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  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,274
    edited January 2018
    Sean_F said:

    I don't think any of us have a high opinion on Williamson but why should anyone care about this.

    Aren't politicians all assumed to be b******s in any case ?
    In the post Harvey Weinstein/MeToo era any bloke trying it on with a subordinate is going to be held to a higher standard.

    It appears Mr Williamson was economical with the truth about his departure.
    In this era, sexual intercourse between (those identifying as) men and (those identifying as) women (or those identifying as neither) is viewed with suspicion.
    Fixed for you, for the modern age. Otherwise some Corbynista might get very angry and say you are transphobe.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 113,956
    edited January 2018

    If we're continuing the fast food discussion can I put a word in for the PoundBakery.

    You can get two, that's two, pasties or pies for either a quid or £1.30 and they're pretty damn good as well.

    http://www.poundbakery.co.uk/from-the-bakery/

    Kinda of like Greggs, before they went mass market :-)

    Apparently Gregg is offering valentines dinners in select locations. I somehow feel Mrs Urquhart might not be best pleased if I booked a table for 2....
    In Manchester.

    Greggs is offering a Valentine's Day four-course candlelit dinner with prosecco and table service - in Manchester

    The bakery is offering couples a 'night to remember' at one of its city centre branches

    https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/greggs-valentines-day-dinner-manchester-14215310.amp
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 20,392
    Sean_F said:

    I can't imagine there is going to be any problems in the future with this....

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5336627/Pornhub-ask-porn-users-names-addresses.html

    We should have a National Register of Suspected Onanists.
    A register of those who aren't would be shorter.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 35,755

    Sean_F said:

    I don't think any of us have a high opinion on Williamson but why should anyone care about this.

    Aren't politicians all assumed to be b******s in any case ?
    In the post Harvey Weinstein/MeToo era any bloke trying it on with a subordinate is going to be held to a higher standard.

    It appears Mr Williamson was economical with the truth about his departure.
    In this era, sexual intercourse between (those identifying as) men and (those identifying as) women (or those identifying as neither) is viewed with suspicion.
    Fixed for you, for the modern age. Otherwise some Corbynista might get very angry and say you are transphobe.
    True.
  • If we're continuing the fast food discussion can I put a word in for the PoundBakery.

    You can get two, that's two, pasties or pies for either a quid or £1.30 and they're pretty damn good as well.

    http://www.poundbakery.co.uk/from-the-bakery/

    Kinda of like Greggs, before they went mass market :-)

    Apparently Gregg is offering valentines dinners in select locations. I somehow feel Mrs Urquhart might not be best pleased if I booked a table for 2....
    In Manchester.

    Greggs is offering a Valentine's Day four-course candlelit dinner with prosecco and table service - in Manchester

    The bakery is offering couples a 'night to remember' at one of its city centre branches

    https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/greggs-valentines-day-dinner-manchester-14215310.amp
    And will you be taking your young Corybnista friend to said event?
  • Sean_F said:

    I don't think any of us have a high opinion on Williamson but why should anyone care about this.

    Aren't politicians all assumed to be b******s in any case ?
    In the post Harvey Weinstein/MeToo era any bloke trying it on with a subordinate is going to be held to a higher standard.

    It appears Mr Williamson was economical with the truth about his departure.
    In this era, sexual intercourse between (those identifying as) men and (those identifying as) women (or those identifying as neither) is viewed with suspicion.
    Fixed for you, for the modern age. Otherwise some Corbynista might get very angry and say you are transphobe.
    Cisformers - Robots in disguise transvestism
  • If we're continuing the fast food discussion can I put a word in for the PoundBakery.

    You can get two, that's two, pasties or pies for either a quid or £1.30 and they're pretty damn good as well.

    http://www.poundbakery.co.uk/from-the-bakery/

    Kinda of like Greggs, before they went mass market :-)

    Apparently Gregg is offering valentines dinners in select locations. I somehow feel Mrs Urquhart might not be best pleased if I booked a table for 2....
    In Manchester.

    Greggs is offering a Valentine's Day four-course candlelit dinner with prosecco and table service - in Manchester

    The bakery is offering couples a 'night to remember' at one of its city centre branches

    https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/greggs-valentines-day-dinner-manchester-14215310.amp
    They could put some dodgy meat in their pies - that'll give the customer 'a night to remember'.
  • If we're continuing the fast food discussion can I put a word in for the PoundBakery.

    You can get two, that's two, pasties or pies for either a quid or £1.30 and they're pretty damn good as well.

    http://www.poundbakery.co.uk/from-the-bakery/

    Do they have a branch in South Kensington?
    They'd have call themselves the TenPoundBakery.
  • If we're continuing the fast food discussion can I put a word in for the PoundBakery.

    You can get two, that's two, pasties or pies for either a quid or £1.30 and they're pretty damn good as well.

    http://www.poundbakery.co.uk/from-the-bakery/

    Kinda of like Greggs, before they went mass market :-)

    Apparently Gregg is offering valentines dinners in select locations. I somehow feel Mrs Urquhart might not be best pleased if I booked a table for 2....
    In Manchester.

    Greggs is offering a Valentine's Day four-course candlelit dinner with prosecco and table service - in Manchester

    The bakery is offering couples a 'night to remember' at one of its city centre branches

    https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/greggs-valentines-day-dinner-manchester-14215310.amp
    And will you be taking your young Corybnista friend to said event?
    Alas no, I’ll be in Oporto that night, watching Liverpool.
  • If we're continuing the fast food discussion can I put a word in for the PoundBakery.

    You can get two, that's two, pasties or pies for either a quid or £1.30 and they're pretty damn good as well.

    http://www.poundbakery.co.uk/from-the-bakery/

    Do they have a branch in South Kensington?
    They'd have call themselves the TenPoundBakery.
    Still be about half the price of Hummingbird....
  • If we're continuing the fast food discussion can I put a word in for the PoundBakery.

    You can get two, that's two, pasties or pies for either a quid or £1.30 and they're pretty damn good as well.

    http://www.poundbakery.co.uk/from-the-bakery/

    Kinda of like Greggs, before they went mass market :-)

    Apparently Gregg is offering valentines dinners in select locations. I somehow feel Mrs Urquhart might not be best pleased if I booked a table for 2....
    In Manchester.

    Greggs is offering a Valentine's Day four-course candlelit dinner with prosecco and table service - in Manchester

    The bakery is offering couples a 'night to remember' at one of its city centre branches

    https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/greggs-valentines-day-dinner-manchester-14215310.amp
    And will you be taking your young Corybnista friend to said event?
    Alas no, I’ll be in Oporto that night, watching Liverpool.
    I bet she is really gutted to miss out....
  • Theresa May promises free movement of EU citizens will end on Brexit day

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/01/31/theresa-may-promises-free-movement-eu-citizens-will-end-brexit/
  • FFS...

    Second World War drama Dunkirk is one of the leading contenders for this year's Oscars, with eight nominations. But the film's award hopes have taken a serious blow, after the head of a human rights organisation condemned the film for reportedly using prison labour to produce ropes for the film's set.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2018/01/31/could-dunkirks-use-prison-labour-scupper-oscar-chances/
  • brendan16brendan16 Posts: 2,315
    rpjs said:

    stodge said:

    Evening all :)

    As usual, late to the debate because I have a life.

    The best burgers I've ever had have not been in the UK - Mrs Stodge and I sampled Five Guys at Bluewater at the weekend. The bacon cheese burger was a decent effort for the money but only that. Indeed Mrs Stodge wasn't that happy with the patty though the milkshakes were top notch.

    For quality burgers, one has to go much further afield. Red Robin in the US is superb and we've twice enjoyed an outdoor evening dining experience in Palm Springs - cur The Killers soundtrack.

    The best burger I've ever heard was from Burgerfuel, a NZ chain, by the shores of Lake Taupo. They don't yet have a presence in the UK but IF they come they will be huge.

    Another food chain which needs to come to the UK is the Cheesecake Factory.

    I was with you until you said the Cheesecake Factory.....I remember first going to the one in central Chicago 15 years ago and it was very good, however like so many of these chains they have now expanded rapidly and notorious in the US for dodgy customer service.

    That been said, I am surprised they haven't come to the UK though. Although maybe they got cold feet after the likes of Cinnabon failed miserably.

    Dairy Queen is another US chain I am surprised nobody has tried here.
    Can you still get Auntie Annie's Pretzels in the UK?
    Yes. They have loads of outlets in suburban shopping centres.

    http://www.auntieannes.co.uk/stores

    Cinnabon have only four UK outlets - never know why they never caught on here but I do partake at their Fulham Broadway kiosk. Same with Wendy's hamburgers - far superior to McDonalds and Burger King IMHO.
  • CarlottaVanceCarlottaVance Posts: 59,540
    Gavin has told people about something that happened before he became a member of parliament, let alone became a minister,” she said.

    May also implied she did not see a parallel with Williamson and that of the first secretary of state Damian Green, who was sacked by May after a cabinet office investigation found he had not been truthful in his account of how pornography was found on his parliamentary computer. “In relation to Damian Green, the report showed the ministerial code had been broken. It was on that basis that I took the decision,” May said.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,050
    So, no Transition, or will she cave in?
  • GardenwalkerGardenwalker Posts: 20,812
    Sean_F said:

    I don't think any of us have a high opinion on Williamson but why should anyone care about this.

    Aren't politicians all assumed to be b******s in any case ?
    In the post Harvey Weinstein/MeToo era any bloke trying it on with a subordinate is going to be held to a higher standard.

    It appears Mr Williamson was economical with the truth about his departure.
    In this era, sexual intercourse between men and women is viewed with suspicion.
    Indeed.

    We live in mad, hypocritical times.

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jan/31/hylas-and-the-nymphs-jw--waterhouse-why-have-mildly-erotic-nymphs-been-removed-from-a-manchester-gallery-is-picasso-next
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 49,952

    FFS...

    Second World War drama Dunkirk is one of the leading contenders for this year's Oscars, with eight nominations. But the film's award hopes have taken a serious blow, after the head of a human rights organisation condemned the film for reportedly using prison labour to produce ropes for the film's set.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2018/01/31/could-dunkirks-use-prison-labour-scupper-oscar-chances/

    I hope none of these products has ever featured in a Hollywood movie. Like military uniforms....

    http://mentalfloss.com/article/51037/11-products-you-might-not-realize-were-made-prisoners
  • Looks like some people owe Jeremy Heywood an apology.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,274
    edited January 2018
  • Facebook’s profits soared 61%, spurred by growth in mobile users at the end of last year, the company announced on Wednesday, as co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said 2017 had been one of the company’s more difficult years as a public company.

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/31/facebook-profit-mark-zuckerberg

    Twitter sitting in the corner sobbing at this news....
  • MortimerMortimer Posts: 13,921
    LOL.

    Amazing how there are never any stories sourced from 'chippy MPs who were peeved not to be promoted' or from 'MPs entirely on the edge of the parliamentary party'.
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,820
    edited January 2018

    A “Senior Minister” who is “not in the Cabinet”?

    But possibly attending cabinet? According the the Sun it's a He, so that would mean either Julian Smith, Chief Whip, (unlikely) or Jeremy Wright, Attorney General (more likely).

    Alternatively, if they really mean 'Senior': Alan Duncan, Mark Field?

    Edit: Or Dominic Raab, of course.
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 20,392
    Mortimer said:

    LOL.

    Amazing how there are never any stories sourced from 'chippy MPs who were peeved not to be promoted' or from 'MPs entirely on the edge of the parliamentary party'.
    I always thought that those not in the Cabinet are Junior Ministers. So this is a Senior Junior Minister.
  • A “Senior Minister” who is “not in the Cabinet”?

    But possibly attending cabinet? According the the Sun it's a He, so that would mean either Julian Smith, Chief Whip, (unlikely) or Jeremy Wright, Attorney General (more likely).

    Alternatively, if they really mean 'Senior': Alan Duncan, Mark Field?

    Edit: Or Dominic Raab, of course.
    My money would be on Ben Wallace or Rory Stewart.
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 20,392

    A “Senior Minister” who is “not in the Cabinet”?

    But possibly attending cabinet? According the the Sun it's a He, so that would mean either Julian Smith, Chief Whip, (unlikely) or Jeremy Wright, Attorney General (more likely).

    Alternatively, if they really mean 'Senior': Alan Duncan, Mark Field?

    Edit: Or Dominic Raab, of course.
    My money would be on Ben Wallace or Rory Stewart.
    My money would be on it being just piss and wind.

    Night all.
  • Mortimer said:

    LOL.

    Amazing how there are never any stories sourced from 'chippy MPs who were peeved not to be promoted' or from 'MPs entirely on the edge of the parliamentary party'.
    I always thought that those not in the Cabinet are Junior Ministers. So this is a Senior Junior Minister.
    If they are rebelling, and you're an opposition MP or a journalist, they are 'senior'. If they've gaffed and you're in the government party, they are junior.

    Backbench MPs, in contrast, are invariably 'senior'. There is no such thing as a junior backbench MP.

    I hope that's clear.
  • A “Senior Minister” who is “not in the Cabinet”?

    But possibly attending cabinet? According the the Sun it's a He, so that would mean either Julian Smith, Chief Whip, (unlikely) or Jeremy Wright, Attorney General (more likely).

    Alternatively, if they really mean 'Senior': Alan Duncan, Mark Field?

    Edit: Or Dominic Raab, of course.
    My money would be on Ben Wallace or Rory Stewart.
    It's probably someone we've barely heard of.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,050
    edited January 2018

    Facebook’s profits soared 61%, spurred by growth in mobile users at the end of last year, the company announced on Wednesday, as co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said 2017 had been one of the company’s more difficult years as a public company.

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/31/facebook-profit-mark-zuckerberg

    Twitter sitting in the corner sobbing at this news....

    Is this the same Facebook whose shares were down 4% today, because of reduced number of users in USA and Canada?

    https://twitter.com/FinancialTimes/status/958833563163652102
  • Foxy said:

    So, no Transition, or will she cave in?
    She will cave.
  • another_richardanother_richard Posts: 24,967
    edited January 2018

    Mortimer said:

    LOL.

    Amazing how there are never any stories sourced from 'chippy MPs who were peeved not to be promoted' or from 'MPs entirely on the edge of the parliamentary party'.
    I always thought that those not in the Cabinet are Junior Ministers. So this is a Senior Junior Minister.
    If they are rebelling, and you're an opposition MP or a journalist, they are 'senior'. If they've gaffed and you're in the government party, they are junior.

    Backbench MPs, in contrast, are invariably 'senior'. There is no such thing as a junior backbench MP.

    I hope that's clear.
    Isn't a junior backbench MP someone you've never heard of ?
  • MortimerMortimer Posts: 13,921

    A “Senior Minister” who is “not in the Cabinet”?

    But possibly attending cabinet? According the the Sun it's a He, so that would mean either Julian Smith, Chief Whip, (unlikely) or Jeremy Wright, Attorney General (more likely).

    Alternatively, if they really mean 'Senior': Alan Duncan, Mark Field?

    Edit: Or Dominic Raab, of course.
    My money would be on Ben Wallace or Rory Stewart.
    It's probably someone we've barely heard of.
    Indeed.

    And neither Wallace nor Stewart are actually Senior in any sense of the word.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,274
    edited January 2018
    Foxy said:

    Facebook’s profits soared 61%, spurred by growth in mobile users at the end of last year, the company announced on Wednesday, as co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said 2017 had been one of the company’s more difficult years as a public company.

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/31/facebook-profit-mark-zuckerberg

    Twitter sitting in the corner sobbing at this news....

    Is this the same Facebook whose shares were down 4% today, because of reduced number of users in USA and Canada?
    I think Facebook will manage...

    Facebook’s revenues topped $12.7bn for the quarter and the company made a profit of $4.26bn – once again demonstrating the company’s dominance in social media advertising. The social platform will capture 18.4% of the $266bn global digital ad market this year, according to eMarketer, making it the number two ad publisher behind Google, which has a 31.3% share.

    Which they are already using to develop services way behind a glorified yearbook. Their AI research department is up there with the best.

    Twitter on the other hand...not a scooby doo.
  • Dura_AceDura_Ace Posts: 12,880
    I wonder how his time at fireplace showroom equipped for him for dealing with apex predators like LM, Boeing and BAE?
  • O/T Italy

    2 new polls

    Tecne
    5 Stars movement 27.8 (+0.4)
    Centre-right coalition 39 (=) including Forza Italia 18.3 (=) Northern League 12.8 (+0.3) Fratelli d'Italia 5.1 (-0,2) Noi con Italia 2.8 (=)
    Centre-left coalition 25.9 (-0.2) including Democratic Party 22.2 (-0.2)
    Far Left (Liberi e Uguali) 6.2 (-0.2)

    Demopolis
    5 Stars Movement 29,5 (+0,3)
    Democratic Party 23 (-0.5)
    Forza Italia 16 (+0.4)
    Northern League 14 (+0.2)
    Liberi e Uguali 6 (-0.5)
    Fratelli d'Italia 4.5 (-0.5)
    Demopolis does not calculate coalition totals including the smallest parties

    Average of last polls by 11 pollsters (between 22 and 29 January)
    5 Stars Movement 28
    Centre-right 36.8 (FI 16.4, NL 13.1, FdI 4.8, NcI 2.2)
    Centre-left 27.5 (DP 23.5, all others below the 3% threshold for PR seats)
  • brendan16 said:

    rpjs said:

    stodge said:

    Evening all :)

    As usual, late to the debate because I have a life.

    The best burgers I've ever had have not been in the UK - Mrs Stodge and I sampled Five Guys at Bluewater at the weekend. The bacon cheese burger was a decent effort for the money but only that. Indeed Mrs Stodge wasn't that happy with the patty though the milkshakes were top notch.

    For quality burgers, one has to go much further afield. Red Robin in the US is superb and we've twice enjoyed an outdoor evening dining experience in Palm Springs - cur The Killers soundtrack.

    The best burger I've ever heard was from Burgerfuel, a NZ chain, by the shores of Lake Taupo. They don't yet have a presence in the UK but IF they come they will be huge.

    Another food chain which needs to come to the UK is the Cheesecake Factory.

    I was with you until you said the Cheesecake Factory.....I remember first going to the one in central Chicago 15 years ago and it was very good, however like so many of these chains they have now expanded rapidly and notorious in the US for dodgy customer service.

    That been said, I am surprised they haven't come to the UK though. Although maybe they got cold feet after the likes of Cinnabon failed miserably.

    Dairy Queen is another US chain I am surprised nobody has tried here.
    Can you still get Auntie Annie's Pretzels in the UK?
    Yes. They have loads of outlets in suburban shopping centres.

    http://www.auntieannes.co.uk/stores

    Cinnabon have only four UK outlets - never know why they never caught on here but I do partake at their Fulham Broadway kiosk. Same with Wendy's hamburgers - far superior to McDonalds and Burger King IMHO.
    Wendys used to have stores throughout London, not many though. They began to expand into more locations, which as I loved the square burgers I thought was great. But then they abruptly pulled out and sold them all to McDonalds. I sobbed that day.
  • brendan16 said:

    rpjs said:

    stodge said:

    Evening all :)

    As usual, late to the debate because I have a life.

    The best burgers I've ever had have not been in the UK - Mrs Stodge and I sampled Five Guys at Bluewater at the weekend. The bacon cheese burger was a decent effort for the money but only that. Indeed Mrs Stodge wasn't that happy with the patty though the milkshakes were top notch.

    For quality burgers, one has to go much further afield. Red Robin in the US is superb and we've twice enjoyed an outdoor evening dining experience in Palm Springs - cur The Killers soundtrack.

    The best burger I've ever heard was from Burgerfuel, a NZ chain, by the shores of Lake Taupo. They don't yet have a presence in the UK but IF they come they will be huge.

    Another food chain which needs to come to the UK is the Cheesecake Factory.

    I was with you until you said the Cheesecake Factory.....I remember first going to the one in central Chicago 15 years ago and it was very good, however like so many of these chains they have now expanded rapidly and notorious in the US for dodgy customer service.

    That been said, I am surprised they haven't come to the UK though. Although maybe they got cold feet after the likes of Cinnabon failed miserably.

    Dairy Queen is another US chain I am surprised nobody has tried here.
    Can you still get Auntie Annie's Pretzels in the UK?
    Yes. They have loads of outlets in suburban shopping centres.

    http://www.auntieannes.co.uk/stores

    Cinnabon have only four UK outlets - never know why they never caught on here but I do partake at their Fulham Broadway kiosk. Same with Wendy's hamburgers - far superior to McDonalds and Burger King IMHO.
    Wendys used to have stores throughout London, not many though. They began to expand into more locations, which as I loved the square burgers I thought was great. But then they abruptly pulled out and sold them all to McDonalds. I sobbed that day.
    Looks like they might give it another go,

    https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2017/07/20/Wendy-s-returns-to-the-UK
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,050
  • TheJezziahTheJezziah Posts: 3,840
    Reading into it and looking at the picture it seems the Tories had close to as many women voting for them as last time and from the findings older men returning from UKIP meant a lot more male voters altering the make up, rather than the desertion of lots of female voters.

    The problem, from the Tories point of view, was a lot more women and a few more men voting Labour than last time.
  • I wonder if tomorrow's poll in the Labour supporting Daily Record will be accorded due prominence in this blog ?

    Rather inconveniently it shows the SNP UP a projected NINE seats in a General Election.
  • archer101auarcher101au Posts: 1,612

    Foxy said:

    So, no Transition, or will she cave in?
    She will cave.
    Yes. And it makes you wonder why she constantly makes these comments. She has clearly decided that nothing will make her walk away, the EU know it, so why would they concede on anything of importance. All she will do is further upset her Leavers and hasten the time when they kick her out.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 53,766

    Foxy said:

    So, no Transition, or will she cave in?
    She will cave.
    Yes. And it makes you wonder why she constantly makes these comments. She has clearly decided that nothing will make her walk away, the EU know it, so why would they concede on anything of importance. All she will do is further upset her Leavers and hasten the time when they kick her out.
    Other than the only thing decided so far, the bill.

    Where, the nutters on both sides said the EU would only accept €100bn, plus transition payments.

    And now, it appears, the bill is €20bn + transition payments.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 31,715
    edited February 2018
    Dura_Ace said:

    I wonder how his time at fireplace showroom equipped for him for dealing with apex predators like LM, Boeing and BAE?
    We all had to start somewhere. Even Charles!

    Good morning all!
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 31,715

    brendan16 said:

    rpjs said:

    stodge said:

    Evening all :)

    As usual, late to the debate because I have a life.

    The best burgers I've ever had have not been in the UK - Mrs Stodge and I sampled Five Guys at Bluewater at the weekend. The bacon cheese burger was a decent effort for the money but only that. Indeed Mrs Stodge wasn't that happy with the patty though the milkshakes were top notch.

    For quality burgers, one has to go much further afield. Red Robin in the US is superb and we've twice enjoyed an outdoor evening dining experience in Palm Springs - cur The Killers soundtrack.

    The best burger I've ever heard was from Burgerfuel, a NZ chain, by the shores of Lake Taupo. They don't yet have a presence in the UK but IF they come they will be huge.

    Another food chain which needs to come to the UK is the Cheesecake Factory.

    I was with you until you said the Cheesecake Factory.....I remember first going to the one in central Chicago 15 years ago and it was very good, however like so many of these chains they have now expanded rapidly and notorious in the US for dodgy customer service.

    That been said, I am surprised they haven't come to the UK though. Although maybe they got cold feet after the likes of Cinnabon failed miserably.

    Dairy Queen is another US chain I am surprised nobody has tried here.
    Can you still get Auntie Annie's Pretzels in the UK?
    Yes. They have loads of outlets in suburban shopping centres.

    http://www.auntieannes.co.uk/stores

    Cinnabon have only four UK outlets - never know why they never caught on here but I do partake at their Fulham Broadway kiosk. Same with Wendy's hamburgers - far superior to McDonalds and Burger King IMHO.
    Wendys used to have stores throughout London, not many though. They began to expand into more locations, which as I loved the square burgers I thought was great. But then they abruptly pulled out and sold them all to McDonalds. I sobbed that day.
    I seem to recall them having one on Canvey Island many years ago. O is my memory playing tricks?
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,786
    rcs1000 said:

    Foxy said:

    So, no Transition, or will she cave in?
    She will cave.
    Yes. And it makes you wonder why she constantly makes these comments. She has clearly decided that nothing will make her walk away, the EU know it, so why would they concede on anything of importance. All she will do is further upset her Leavers and hasten the time when they kick her out.
    Other than the only thing decided so far, the bill.

    Where, the nutters on both sides said the EU would only accept €100bn, plus transition payments.

    And now, it appears, the bill is €20bn + transition payments.
    €100bn was only ever spoken about as the maximum theoretical gross liability. It was never going to be the amount of any cash payment. In any case, the UK has been looking to settle various things early in order to massage down the figures. That's why Boris was able to claim that £350m a week was now an underestimate.

    Apart from the relocation costs for the EBA and EMA, what was the UK able to negotiate away?
  • Scottish blog Scotland Goes Pop now on Mike's case

    "Mike Smithson, calling Mike Smithson...Mike Smithson, come in please." If you happen to be sitting next to a certain 'impartial election expert' who demonstrated such an inspiring willingness to 'help' the voters of East Dunbartonshire last year, you might want to give him a wee nudge. Before tonight, there had been six full-scale Scottish polls since the general election, of which four could reasonably be described as good for the SNP - ie. they showed the SNP on a higher share of the Westminster vote than was achieved in June. Mr Smithson literally pretended those four didn't exist (and even made mind-boggling comments such as "in the complete absence of any Scottish polling..."). He was over the other two polls like a rash. But I'm sure that this apparent pattern is just totally coincidental, and that he'll set our minds to rest first thing in the morning with a big splash on Stormfront Lite about tonight's remarkable Survation poll, which shows the SNP making progress at both Westminster and Holyrood level.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,786

    Foxy said:

    So, no Transition, or will she cave in?
    She will cave.
    Yes. And it makes you wonder why she constantly makes these comments. She has clearly decided that nothing will make her walk away, the EU know it, so why would they concede on anything of importance. All she will do is further upset her Leavers and hasten the time when they kick her out.
    Will they really kick her out?

    https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/hard-brexiteers-do-not-want-responsibility-for-implementing-brexit-thats-why-may-is-safe

    ...if the ERG brigade was so confident that its version of Brexit is superior to anything currently on offer, the logical thing to do would be dispose of May and mobilise their numbers in the Tory Party to secure the leadership for one of their own—Rees-Mogg perhaps. Their argument, as I understand it, is that May, through stupidity or cowardice, is missing an opportunity to do something brilliant and obvious. Well then, why not hurry up and replace her with someone else and let the brilliance and obviousness of the alternative plan speak for itself. Victory would be assured at home and abroad.

    The reason this doesn’t happen is that the brilliant-and-obvious option doesn’t exist.
  • PongPong Posts: 4,693
    edited February 2018
    Foxy said:
    The implied 2015 kipper > 2017 lab swing is interesting given 2015 kipper men swung solidly > con.
  • DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
    edited February 2018
    scotslass said:

    Scottish blog Scotland Goes Pop now on Mike's case

    "Mike Smithson, calling Mike Smithson...Mike Smithson, come in please." If you happen to be sitting next to a certain 'impartial election expert' who demonstrated such an inspiring willingness to 'help' the voters of East Dunbartonshire last year, you might want to give him a wee nudge. Before tonight, there had been six full-scale Scottish polls since the general election, of which four could reasonably be described as good for the SNP - ie. they showed the SNP on a higher share of the Westminster vote than was achieved in June. Mr Smithson literally pretended those four didn't exist (and even made mind-boggling comments such as "in the complete absence of any Scottish polling..."). He was over the other two polls like a rash. But I'm sure that this apparent pattern is just totally coincidental, and that he'll set our minds to rest first thing in the morning with a big splash on Stormfront Lite about tonight's remarkable Survation poll, which shows the SNP making progress at both Westminster and Holyrood level.


    From the Daily Record online story:
    The poll by Survation – the only firm to correctly forecast the result of the snap general election last year – put the SNP on 39 per cent, up by two per cent since the vote last June.

    But lower down, and also ignored by OGH in the literally no headers he has written since the Record was published, we find:
    But the Holyrood poll results are more of a mixed blessing for the SNP. Compared to the 2016 election, they are down four points at 42 per cent on the constituency vote and have dropped nine points to 33 per cent on the top-up list.

  • scotslass said:

    I wonder if tomorrow's poll in the Labour supporting Daily Record will be accorded due prominence in this blog ?

    Rather inconveniently it shows the SNP UP a projected NINE seats in a General Election.

    https://twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/status/958895878646960129
  • PongPong Posts: 4,693
    Pong said:

    Foxy said:
    The implied 2015 kipper > 2017 lab swing is interesting given 2015 kipper men swung solidly > con.
    The implied female 2015 kipper > 2017 lab swing is interesting given 2015 kipper men swung solidly > con.
  • Some Conservatives seem to have a problem with press criticism from those who have taken Fleet Street's shilling. First George Osborne, now Nick Timothy.
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758

    FFS...

    Second World War drama Dunkirk is one of the leading contenders for this year's Oscars, with eight nominations. But the film's award hopes have taken a serious blow, after the head of a human rights organisation condemned the film for reportedly using prison labour to produce ropes for the film's set.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2018/01/31/could-dunkirks-use-prison-labour-scupper-oscar-chances/

    Prison labour in the sense of people who happen to be in prison and are being paid a wage for doing a job.

    I guess it's not an "approved" job
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758
    A little misleading, saying the spark for Thatcher's downfall was a speech by a backbencher.

    I mean, I guess, Geoffrey Howe was a backbencher at the point he made the speech...
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758
    scotslass said:

    Scottish blog Scotland Goes Pop now on Mike's case

    "Mike Smithson, calling Mike Smithson...Mike Smithson, come in please." If you happen to be sitting next to a certain 'impartial election expert' who demonstrated such an inspiring willingness to 'help' the voters of East Dunbartonshire last year, you might want to give him a wee nudge. Before tonight, there had been six full-scale Scottish polls since the general election, of which four could reasonably be described as good for the SNP - ie. they showed the SNP on a higher share of the Westminster vote than was achieved in June. Mr Smithson literally pretended those four didn't exist (and even made mind-boggling comments such as "in the complete absence of any Scottish polling..."). He was over the other two polls like a rash. But I'm sure that this apparent pattern is just totally coincidental, and that he'll set our minds to rest first thing in the morning with a big splash on Stormfront Lite about tonight's remarkable Survation poll, which shows the SNP making progress at both Westminster and Holyrood level.

    I'm sure that waaay more than 4% of the threads are about Scotland.
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