not the same.
The obligation to provide falls, I believe, in the following order:
- self, - family, - community, - and finally, the state
Only where there is a genuine incapacity should provision be sought from the next level... and where there is a surplus of means, it should be used to provide at the level above...
The tax and benefit system incorporates self, family (to a limited extent) and the state. It is the diminution of family and the almost exclusion of community that sit behind many of society’s problems.
For me Family Self Community State
I do what I do to provide for my family first and foremost. I really would not want to live a life where self was the number one priority.
Family God Queen Country
Why should the monarch be ahead of country?
Surely even the monarch herself views duty to the country to be ahead of herself.
It's largely theoretical but the Queen represents the Country vs the country's political leadership. In a forced choice she takes precedence over them
A tad of free money available on Betfair. 1.06 on Putin to win in Russia, only 3 months to get your profit too.
I actually don't understand this, how on earth could Putin lose? Is there really even a 3-5% chance?
The chance he falls under a bus before the election?
I'd get that at 1.01 or 1.02, but he's stayed in good health for the last 20 odd years at the top. There surely isn't a 5-6% chance of it happening in the next 3 months.
there were rumours circulating about a year or so ago that Putin was going to step aside because of ill health...
I think before he announced he was standing the odds should have considered this, but he clearly feels up to it - only ill health preventing him could be an issue. He won't 'let' ill health get in the way.
A really good article....I wish all Tories were as rational as David H.
Asking T May for a vision is akin to asking Moen to score a century and take a fifer at the final t BTW...on cricket, can someone please take out Swan from TMS. He is a nasty, smarmy, arrogant little shit who would better fit becoming the next leader of UKIP........ Brexit personified in the guise of a cricket commentator....yuck.....
Swanny is a bit marmite - but find the link to UKIP a bit tenuous- weird even.
Swan is a small minded English nationalist who likes to lord it over others. His comments on Moen the other night were utterly nasty and extremely personal....and I don't know if he would be quite as ruthless against a good white Englishman who was experiencing a similar loss of form. The TMS crowd have always been an agreeable and pleasant group...until Swan steps in...I'm hoping Tuffnell returns for the last test.
Although Moeen has not been at his best I'm thinking Tuffers is probably a bit past it these days.
A really good article....I wish all Tories were as rational as David H.
Asking T May for a vision is akin to asking Moen to score a century and take a fifer at the final t BTW...on cricket, can someone please take out Swan from TMS. He is a nasty, smarmy, arrogant little shit who would better fit becoming the next leader of UKIP........ Brexit personified in the guise of a cricket commentator....yuck.....
Swanny is a bit marmite - but find the link to UKIP a bit tenuous- weird even.
Swan is a small minded English nationalist who likes to lord it over others. His comments on Moen the other night were utterly nasty and extremely personal....and I don't know if he would be quite as ruthless against a good white Englishman who was experiencing a similar loss of form. The TMS crowd have always been an agreeable and pleasant group...until Swan steps in...I'm hoping Tuffnell returns for the last test.
How were they personal ? I genuinely doubt they were.
Never read them myself, but fans of the 'Alphabet mystery' novels will be sad, one that the author has sadly passed away, but also that the series is now stuck on Y!
Freely given, without the threat of force or expropriation
If you think income tax is "freely given" then stop paying it and see what happens.
The state is not society. Our obligations to each other run deeper than that
But it's the state that decides how much you're going to give and takes it from you with the threat of violence.
You are missing the point. Sure we pay taxes and some functions are provided centrally. But that doesn't absolve us of our obligations to each other.
The state is a convenience: society is what matters and they are not the same.
The obligation to provide falls, I believe, in the following order:
- self, - family, - community, - and finally, the state
Only where there is a genuine incapacity should provision be sought from the next level... and where there is a surplus of means, it should be used to provide at the level above...
The tax and benefit system incorporates self, family (to a limited extent) and the state. It is the diminution of family and the almost exclusion of community that sit behind many of society’s problems.
For me Family Self Community State
I do what I do to provide for my family first and foremost. I really would not want to live a life where self was the number one priority.
Family God Queen Country
Alf Garnett wouldn't disagree. He'd stand to attention while saying it.
Never read them myself, but fans of the 'Alphabet mystery' novels will be sad, one that the author has sadly passed away, but also that the series is now stuck on Y!
It was his attack on Moen two nights ago that infuriated me....it was particularly personal. But then I have just googled Swann (thanks someone for the name correction) and Moen and found an article written by Swann about Moen, and his hopes that Moen would become the great hope for English cricket.
So apologies to jumping to conclusions on Swann....that said, he shouldn't get so personal about players who are having a rough time.
2 markets - (i) 'next PM after May' and (ii) 'next tory leader'.
For a tory one cannot be (i) without also being (ii)
But one CAN be (ii) without being (i)
Not actually true.
Firstly (and I haven't looked) what is the definition of "next Tory leader" - does it include caretakers?
Secondly the PM doesn't have to be Tory leader. Even the PM can be a temporary arrangement (eg. if May suddenly resigned or fell under the literal bus).
That does raise an interesting question in the aftermath of the Damian Green resignation - who is the Theresa-under-a-bus next PM? Hammond or Davis?
Surely Hammond would be the caretaker at least if May died. He's the most senior figure in the government after May.
It is worth remembering that in the Tory party, unlike Labour or the Liberal Democrats, the leader on resigning stays in place until a replacement is elected. They can however nominate somebody to deputise for them if they wish as Eden (Butler) and Heath (Carr) did.
Only in the event of death would things be different, and no Tory leader has died in office since 1881 (although Neville Chamberlain, Bonar Law and Lord Salisbury all had near squeaks of it).
Churchill can be added to the list; he had a serious stroke while Prime Minister in 1953. Luckily it was in the summer recess, and unluckily, his deputy Anthony Eden was himself under the knife in America. See the ITV drama, Churchill's Secret.
It was his attack on Moen two nights ago that infuriated me....it was particularly personal. But then I have just googled Swann (thanks someone for the name correction) and Moen and found an article written by Swann about Moen, and his hopes that Moen would become the great hope for English cricket.
So apologies to jumping to conclusions on Swann....that said, he shouldn't get so personal about players who are having a rough time.
Not only are all leavers xenophobic racist nationalists, some remainers are too.
It was his attack on Moen two nights ago that infuriated me....it was particularly personal. But then I have just googled Swann (thanks someone for the name correction) and Moen and found an article written by Swann about Moen, and his hopes that Moen would become the great hope for English cricket.
So apologies to jumping to conclusions on Swann....that said, he shouldn't get so personal about players who are having a rough time.
Swann’s basic problem is that he is not a great communicator. Shane Warne provides really insightful analysis, whereas Swanny struggles to take viewers inside a game. Aussie ex-players generally seem to be better at it than English ones, though Mike Atherton is a shining exception. But the king of them all is Michael Holding.
It was his attack on Moen two nights ago that infuriated me....it was particularly personal. But then I have just googled Swann (thanks someone for the name correction) and Moen and found an article written by Swann about Moen, and his hopes that Moen would become the great hope for English cricket.
So apologies to jumping to conclusions on Swann....that said, he shouldn't get so personal about players who are having a rough time.
I’ll go a settle down with his book now with a clear conscience!
2 markets - (i) 'next PM after May' and (ii) 'next tory leader'.
For a tory one cannot be (i) without also being (ii)
But one CAN be (ii) without being (i)
Not actually true.
Firstly (and I haven't looked) what is the definition of "next Tory leader" - does it include caretakers?
Secondly the PM doesn't have to be Tory leader. Even the PM can be a temporary arrangement (eg. if May suddenly resigned or fell under the literal bus).
That does raise an interesting question in the aftermath of the Damian Green resignation - who is the Theresa-under-a-bus next PM? Hammond or Davis?
Surely Hammond would be the caretaker at least if May died. He's the most senior figure in the government after May.
It is worth remembering that in the Tory party, unlike Labour or the Liberal Democrats, the leader on resigning stays in place until a replacement is elected. They can however nominate somebody to deputise for them if they wish as Eden (Butler) and Heath (Carr) did.
Only in the event of death would things be different, and no Tory leader has died in office since 1881 (although Neville Chamberlain, Bonar Law and Lord Salisbury all had near squeaks of it).
Churchill can be added to the list; he had a serious stroke while Prime Minister in 1953. Luckily it was in the summer recess, and unluckily, his deputy Anthony Eden was himself under the knife in America. See the ITV drama, Churchill's Secret.
I thought about adding Churchill (that was actually his second stroke as party leader - he had one in 1949 as well). But the fact remains he did survive it and lived for many years after. Chamberlain and Bonar Law were both dying when they left office, and in the case of Salisbury, although he was not strictly speaking ill the problems that would kill him were apparent.
It was his attack on Moen two nights ago that infuriated me....it was particularly personal. But then I have just googled Swann (thanks someone for the name correction) and Moen and found an article written by Swann about Moen, and his hopes that Moen would become the great hope for English cricket.
So apologies to jumping to conclusions on Swann....that said, he shouldn't get so personal about players who are having a rough time.
Swann’s basic problem is that he is not a great communicator. Shane Warne provides really insightful analysis, whereas Swanny struggles to take viewers inside a game. Aussie ex-players generally seem to be better at it than English ones, though Mike Atherton is a shining exception. But the king of them all is Michael Holding.
Indeed.I’ll never forget his remark when Windies were doing particularly badly, that he would go and live in Sweden. Why, he was asked. ‘Because, replied the great man ‘They don’t play cricket there!'
2 markets - (i) 'next PM after May' and (ii) 'next tory leader'.
For a tory one cannot be (i) without also being (ii)
But one CAN be (ii) without being (i)
Not actually true.
Firstly (and I haven't looked) what is the definition of "next Tory leader" - does it include caretakers?
Secondly the PM doesn't have to be Tory leader. Even the PM can be a temporary arrangement (eg. if May suddenly resigned or fell under the literal bus).
That does raise an interesting question in the aftermath of the Damian Green resignation - who is the Theresa-under-a-bus next PM? Hammond or Davis?
2 markets - (i) 'next PM after May' and (ii) 'next tory leader'.
For a tory one cannot be (i) without also being (ii)
But one CAN be (ii) without being (i)
Not actually true.
Firstly (and I haven't looked) what is the definition of "next Tory leader" - does it include caretakers?
Secondly the PM doesn't have to be Tory leader. Even the PM can be a temporary arrangement (eg. if May suddenly resigned or fell under the literal bus).
That does raise an interesting question in the aftermath of the Damian Green resignation - who is the Theresa-under-a-bus next PM? Hammond or Davis?
Lord Howard or Lord Hague I should imagine.
No-one from the Lords; probably Hammond, the former Foreign Secretary and current Chancellor who is not associated with screwing up Brexit (from whichever side).
It was his attack on Moen two nights ago that infuriated me....it was particularly personal. But then I have just googled Swann (thanks someone for the name correction) and Moen and found an article written by Swann about Moen, and his hopes that Moen would become the great hope for English cricket.
So apologies to jumping to conclusions on Swann....that said, he shouldn't get so personal about players who are having a rough time.
Swann’s basic problem is that he is not a great communicator. Shane Warne provides really insightful analysis, whereas Swanny struggles to take viewers inside a game. Aussie ex-players generally seem to be better at it than English ones, though Mike Atherton is a shining exception. But the king of them all is Michael Holding.
Although Atherton’s defence of Cook in the Times was far, far, too enthusiastic. One score, too late to be anything other than personally useful. As for a return to form, let’s see following the next, say, 5 tests.
The Burmese have - historically - been one of the most racist and bigotted thugs the British have encountered. They may now be protected by China, but in five years time; I wonder....
Well my conclusion from talking to younger and older family members over Christmas is that the Tories are doing pretty well with the oldies. Whatever they do they don't want to make any changes that upset that bit of the apple cart. And Labour has really caught the imagination of the young in a way I find hard to understand. It isn't superficial either. They seem to be really interested and very well informed.
I might be observing unrepresentative individuals of course. But at least it isn't based on opinion polls so it has a chance of being right.
Well my conclusion from talking to younger and older family members over Christmas is that the Tories are doing pretty well with the oldies. Whatever they do they don't want to make any changes that upset that bit of the apple cart. And Labour has really caught the imagination of the young in a way I find hard to understand. It isn't superficial either. They seem to be really interested and very well informed.
I might be observing unrepresentative individuals of course. But at least it isn't based on opinion polls so it has a chance of being right.
Agree. To have politics so polarised according to age is extremely unhealthy. Meanwhile...
No, it's not. It's a vision built on communities, not transience: a sense that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
It doesn't matter whether than community is in Wiltshire or Clerkenwell, Devonshire or Farringdon Without
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Speak for yourself. Where I live we do know - and look out for - our neighbours. Until they died (at the ages of 98 and 99 respectively) I had a key to my neighbours’ house and regularly helped them out, as did my children. There is generally a pretty strong sense of community, a long-standing and very good local councillor and most residents have lived here a long time so, even during property booms, properties don’t get sold very frequently. And yes it’s Remainer country with most people earning well. But there are Housing Association properties too. Political views and where people are on the earnings scale don’t seem to affect how kind people are - or not.
Why are you bothering arguing with someone who is either a troll or extremely intolerant and close-minded? Whatever your views on state intervention in the economy, or EU membership, or gay marriage, everyone should remember a functioning democracy is more important. Some people quite clearly have utter spite for those that disgree with them. Going down that road ends up with Trumpism, where people end up siding with child molesters if it means getting one up on the other side. I find it crazy that people in the UK are already contemptuous of the idea of local community.
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My wife is in Italy, and I have spent Xmas day and some other time helping out a local homeless charity here......an entirely selfish act because it makes me feel a little bit better about myself, but thankfully a selfish act that also contributes a little bit to the public good.
Of course, you can overdo the friendliness. In Broxtowe, I had a constituent whose husband left her for her neighbour. They all stayed on for the following decade, perpetually warring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VzakY8h5vI
Putin could lose due to mortality issues. Other than that it doesn't seem plausible.
https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2017/12/30/rebuttal-times-article-on-colour-of-new-passport/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42522100
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY98T36ZC60&feature=youtu.be&t=151
Sadly Vanilla support for &t=Xxx is pants so look from 2:30 in the video (and is that the Rudd to PP's right)?
It is worth remembering that in the Tory party, unlike Labour or the Liberal Democrats, the leader on resigning stays in place until a replacement is elected. They can however nominate somebody to deputise for them if they wish as Eden (Butler) and Heath (Carr) did.
Only in the event of death would things be different, and no Tory leader has died in office since 1881 (although Neville Chamberlain, Bonar Law and Lord Salisbury all had near squeaks of it).
https://twitter.com/swannyg66/status/872941789711392769
(PS it's 'Swann'.)
If she hasn't already prepared the bones of Z, it'll be ripe for ghostwriting; she has a lot of admirers amongst other crime writers.
It was his attack on Moen two nights ago that infuriated me....it was particularly personal. But then I have just googled Swann (thanks someone for the name correction) and Moen and found an article written by Swann about Moen, and his hopes that Moen would become the great hope for English cricket.
So apologies to jumping to conclusions on Swann....that said, he shouldn't get so personal about players who are having a rough time.
HIstoric Kent:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kent_Administrative_Map_1832.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie_(TV_series)
Also SW numbers show no respect: Sarf my donkey-horse hybrid.
Map:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/59/Map_of_Middlesex.jpg
Most appears to have been swamped by Essex. How cruel a fate.*
* Like Ayshire without subsidised Buckie...!
https://twitter.com/JohnCurticeOnTV/status/947081226338361345
The Burmese have - historically - been one of the most racist and bigotted thugs the British have encountered. They may now be protected by China, but in five years time; I wonder....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-42180053/i-just-want-to-see-my-mum
I might be observing unrepresentative individuals of course. But at least it isn't based on opinion polls so it has a chance of being right.
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