On BBC at the moment: Brits on holiday in Spain, complaining about how hot it is there.
If you don't want to feel like you are "melting" then don't go to Spain in August. This is not a difficult concept to grasp.
Morons.
To be fair though Spain today is more like Dubai in August than a Med resort
Yes, but honestly - people will insist on taking their holidays in hot countries at the hottest time of the year, and then expressing astonishment if it turns out to be a bit hotter than usual.
If you went there in November and found it was 40°C+ at midday then you'd have more justification for feeling somewhat miffed.
If these sunny British summers continue you may be better off taking autumn or winter holidays certainly
If the Summers continue to get worse then I may start taking my holidays in Iceland just to get away from it for a bit.
Actually, I wonder if there might be a bit of reverse tourism in future? Britain and Scandinavia could be ideal destinations for desperate Iberians looking for a bit of light relief from it all.
Aviemore could become a hill station I guess.
I had a great visit to Aviemore two weeks ago on the Strathspey Railway. And as far as Iceland is concerned it was over 32 degrees in the Artic circle two weeks ago
Corbyn’s get tough response has dissolved within seconds.
It am trying to give him a break as I hate to jump on the anti-semite bandwagon, but it is not clear to me that he gives a stale shit.
You do yourself no favours by denigrating righteous anger as the "anti-semite bandwagon".
It is undeniable that accusations of anti-semitism are sometimes used to close down legitimate criticism of Israel.
(Just like accusations of racism are used to close down legitimate concerns about immigration).
It is an appalling thing to charge someone with and personally I am cautious about it.
Nevertheless, it seems clear to me that even if Corbyn is not anti-Semitic he enables anti-Semitism. His becoming PM would be a moral disaster for the country.
On BBC at the moment: Brits on holiday in Spain, complaining about how hot it is there.
If you don't want to feel like you are "melting" then don't go to Spain in August. This is not a difficult concept to grasp.
Morons.
To be fair though Spain today is more like Dubai in August than a Med resort
Yes, but honestly - people will insist on taking their holidays in hot countries at the hottest time of the year, and then expressing astonishment if it turns out to be a bit hotter than usual.
If you went there in November and found it was 40°C+ at midday then you'd have more justification for feeling somewhat miffed.
If these sunny British summers continue you may be better off taking autumn or winter holidays certainly
If the Summers continue to get worse then I may start taking my holidays in Iceland just to get away from it for a bit.
Actually, I wonder if there might be a bit of reverse tourism in future? Britain and Scandinavia could be ideal destinations for desperate Iberians looking for a bit of light relief from it all.
Aviemore could become a hill station I guess.
I had a great visit to Aviemore two weeks ago on the Strathspey Railway. And as far as Iceland is concerned it was over 32 degrees in the Artic circle two weeks ago
I thought I read somewhere that the ice cream vendors of Iceland (they do exist) had been bemoaning the wettest Summer on record recently - courtesy of the same issues with the Jet Stream that have been causing us to roast.
Forecast for Reykjavik at the moment is 12-15°C during the day for as far ahead as it goes. That must feel wonderful...
Corbyn’s get tough response has dissolved within seconds.
It am trying to give him a break as I hate to jump on the anti-semite bandwagon, but it is not clear to me that he gives a stale shit.
You do yourself no favours by denigrating righteous anger as the "anti-semite bandwagon".
It is undeniable that accusations of anti-semitism are sometimes used to close down legitimate criticism of Israel.
(Just like accusations of racism are used to close down legitimate concerns about immigration).
It is an appalling thing to charge someone with and personally I am cautious about it.
Nevertheless, it seems clear to me that even if Corbyn is not anti-Semitic he enables anti-Semitism. His becoming PM would be a moral disaster for the country.
+1
Incidentally, I don't suppose I should be shocked about anything coming out of Labour anymore, but that cut-and-paste job from the previous piece in the Standard is monumentally crass.
On BBC at the moment: Brits on holiday in Spain, complaining about how hot it is there.
If you don't want to feel like you are "melting" then don't go to Spain in August. This is not a difficult concept to grasp.
Morons.
To be fair though Spain today is more like Dubai in August than a Med resort
Yes, but honestly - people will insist on taking their holidays in hot countries at the hottest time of the year, and then expressing astonishment if it turns out to be a bit hotter than usual.
If you went there in November and found it was 40°C+ at midday then you'd have more justification for feeling somewhat miffed.
If these sunny British summers continue you may be better off taking autumn or winter holidays certainly
If the Summers continue to get worse then I may start taking my holidays in Iceland just to get away from it for a bit.
Actually, I wonder if there might be a bit of reverse tourism in future? Britain and Scandinavia could be ideal destinations for desperate Iberians looking for a bit of light relief from it all.
What do you think desperate Iberians are trying to get away from?
Corbyn’s get tough response has dissolved within seconds.
It am trying to give him a break as I hate to jump on the anti-semite bandwagon, but it is not clear to me that he gives a stale shit.
You do yourself no favours by denigrating righteous anger as the "anti-semite bandwagon".
It is undeniable that accusations of anti-semitism are sometimes used to close down legitimate criticism of Israel.
(Just like accusations of racism are used to close down legitimate concerns about immigration).
It is an appalling thing to charge someone with and personally I am cautious about it.
Nevertheless, it seems clear to me that even if Corbyn is not anti-Semitic he enables anti-Semitism. His becoming PM would be a moral disaster for the country.
Let's get one thing straight, Jewish people are entitled to have somewhere in the world they can call home. Those people who disagree are dancing on the head of the anti-Semitic pin. Denying Jews their rightful homeland is despicable and should be treated as such, I would back our government intervening to defend the Jewish nation.
On BBC at the moment: Brits on holiday in Spain, complaining about how hot it is there.
If you don't want to feel like you are "melting" then don't go to Spain in August. This is not a difficult concept to grasp.
Morons.
To be fair though Spain today is more like Dubai in August than a Med resort
Yes, but honestly - people will insist on taking their holidays in hot countries at the hottest time of the year, and then expressing astonishment if it turns out to be a bit hotter than usual.
If you went there in November and found it was 40°C+ at midday then you'd have more justification for feeling somewhat miffed.
If these sunny British summers continue you may be better off taking autumn or winter holidays certainly
If the Summers continue to get worse then I may start taking my holidays in Iceland just to get away from it for a bit.
Actually, I wonder if there might be a bit of reverse tourism in future? Britain and Scandinavia could be ideal destinations for desperate Iberians looking for a bit of light relief from it all.
What do you think desperate Iberians are trying to get away from?
Perhaps the people of Sunderland voted for Brexit to avoid the influx of Iberian pensioners.
On BBC at the moment: Brits on holiday in Spain, complaining about how hot it is there.
If you don't want to feel like you are "melting" then don't go to Spain in August. This is not a difficult concept to grasp.
Morons.
To be fair though Spain today is more like Dubai in August than a Med resort
Yes, but honestly - people will insist on taking their holidays in hot countries at the hottest time of the year, and then expressing astonishment if it turns out to be a bit hotter than usual.
If you went there in November and found it was 40°C+ at midday then you'd have more justification for feeling somewhat miffed.
If these sunny British summers continue you may be better off taking autumn or winter holidays certainly
If the Summers continue to get worse then I may start taking my holidays in Iceland just to get away from it for a bit.
Actually, I wonder if there might be a bit of reverse tourism in future? Britain and Scandinavia could be ideal destinations for desperate Iberians looking for a bit of light relief from it all.
What do you think desperate Iberians are trying to get away from?
48 degrees heat and slowly being cooked in their houses ?
Corbyn’s get tough response has dissolved within seconds.
It am trying to give him a break as I hate to jump on the anti-semite bandwagon, but it is not clear to me that he gives a stale shit.
You do yourself no favours by denigrating righteous anger as the "anti-semite bandwagon".
It is undeniable that accusations of anti-semitism are sometimes used to close down legitimate criticism of Israel.
(Just like accusations of racism are used to close down legitimate concerns about immigration).
It is an appalling thing to charge someone with and personally I am cautious about it.
Nevertheless, it seems clear to me that even if Corbyn is not anti-Semitic he enables anti-Semitism. His becoming PM would be a moral disaster for the country.
Let's get one thing straight, Jewish people are entitled to have somewhere in the world they can call home. Those people who disagree are dancing on the head of the anti-Semitic pin. Denying Jews their rightful homeland is despicable and should be treated as such, I would back our government intervening to defend the Jewish nation.
On BBC at the moment: Brits on holiday in Spain, complaining about how hot it is there.
If you don't want to feel like you are "melting" then don't go to Spain in August. This is not a difficult concept to grasp.
Morons.
To be fair though Spain today is more like Dubai in August than a Med resort
Yes, but honestly - people will insist on taking their holidays in hot countries at the hottest time of the year, and then expressing astonishment if it turns out to be a bit hotter than usual.
If you went there in November and found it was 40°C+ at midday then you'd have more justification for feeling somewhat miffed.
If these sunny British summers continue you may be better off taking autumn or winter holidays certainly
If the Summers continue to get worse then I may start taking my holidays in Iceland just to get away from it for a bit.
Actually, I wonder if there might be a bit of reverse tourism in future? Britain and Scandinavia could be ideal destinations for desperate Iberians looking for a bit of light relief from it all.
What do you think desperate Iberians are trying to get away from?
Looks like Tory East Sussex council will be the second to go into pre-bankruptcy special measures
I doubt it very much. It's a well-run council, which has made a lot of progress in reducing costs.
It does have a big demographic problem, though - lots of elderly residents.
The budget for Adult Social Care at East Sussex rose from £240.3 million in financial year 16-17 to £255 million in 18-19. The spend on Children has fallen in the same period from £309.4 million to £288.4 million.
On the Income side the Council Tax brings in £280.4 million this year compared with £261.5 million in 17-18. I understand ESCC see their "hole" at about £20 million but they spend £790 million so that isn't a big gap.
Basically, a County Council, however "well run" is going to have to put up its Council Tax precept by 5-6% every year simply to keep with the growing demand for adult social care.
Yes, but they haven't been allowed to, and the government hasn't been filling the gap.
Clearly that will have to change. The only question is where the dosh comes from.
They have. They stick it on as the social care precept. Mine certainly goes up by 5%.
And that really hacks me off. It’s an increasing burden year after year, particularly when they cut back on other stuff like libraries and bin collections.
I don’t think it’ll be long until council tax starts to become a political issue.
On BBC at the moment: Brits on holiday in Spain, complaining about how hot it is there.
If you don't want to feel like you are "melting" then don't go to Spain in August. This is not a difficult concept to grasp.
Morons.
To be fair though Spain today is more like Dubai in August than a Med resort
Yes, but honestly - people will insist on taking their holidays in hot countries at the hottest time of the year, and then expressing astonishment if it turns out to be a bit hotter than usual.
If you went there in November and found it was 40°C+ at midday then you'd have more justification for feeling somewhat miffed.
If these sunny British summers continue you may be better off taking autumn or winter holidays certainly
If the Summers continue to get worse then I may start taking my holidays in Iceland just to get away from it for a bit.
Actually, I wonder if there might be a bit of reverse tourism in future? Britain and Scandinavia could be ideal destinations for desperate Iberians looking for a bit of light relief from it all.
Aviemore could become a hill station I guess.
I had a great visit to Aviemore two weeks ago on the Strathspey Railway. And as far as Iceland is concerned it was over 32 degrees in the Artic circle two weeks ago
I thought I read somewhere that the ice cream vendors of Iceland (they do exist) had been bemoaning the wettest Summer on record recently - courtesy of the same issues with the Jet Stream that have been causing us to roast.
Forecast for Reykjavik at the moment is 12-15°C during the day for as far ahead as it goes. That must feel wonderful...
On my two visits to Iceland heat was not the problem but midges most certainly were with my wife and I having to wear head nets and plenty of repellant
It's possible. I work in local government , and while most are not at the cliff edge, the funding situation is very inadequate. The Gov clearly know this which is why they had the social care levy to get around needing referendums on larger council tax rises.
There's a constant drip drip drip of this sort of stuff coming from all around the public sector and, whilst one always has to be alert the possibilities of special pleading and remain aware that inefficiencies and inappropriate spending continue to occur, its becoming obvious that there's a serious mismatch between what both the public and the Government itself expect of local authorities (and of quangos as well) and what they're able to deliver, on account of the lack of funding.
My sense is that this isn't primarily ideological; rather, it's down to Government's fear of the "can't pay, won't pay" attitude of the voters.
One can have a certain amount of sympathy for this problem - I often suggest that every voter wants a pony, and every voter expects somebody else to pay for it - but a Government is there to deal with difficult issues and I do wish that this lot would square up with people. They need to tell the voters that they either have to pay for the pony themselves or they don't get the pony. This would, actually, be greatly helped if they would just get rid of the council tax cap and allow local authorities to charge what they liked, because it would spread the blame for the required tax rises and spending cuts around a bit. But they appear to be so frightened to confront the issues properly that they won't even do this one little thing, let along pursue the myriad of other reforms needed.
Personally (and at this point I have to admit a bias: my financial position is such that I feel that my household can afford to cough up some more money,) I would be not exactly overjoyed, but content, to part with more in tax to help deal with these problems before they get any further out of control. I'm certainly not a big state, mass renationalisation socialist, but it's possible that I may be developing some social democrat leanings.
If the current political choices didn't consist of either total paralysis or letting a bunch of Chavistas reduce us all to penury then I might even be inclined to express this at the ballot box.
He’s a property developer. I’m sure that there’s one who doesn’t have a tangential relationship with the truth but finding one is like finding a Newcastle virgin. In Britain we do the same thing but sweeter....
On BBC at the moment: Brits on holiday in Spain, complaining about how hot it is there.
If you don't want to feel like you are "melting" then don't go to Spain in August. This is not a difficult concept to grasp.
Morons.
To be fair though Spain today is more like Dubai in August than a Med resort
Yes, but honestly - people will insist on taking their holidays in hot countries at the hottest time of the year, and then expressing astonishment if it turns out to be a bit hotter than usual.
If you went there in November and found it was 40°C+ at midday then you'd have more justification for feeling somewhat miffed.
If these sunny British summers continue you may be better off taking autumn or winter holidays certainly
If the Summers continue to get worse then I may start taking my holidays in Iceland just to get away from it for a bit.
Actually, I wonder if there might be a bit of reverse tourism in future? Britain and Scandinavia could be ideal destinations for desperate Iberians looking for a bit of light relief from it all.
Aviemore could become a hill station I guess.
I had a great visit to Aviemore two weeks ago on the Strathspey Railway. And as far as Iceland is concerned it was over 32 degrees in the Artic circle two weeks ago
I thought I read somewhere that the ice cream vendors of Iceland (they do exist) had been bemoaning the wettest Summer on record recently - courtesy of the same issues with the Jet Stream that have been causing us to roast.
Forecast for Reykjavik at the moment is 12-15°C during the day for as far ahead as it goes. That must feel wonderful...
On my two visits to Iceland heat was not the problem but midges most certainly were with my wife and I having to wear head nets and plenty of repellant
On BBC at the moment: Brits on holiday in Spain, complaining about how hot it is there.
If you don't want to feel like you are "melting" then don't go to Spain in August. This is not a difficult concept to grasp.
Morons.
To be fair though Spain today is more like Dubai in August than a Med resort
Yes, but honestly - people will insist on taking their holidays in hot countries at the hottest time of the year, and then expressing astonishment if it turns out to be a bit hotter than usual.
If you went there in November and found it was 40°C+ at midday then you'd have more justification for feeling somewhat miffed.
If these sunny British summers continue you may be better off taking autumn or winter holidays certainly
If the Summers continue to get worse then I may start taking my holidays in Iceland just to get away from it for a bit.
Actually, I wonder if there might be a bit of reverse tourism in future? Britain and Scandinavia could be ideal destinations for desperate Iberians looking for a bit of light relief from it all.
Aviemore could become a hill station I guess.
I had a great visit to Aviemore two weeks ago on the Strathspey Railway. And as far as Iceland is concerned it was over 32 degrees in the Artic circle two weeks ago
I thought I read somewhere that the ice cream vendors of Iceland (they do exist) had been bemoaning the wettest Summer on record recently - courtesy of the same issues with the Jet Stream that have been causing us to roast.
Forecast for Reykjavik at the moment is 12-15°C during the day for as far ahead as it goes. That must feel wonderful...
On my two visits to Iceland heat was not the problem but midges most certainly were with my wife and I having to wear head nets and plenty of repellant
Looks like Tory East Sussex council will be the second to go into pre-bankruptcy special measures
I doubt it very much. It's a well-run council, which has made a lot of progress in reducing costs.
It does have a big demographic problem, though - lots of elderly residents.
The budget for Adult Social Care at East Sussex rose from £240.3 million in financial year 16-17 to £255 million in 18-19. The spend on Children has fallen in the same period from £309.4 million to £288.4 million.
On the Income side the Council Tax brings in £280.4 million this year compared with £261.5 million in 17-18. I understand ESCC see their "hole" at about £20 million but they spend £790 million so that isn't a big gap.
Basically, a County Council, however "well run" is going to have to put up its Council Tax precept by 5-6% every year simply to keep with the growing demand for adult social care.
Yes, but they haven't been allowed to, and the government hasn't been filling the gap.
Clearly that will have to change. The only question is where the dosh comes from.
They have. They stick it on as the social care precept. Mine certainly goes up by 5%.
And that really hacks me off. It’s an increasing burden year after year, particularly when they cut back on other stuff like libraries and bin collections.
I don’t think it’ll be long until council tax starts to become a political issue.
People either have to pay more for the services or do without them. There are other issues surrounding the inequity of central Government funding, council tax capping and the various problems with council tax itself, but in the end it always comes back to the same fundamental issue.
People want libraries, bin collections, leisure centres, pothole-free roads and plenty of staff to wipe old people's bottoms. But they resent paying for any of it.
On BBC at the moment: Brits on holiday in Spain, complaining about how hot it is there.
If you don't want to feel like you are "melting" then don't go to Spain in August. This is not a difficult concept to grasp.
Morons.
To be fair though Spain today is more like Dubai in August than a Med resort
Yes, but honestly - people will insist on taking their holidays in hot countries at the hottest time of the year, and then expressing astonishment if it turns out to be a bit hotter than usual.
If you went there in November and found it was 40°C+ at midday then you'd have more justification for feeling somewhat miffed.
If these sunny British summers continue you may be better off taking autumn or winter holidays certainly
If the Summers continue to get worse then I may start taking my holidays in Iceland just to get away from it for a bit.
Actually, I wonder if there might be a bit of reverse tourism in future? Britain and Scandinavia could be ideal destinations for desperate Iberians looking for a bit of light relief from it all.
What do you think desperate Iberians are trying to get away from?
Perhaps the people of Sunderland voted for Brexit to avoid the influx of Iberian pensioners.
"Just look at 'em all, coming over 'ere and taking our zimmer frames..."
They have. They stick it on as the social care precept. Mine certainly goes up by 5%.
And that really hacks me off. It’s an increasing burden year after year, particularly when they cut back on other stuff like libraries and bin collections.
I don’t think it’ll be long until council tax starts to become a political issue.
Richard N's original point stands - the demand is coming from the elderly people themselves.
The problem may not be the provision of the care itself but the bureaucracy of the care assessment process through which almost everyone had to go whether they are staying in a Council-run, charity or private residential care facility.
Mealy-mouthed waffle. It will make things worse not better.
That is why I want to make it absolutely clear that any government I lead will take whatever measures are necessary to guarantee the security of Jewish communities, Jewish schools, Jewish places of worship, Jewish social care, Jewish culture and Jewish life as a whole in this country.
Well that's a relief, Jeremy. We all thought you'd be letting the mobs torch synagogues as they pleased.
“I’m against the torching of all religious buildings.”
I thought he was against the indiscriminate torching of religious buildings.
Corbyn’s get tough response has dissolved within seconds.
It am trying to give him a break as I hate to jump on the anti-semite bandwagon, but it is not clear to me that he gives a stale shit.
You do yourself no favours by denigrating righteous anger as the "anti-semite bandwagon".
It is undeniable that accusations of anti-semitism are sometimes used to close down legitimate criticism of Israel.
(Just like accusations of racism are used to close down legitimate concerns about immigration).
It is an appalling thing to charge someone with and personally I am cautious about it.
Nevertheless, it seems clear to me that even if Corbyn is not anti-Semitic he enables anti-Semitism. His becoming PM would be a moral disaster for the country.
Let's get one thing straight, Jewish people are entitled to have somewhere in the world they can call home. Those people who disagree are dancing on the head of the anti-Semitic pin. Denying Jews their rightful homeland is despicable and should be treated as such, I would back our government intervening to defend the Jewish nation.
And Jewish people who live here are entitled to be able to call the UK that home, without having to plan to find somewhere safe.
I think citizens of nowhere refers to rootless internationalist who travel the world and settle anywhere that suits their cosmopolitan tastes. Or it might mean inhabitants of Bognor.
The type of rich jetsetters in the US, France or the UK who are more familiar with London and New York City and LA or Paris than provincial France, the rustbelt US and deep South or the north and Midlands and Wales in their own country.
They have more in common with each other than Trump, Le Pen or Leave voters
They have. They stick it on as the social care precept. Mine certainly goes up by 5%.
And that really hacks me off. It’s an increasing burden year after year, particularly when they cut back on other stuff like libraries and bin collections.
I don’t think it’ll be long until council tax starts to become a political issue.
Richard N's original point stands - the demand is coming from the elderly people themselves.
The problem may not be the provision of the care itself but the bureaucracy of the care assessment process through which almost everyone had to go whether they are staying in a Council-run, charity or private residential care facility.
Thiis the same East Sussex County Council that shamefully and shamelessly voted its leader a 37% increase in his allowance and hiked up the rest as well. And, yes, to its disgrace it was the Conservative Group that did it.
They have. They stick it on as the social care precept. Mine certainly goes up by 5%.
And that really hacks me off. It’s an increasing burden year after year, particularly when they cut back on other stuff like libraries and bin collections.
I don’t think it’ll be long until council tax starts to become a political issue.
Richard N's original point stands - the demand is coming from the elderly people themselves.
The problem may not be the provision of the care itself but the bureaucracy of the care assessment process through which almost everyone had to go whether they are staying in a Council-run, charity or private residential care facility.
Thiis the same East Sussex County Council that shamefully and shamelessly voted its leader a 37% increase in his allowance and hiked up the rest as well. And, yes, to its disgrace it was the Conservative Group that did it.
That seems an inordinate amount unless they were previously at a very low level, although in fairness members allowances make up a very small chunk of a councils budget. It doesn't mean increasing it would absolutely be ok in that time or place, but not doing it would certainly not pay for all the things people claim it woukd.
Theory: Corbyn is digging in on this issue (and making a deliberate hash of his latest intervention) to persuade the remaining moderates to give up on Labour and quit. Thus he further consolidates his position.
As I said the other day, the British electorate would put Satan in power if he ran one of the two big parties, and they were fed up (or just plain bored) enough of the other one. All he has to do is secure his position and wait and, unless he drops down dead, he'll become Prime Minister in the fullness of time.
On BBC at the moment: Brits on holiday in Spain, complaining about how hot it is there.
If you don't want to feel like you are "melting" then don't go to Spain in August. This is not a difficult concept to grasp.
Morons.
To be fair though Spain today is more like Dubai in August than a Med resort
Yes, but honestly - people will insist on taking their holidays in hot countries at the hottest time of the year, and then expressing astonishment if it turns out to be a bit hotter than usual.
If you went there in November and found it was 40°C+ at midday then you'd have more justification for feeling somewhat miffed.
I had a great visit to Aviemore two weeks ago on the Strathspey Railway. And as far as Iceland is concerned it was over 32 degrees in the Artic circle two weeks ago
I thought I read somewhere that the ice cream vendors of Iceland (they do exist) had been bemoaning the wettest Summer on record recently - courtesy of the same issues with the Jet Stream that have been causing us to roast.
Forecast for Reykjavik at the moment is 12-15°C during the day for as far ahead as it goes. That must feel wonderful...
On my two visits to Iceland heat was not the problem but midges most certainly were with my wife and I having to wear head nets and plenty of repellant
The South Island of New Zealand looks nice right now, but it's devilishly expensive to get to and one might perish in an earthquake anyway.
I'll have to give this subject a bit more thought.
I know South Island quite well as my eldest emigrated there in 2005 and lived through all the earthquakes and was involved in the rescue from the buildings were so many died. He was much affected by it and happily married a Canadian 3 years ago and lives in Vancouver You do know it is winter just now in South Island and would suggest you should consider Vancouver and BC as a better choice as it is fabulous at this time
Theory: Corbyn is digging in on this issue (and making a deliberate hash of his latest intervention) to persuade the remaining moderates to give up on Labour and quit. Thus he further consolidates his position.
He isn't intelligent enough to come up with a plan like that.
Far more likely that he is so dogmatic in his positions that he cannot see any fault on his own part and so is being driven by his own blinkered perspective.
Theory: Corbyn is digging in on this issue (and making a deliberate hash of his latest intervention) to persuade the remaining moderates to give up on Labour and quit. Thus he further consolidates his position.
He isn't intelligent enough to come up with a plan like that.
Perhaps, perhaps not - but it would make no difference if some of the Stalinists he surrounds himself with are.
Regardless, the issue won't hurt him in the long run. The public doesn't really know or care much about this and the bulk of the party membership would gladly follow him over the edge of a cliff. If he chases off the ones who can't stand him anymore then his grip only tightens.
The only people with a chance of getting rid of the wretched man are Labour's MPs and they won't go all out to kill the party itself, which is what they would have to do if they were serious about a rebellion. Most of them have backbones so limp that they could put their heads between their legs and kiss their own backsides.
He's going to win an election eventually, and then we're all royally screwed.
On BBC at the moment: Brits on holiday in Spain, complaining about how hot it is there.
If you don't want to feel like you are "melting" then don't go to Spain in August. This is not a difficult concept to grasp.
Morons.
To be fair though Spain today is more like Dubai in August than a Med resort
Yes, but honestly - people will insist on taking their holidays in hot countries at the hottest time of the year, and then expressing astonishment if it turns out to be a bit hotter than usual.
If you went there in November and found it was 40°C+ at midday then you'd have more justification for feeling somewhat miffed.
I had a great visit to Aviemore two weeks ago on the Strathspey Railway. And as far as Iceland is concerned it was over 32 degrees in the Artic circle two weeks ago
I thought I read somewhere that the ice cream vendors of Iceland (they do exist) had been bemoaning the wettest Summer on record recently - courtesy of the same issues with the Jet Stream that have been causing us to roast.
Forecast for Reykjavik at the moment is 12-15°C during the day for as far ahead as it goes. That must feel wonderful...
On my two visits to Iceland heat was not the problem but midges most certainly were with my wife and I having to wear head nets and plenty of repellant
The South Island of New Zealand looks nice right now, but it's devilishly expensive to get to and one might perish in an earthquake anyway.
I'll have to give this subject a bit more thought.
I know South Island quite well as my eldest emigrated there in 2005 and lived through all the earthquakes and was involved in the rescue from the buildings were so many died. He was much affected by it and happily married a Canadian 3 years ago and lives in Vancouver You do know it is winter just now in South Island and would suggest you should consider Vancouver and BC as a better choice as it is fabulous at this time
Realclearpolitics, which I usually use to check US polls, seems to have a malware infection - go onto that site in the polls tab and you get an American voice claiming that Microsoft has detected that your credit card details and Facebook logon are being transmitted to someone (obvious bollocks as I'd only just accessed the site anonymously) and you must call number so-and-so to avoid infection. Avoid!
Theory: Corbyn is digging in on this issue (and making a deliberate hash of his latest intervention) to persuade the remaining moderates to give up on Labour and quit. Thus he further consolidates his position.
He isn't intelligent enough to come up with a plan like that.
Perhaps, perhaps not - but it would make no difference if some of the Stalinists he surrounds himself with are.
Regardless, the issue won't hurt him in the long run. The public doesn't really know or care much about this and the bulk of the party membership would gladly follow him over the edge of a cliff. If he chases off the ones who can't stand him anymore then his grip only tightens.
The only people with a chance of getting rid of the wretched man are Labour's MPs and they won't go all out to kill the party itself, which is what they would have to do if they were serious about a rebellion. Most of them have backbones so limp that they could put their heads between their legs and kiss their own backsides.
He's going to win an election eventually, and then we're all royally screwed.
The other people who can get rid of him are the electorate. If he loses a second election like Kinnock then that's probably it.
Seem to have made a hash of blockquote. Sorry folks but my point to Acorn Antiques is that I know South Island and especially Christchurch quite well since my eldest emigrated there in 2005 and he was involved in the rescue of the victims in the 2011 earthquake that claimed 185 and which had a bad effect on him. He married a Canadian 3 years ago and now lives in Vancouver.
South Island is in winter just now but Vancouver and BC is fabulous at this time of year
I know South Island quite well as my eldest emigrated there in 2005 and lived through all the earthquakes and was involved in the rescue from the buildings were so many died. He was much affected by it and happily married a Canadian 3 years ago and lives in Vancouver You do know it is winter just now in South Island and would suggest you should consider Vancouver and BC as a better choice as it is fabulous at this time
London really does have the best restaurants in the world. I've been to all of the major global cities and there really isn't anywhere else that can compete with London. It's the greatest city in the world.
I know South Island quite well as my eldest emigrated there in 2005 and lived through all the earthquakes and was involved in the rescue from the buildings were so many died. He was much affected by it and happily married a Canadian 3 years ago and lives in Vancouver You do know it is winter just now in South Island and would suggest you should consider Vancouver and BC as a better choice as it is fabulous at this time
Having lived through the horrors of the 10,000 and more Christchurch has had he has made himself an expert on all thinks volcanic and quaky and constantly reminds his good lady of the threat to Vancouver. 'C'est la vie'
London really does have the best restaurants in the world. I've been to all of the major global cities and there really isn't anywhere else that can compete with London. It's the greatest city in the world.
Which are you particularly thinking of? I have often been disappointed in London restaurants.
Theory: Corbyn is digging in on this issue (and making a deliberate hash of his latest intervention) to persuade the remaining moderates to give up on Labour and quit. Thus he further consolidates his position.
He isn't intelligent enough to come up with a plan like that.
Perhaps, perhaps not - but it would make no difference if some of the Stalinists he surrounds himself with are.
Regardless, the issue won't hurt him in the long run. The public doesn't really know or care much about this and the bulk of the party membership would gladly follow him over the edge of a cliff. If he chases off the ones who can't stand him anymore then his grip only tightens.
The only people with a chance of getting rid of the wretched man are Labour's MPs and they won't go all out to kill the party itself, which is what they would have to do if they were serious about a rebellion. Most of them have backbones so limp that they could put their heads between their legs and kiss their own backsides.
He's going to win an election eventually, and then we're all royally screwed.
The other people who can get rid of him are the electorate. If he loses a second election like Kinnock then that's probably it.
Maybe, maybe not. The party will back him unless he feels like retiring, and that won't happen before the leadership rules are changed to guarantee that someone similar takes over. And then they'll just win and wreck everything instead.
London really does have the best restaurants in the world. I've been to all of the major global cities and there really isn't anywhere else that can compete with London. It's the greatest city in the world.
Theory: Corbyn is digging in on this issue (and making a deliberate hash of his latest intervention) to persuade the remaining moderates to give up on Labour and quit. Thus he further consolidates his position.
As I said the other day, the British electorate would put Satan in power if he ran one of the two big parties, and they were fed up (or just plain bored) enough of the other one. All he has to do is secure his position and wait and, unless he drops down dead, he'll become Prime Minister in the fullness of time.
Alastair Meeks called this recently. The treatment of Hodge and Austin would seem to also support this hypothesis. Corbyn wants to make sure the Corbynite Left permanently control Labour.
London really does have the best restaurants in the world. I've been to all of the major global cities and there really isn't anywhere else that can compete with London. It's the greatest city in the world.
The Premier League kicks off next week and I've decided to get into spread betting for small stakes. I have sold Arsenal @ 70.5 points for the season.
I've spent the best part of a decade following Arsenal around the country and Europe and my view is that the club has signed average players for a lot of money over the last five years. Perhaps Emery will turn Bellerin into a decent fullback and Xhaka into a decent midfielder. I only saw brief highlights of the Chelsea game the other night, but from what I saw, it looked like business as usual.
Last season was the first since 2010-11 that Arsenal didn't get to 70 points (63). But, I would say they were very lucky to get anywhere near 75 points in 2016-17. I'd also add that last season was the first that they were in the Europa League. I'm fully expecting a repeat of the end to last season when the first team plays in the Europa League while the reserves play in the league. In fact, I'd say the biggest risk there is that Arsenal get eliminated earlier in the Europa League.
As ever do your own research, but my feeling is that too many people are overestimating the impact that the change of manager will make.
The Premier League kicks off next week and I've decided to get into spread betting for small stakes. I have sold Arsenal @ 70.5 points for the season.
I've spent the best part of a decade following Arsenal around the country and Europe and my view is that the club has signed average players for a lot of money over the last five years. Perhaps Emery will turn Bellerin into a decent fullback and Xhaka into a decent midfielder. I only saw brief highlights of the Chelsea game the other night, but from what I saw, it looked like business as usual.
Last season was the first since 2010-11 that Arsenal didn't get to 70 points (63). But, I would say they were very lucky to get anywhere near 75 points in 2016-17. I'd also add that last season was the first that they were in the Europa League. I'm fully expecting a repeat of the end to last season when the first team plays in the Europa League while the reserves play in the league. In fact, I'd say the biggest risk there is that Arsenal get eliminated earlier in the Europa League.
As ever do your own research, but my feeling is that too many people are overestimating the impact that the change of manager will make.
I like your thinking.
I was thinking of selling Spurs this season.
No new signings and a knackered squad from the world cup.
The Premier League kicks off next week and I've decided to get into spread betting for small stakes. I have sold Arsenal @ 70.5 points for the season.
I've spent the best part of a decade following Arsenal around the country and Europe and my view is that the club has signed average players for a lot of money over the last five years. Perhaps Emery will turn Bellerin into a decent fullback and Xhaka into a decent midfielder. I only saw brief highlights of the Chelsea game the other night, but from what I saw, it looked like business as usual.
Last season was the first since 2010-11 that Arsenal didn't get to 70 points (63). But, I would say they were very lucky to get anywhere near 75 points in 2016-17. I'd also add that last season was the first that they were in the Europa League. I'm fully expecting a repeat of the end to last season when the first team plays in the Europa League while the reserves play in the league. In fact, I'd say the biggest risk there is that Arsenal get eliminated earlier in the Europa League.
As ever do your own research, but my feeling is that too many people are overestimating the impact that the change of manager will make.
I like your thinking.
I was thinking of selling Spurs this season.
No new signings and a knackered squad from the world cup.
It partly comes down to what you see their upper limit as. If Arsenal get above 75 points I will be shocked. I think Spurs will do okay. No signings but no sales, they have a settled squad and a more than decent manager.
I know South Island quite well as my eldest emigrated there in 2005 and lived through all the earthquakes and was involved in the rescue from the buildings were so many died. He was much affected by it and happily married a Canadian 3 years ago and lives in Vancouver You do know it is winter just now in South Island and would suggest you should consider Vancouver and BC as a better choice as it is fabulous at this time
Having lived through the horrors of the 10,000 and more Christchurch has had he has made himself an expert on all thinks volcanic and quaky and constantly reminds his good lady of the threat to Vancouver. 'C'est la vie'
From what I've read Vancouver isn't anywhere in as much danger as Seattle, which will be pretty much obliterated if the CSZ goes as bad as it did in 1700. I really would not consider living there.
I do think this point in a recent Unherd article is quite relevant in terms of hardening and darkening of political positioning, though I cannot say I agree with everything in the article as a whole.
The Corbynite Left believes it has been unfairly treated by the press over Israel. Whatever the lame apologies it publically offers for having given offence, deep down it absolutely does not believe it has done anything wrong. If anything, I suspect the anti-Israel position is deepening, being driven into the silent parts of the soul where political positions can turn into something darker
The Premier League kicks off next week and I've decided to get into spread betting for small stakes. I have sold Arsenal @ 70.5 points for the season.
I've spent the best part of a decade following Arsenal around the country and Europe and my view is that the club has signed average players for a lot of money over the last five years. Perhaps Emery will turn Bellerin into a decent fullback and Xhaka into a decent midfielder. I only saw brief highlights of the Chelsea game the other night, but from what I saw, it looked like business as usual.
Last season was the first since 2010-11 that Arsenal didn't get to 70 points (63). But, I would say they were very lucky to get anywhere near 75 points in 2016-17. I'd also add that last season was the first that they were in the Europa League. I'm fully expecting a repeat of the end to last season when the first team plays in the Europa League while the reserves play in the league. In fact, I'd say the biggest risk there is that Arsenal get eliminated earlier in the Europa League.
As ever do your own research, but my feeling is that too many people are overestimating the impact that the change of manager will make.
I like your thinking.
I was thinking of selling Spurs this season.
No new signings and a knackered squad from the world cup.
It partly comes down to what you see their upper limit as. If Arsenal get above 75 points I will be shocked. I think Spurs will do okay. No signings but no sales, they have a settled squad and a more than decent manager.
I reckon the surprise package of the season will be West Ham.
The Premier League kicks off next week and I've decided to get into spread betting for small stakes. I have sold Arsenal @ 70.5 points for the season.
I've spent the best part of a decade following Arsenal around the country and Europe and my view is that the club has signed average players for a lot of money over the last five years. Perhaps Emery will turn Bellerin into a decent fullback and Xhaka into a decent midfielder. I only saw brief highlights of the Chelsea game the other night, but from what I saw, it looked like business as usual.
Last season was the first since 2010-11 that Arsenal didn't get to 70 points (63). But, I would say they were very lucky to get anywhere near 75 points in 2016-17. I'd also add that last season was the first that they were in the Europa League. I'm fully expecting a repeat of the end to last season when the first team plays in the Europa League while the reserves play in the league. In fact, I'd say the biggest risk there is that Arsenal get eliminated earlier in the Europa League.
As ever do your own research, but my feeling is that too many people are overestimating the impact that the change of manager will make.
I like your thinking.
I was thinking of selling Spurs this season.
No new signings and a knackered squad from the world cup.
It partly comes down to what you see their upper limit as. If Arsenal get above 75 points I will be shocked. I think Spurs will do okay. No signings but no sales, they have a settled squad and a more than decent manager.
I reckon the surprise package of the season will be West Ham.
The amount they are spending I should think the manager will get sacked if they don't get European football.
The Premier League kicks off next week and I've decided to get into spread betting for small stakes. I have sold Arsenal @ 70.5 points for the season.
I've spent the best part of a decade following Arsenal around the country and Europe and my view is that the club has signed average players for a lot of money over the last five years. Perhaps Emery will turn Bellerin into a decent fullback and Xhaka into a decent midfielder. I only saw brief highlights of the Chelsea game the other night, but from what I saw, it looked like business as usual.
Last season was the first since 2010-11 that Arsenal didn't get to 70 points (63). But, I would say they were very lucky to get anywhere near 75 points in 2016-17. I'd also add that last season was the first that they were in the Europa League. I'm fully expecting a repeat of the end to last season when the first team plays in the Europa League while the reserves play in the league. In fact, I'd say the biggest risk there is that Arsenal get eliminated earlier in the Europa League.
As ever do your own research, but my feeling is that too many people are overestimating the impact that the change of manager will make.
I like your thinking.
I was thinking of selling Spurs this season.
No new signings and a knackered squad from the world cup.
It partly comes down to what you see their upper limit as. If Arsenal get above 75 points I will be shocked. I think Spurs will do okay. No signings but no sales, they have a settled squad and a more than decent manager.
I reckon the surprise package of the season will be West Ham.
Interesting. I can see them doing what they did in 2006-07. Stewart Robson said the other night that he thinks are they signing players no one else wants any more. Anderson was decent a few seasons ago but hasn't done much since and Yarmolenko struggled to get into the Dortmund team. And I hope they aren't paying Wilshere too much, he's just not got it any more.
London really does have the best restaurants in the world. I've been to all of the major global cities and there really isn't anywhere else that can compete with London. It's the greatest city in the world.
Which do you particularly recommend?
Just Hawksmoor on Air Street. It's just steak, but reliably great. Having lived in other parts of the world I've come to appreciate reliable quality. I'm looking forward to Elizabeth Allen's new restaurant Shibui, Pidgin was amazing and her pop up was also great. @Benpointer also.
The Premier League kicks off next week and I've decided to get into spread betting for small stakes. I have sold Arsenal @ 70.5 points for the season.
I've spent the best part of a decade following Arsenal around the country and Europe and my view is that the club has signed average players for a lot of money over the last five years. Perhaps Emery will turn Bellerin into a decent fullback and Xhaka into a decent midfielder. I only saw brief highlights of the Chelsea game the other night, but from what I saw, it looked like business as usual.
Last season was the first since 2010-11 that Arsenal didn't get to 70 points (63). But, I would say they were very lucky to get anywhere near 75 points in 2016-17. I'd also add that last season was the first that they were in the Europa League. I'm fully expecting a repeat of the end to last season when the first team plays in the Europa League while the reserves play in the league. In fact, I'd say the biggest risk there is that Arsenal get eliminated earlier in the Europa League.
As ever do your own research, but my feeling is that too many people are overestimating the impact that the change of manager will make.
I like your thinking.
I was thinking of selling Spurs this season.
No new signings and a knackered squad from the world cup.
It partly comes down to what you see their upper limit as. If Arsenal get above 75 points I will be shocked. I think Spurs will do okay. No signings but no sales, they have a settled squad and a more than decent manager.
I reckon the surprise package of the season will be West Ham.
Interesting. I can see them doing what they did in 2006-07. Stewart Robson said the other night that he thinks are they signing players no one else wants any more. Anderson was decent a few seasons ago but hasn't done much since and Yarmolenko struggled to get into the Dortmund team. And I hope they aren't paying Wilshere too much, he's just not got it any more.
West Ham 2006/07 is still a sore point for half of Sheffield,
London really does have the best restaurants in the world. I've been to all of the major global cities and there really isn't anywhere else that can compete with London. It's the greatest city in the world.
How's the housebuying going?
Already bought, thanks. We managed to get a place in Hampstead in end, currently gettint some work done before we move in, hopefully done before the end of August so it's done before the wedding.
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(Just like accusations of racism are used to close down legitimate concerns about immigration).
It is an appalling thing to charge someone with and personally I am cautious about it.
Nevertheless, it seems clear to me that even if Corbyn is not anti-Semitic he enables anti-Semitism. His becoming PM would be a moral disaster for the country.
Forecast for Reykjavik at the moment is 12-15°C during the day for as far ahead as it goes. That must feel wonderful...
Incidentally, I don't suppose I should be shocked about anything coming out of Labour anymore, but that cut-and-paste job from the previous piece in the Standard is monumentally crass.
And that really hacks me off. It’s an increasing burden year after year, particularly when they cut back on other stuff like libraries and bin collections.
I don’t think it’ll be long until council tax starts to become a political issue.
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-claims-queen-elizabeth-kept-him-waiting-uk-us-media/
My sense is that this isn't primarily ideological; rather, it's down to Government's fear of the "can't pay, won't pay" attitude of the voters.
One can have a certain amount of sympathy for this problem - I often suggest that every voter wants a pony, and every voter expects somebody else to pay for it - but a Government is there to deal with difficult issues and I do wish that this lot would square up with people. They need to tell the voters that they either have to pay for the pony themselves or they don't get the pony. This would, actually, be greatly helped if they would just get rid of the council tax cap and allow local authorities to charge what they liked, because it would spread the blame for the required tax rises and spending cuts around a bit. But they appear to be so frightened to confront the issues properly that they won't even do this one little thing, let along pursue the myriad of other reforms needed.
Personally (and at this point I have to admit a bias: my financial position is such that I feel that my household can afford to cough up some more money,) I would be not exactly overjoyed, but content, to part with more in tax to help deal with these problems before they get any further out of control. I'm certainly not a big state, mass renationalisation socialist, but it's possible that I may be developing some social democrat leanings.
If the current political choices didn't consist of either total paralysis or letting a bunch of Chavistas reduce us all to penury then I might even be inclined to express this at the ballot box.
The South Island of New Zealand looks nice right now, but it's devilishly expensive to get to and one might perish in an earthquake anyway.
I'll have to give this subject a bit more thought.
People want libraries, bin collections, leisure centres, pothole-free roads and plenty of staff to wipe old people's bottoms. But they resent paying for any of it.
The problem may not be the provision of the care itself but the bureaucracy of the care assessment process through which almost everyone had to go whether they are staying in a Council-run, charity or private residential care facility.
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Had a great meeting today with UKIP’s leadership team, Paul J Watson & Sargon of Akkad planning our joint strategy. It’s going to be a lot of fun."
https://twitter.com/reufbajrovic/status/1025445268861448192?s=21
Theory: Corbyn is digging in on this issue (and making a deliberate hash of his latest intervention) to persuade the remaining moderates to give up on Labour and quit. Thus he further consolidates his position.
As I said the other day, the British electorate would put Satan in power if he ran one of the two big parties, and they were fed up (or just plain bored) enough of the other one. All he has to do is secure his position and wait and, unless he drops down dead, he'll become Prime Minister in the fullness of time.
Far more likely that he is so dogmatic in his positions that he cannot see any fault on his own part and so is being driven by his own blinkered perspective.
Regardless, the issue won't hurt him in the long run. The public doesn't really know or care much about this and the bulk of the party membership would gladly follow him over the edge of a cliff. If he chases off the ones who can't stand him anymore then his grip only tightens.
The only people with a chance of getting rid of the wretched man are Labour's MPs and they won't go all out to kill the party itself, which is what they would have to do if they were serious about a rebellion. Most of them have backbones so limp that they could put their heads between their legs and kiss their own backsides.
He's going to win an election eventually, and then we're all royally screwed.
South Island is in winter just now but Vancouver and BC is fabulous at this time of year
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/08/israeli-diplomat-shai-masot-plotted-against-mps-set-up-political-groups-labour
The Premier League kicks off next week and I've decided to get into spread betting for small stakes. I have sold Arsenal @ 70.5 points for the season.
I've spent the best part of a decade following Arsenal around the country and Europe and my view is that the club has signed average players for a lot of money over the last five years. Perhaps Emery will turn Bellerin into a decent fullback and Xhaka into a decent midfielder. I only saw brief highlights of the Chelsea game the other night, but from what I saw, it looked like business as usual.
Last season was the first since 2010-11 that Arsenal didn't get to 70 points (63). But, I would say they were very lucky to get anywhere near 75 points in 2016-17. I'd also add that last season was the first that they were in the Europa League. I'm fully expecting a repeat of the end to last season when the first team plays in the Europa League while the reserves play in the league. In fact, I'd say the biggest risk there is that Arsenal get eliminated earlier in the Europa League.
As ever do your own research, but my feeling is that too many people are overestimating the impact that the change of manager will make.
Having been set 222 to win, Surrey are 159/0 after 10.5 overs.
I was thinking of selling Spurs this season.
No new signings and a knackered squad from the world cup.
I do worry about his grasp of the meaning of the word 'exceptional' - his Oxford education was clearly missing something.
The Corbynite Left believes it has been unfairly treated by the press over Israel. Whatever the lame apologies it publically offers for having given offence, deep down it absolutely does not believe it has done anything wrong. If anything, I suspect the anti-Israel position is deepening, being driven into the silent parts of the soul where political positions can turn into something darker
https://unherd.com/2018/08/jeremy-corbyn-antisemitic/
One of Sunday's threads discusses AV and the merits of it therein.
The poison continues to infect Labour
http://hurryupharry.org/2018/08/03/labour-and-antisemitism-a-selective-weekly-roundup/
Who seem to have quietly reinstated a couple of people on the QT
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