The Nations League is one of the best things to happen to football in many a year. It just throws up lots of exciting matches with lots riding on every match. You have to hand it to UEFA - it’s a brilliant concept.
Just wait until we get to the end of the conventional qualifying for Euro 2020 and it becomes apparent that it's in someone's interest to lose.
And with a bit of luck we'll get Ukraine v Russia in the playoffs.
The Nations League is one of the best things to happen to football in many a year. It just throws up lots of exciting matches with lots riding on every match. You have to hand it to UEFA - it’s a brilliant concept.
Switzerland v Belgium and Germany v Dutch just amazing, and England not bad either
How difficult was it to get into Oxbridge circa 1950? Any ideas?
Very easy. Hobsbawm said any degree less than a third at Cambridge in his earlier days of teaching there (which was about 1958 I think) was a piece of paper with writing on it because otherwise the failure rate would be embarrassing. He did say however that it was very difficult indeed to get a First.
If the government is going to accept all the Labour amendments to the Finance Bill could it please submit one to stop the obscenely large rise in the 40% threshold and share it our among all taxpayers instead or even use it to uprate benefits in line with inflation.
If the government is going to accept all the Labour amendments to the Finance Bill could it please submit one to stop the obscenely large rise in the 40% threshold and share it our among all taxpayers instead or even use it to uprate benefits in line with inflation.
You do know McDonnell has publically supported it
Yes and for the life of me I cannot see why.
It is the right thing to do. Aspiration matters
So you have to be bribed to be aspirant do you?
That is just silly
Well you raised it. According to you people aspire to earn more so that they can pay tax at 40% rather than they can earn more and provide better for their families. Yes, you're being very silly indeed.
How difficult was it to get into Oxbridge circa 1950? Any ideas?
Very easy. Hobsbawm said any degree less than a third at Cambridge in his earlier days of teaching there (which was about 1958 I think) was a piece of paper with writing on it because otherwise the failure rate would be embarrassing. He did say however that it was very difficult indeed to get a First.
But what proportion of applicants was then accepted by the colleges? It occurs to me that far fewer pupils were then in the market seeking a university place - particularly from the state sector. Not that many stayed on to take the Higher Certificate in the sixth form in those days - though I believe that Oxbridge then relied on their Entrance Exams.
A VONC in the government and a general election is going to be just as likely as a second referendum - More so if DUP and Labour team up to bring the government down.
The Nations League is one of the best things to happen to football in many a year. It just throws up lots of exciting matches with lots riding on every match. You have to hand it to UEFA - it’s a brilliant concept.
Just wait until we get to the end of the conventional qualifying for Euro 2020 and it becomes apparent that it's in someone's interest to lose.
And with a bit of luck we'll get Ukraine v Russia in the playoffs.
I am very tired and have been drinking wine, you might have explain the first bit to me...
The Nations League is one of the best things to happen to football in many a year. It just throws up lots of exciting matches with lots riding on every match. You have to hand it to UEFA - it’s a brilliant concept.
Just wait until we get to the end of the conventional qualifying for Euro 2020 and it becomes apparent that it's in someone's interest to lose.
And with a bit of luck we'll get Ukraine v Russia in the playoffs.
I am very tired and have been drinking wine, you might have explain the first bit to me...
It's not inconceivable that a team might be unable to make the top 2 of their group, but might be playing a team who could finish in the top 2, and were they to do so, their playoff place would cascade to their opponents in the nations league.
A VONC in the government and a general election is going to be just as likely as a second referendum - More so if DUP and Labour team up to bring the government down.
So the DUP tie up with Corbyn - you are in fantasy land.
The Nations League is one of the best things to happen to football in many a year. It just throws up lots of exciting matches with lots riding on every match. You have to hand it to UEFA - it’s a brilliant concept.
Yes, much better than the usual Euro-qualifiers, which seem to depend on who can give the biggest thrashing to football tiddlers like San Marino.
I predict it will eventually eclipse those, if UEFA develop it. Very competitive tournament. This Scotland vs Israel match is another corker. There have been so many brilliant matches.
A VONC in the government and a general election is going to be just as likely as a second referendum - More so if DUP and Labour team up to bring the government down.
So the DUP tie up with Corbyn - you are in fantasy land.
These are very, very strange times.
I could see something happening like in 1979 when the SNP voted with the Blessed Margaret to end the Labour government... That was over referendum troubles as well wasn't it?
The Nations League is one of the best things to happen to football in many a year. It just throws up lots of exciting matches with lots riding on every match. You have to hand it to UEFA - it’s a brilliant concept.
Just wait until we get to the end of the conventional qualifying for Euro 2020 and it becomes apparent that it's in someone's interest to lose.
And with a bit of luck we'll get Ukraine v Russia in the playoffs.
I am very tired and have been drinking wine, you might have explain the first bit to me...
It's not inconceivable that a team might be unable to make the top 2 of their group, but might be playing a team who could finish in the top 2, and were they to do so, their playoff place would cascade to their opponents in the nations league.
How difficult was it to get into Oxbridge circa 1950? Any ideas?
Very easy. Hobsbawm said any degree less than a third at Cambridge in his earlier days of teaching there (which was about 1958 I think) was a piece of paper with writing on it because otherwise the failure rate would be embarrassing. He did say however that it was very difficult indeed to get a First.
But what proportion of applicants was then accepted by the colleges? It occurs to me that far fewer pupils were then in the market seeking a university place - particularly from the state sector. Not that many stayed on to take the Higher Certificate in the sixth form in those days - though I believe that Oxbridge then relied on their Entrance Exams.
I don't know. I can tell you from this link that in 1950 43% of Oxford entrants were state educated and 34% of Cambridge entrants were, which suggests a strong degree of bias towards wealthier students even after free higher education was brought in in 1944, but I don't know how many applicants they had. There are no reliable statistics readily available for this before 1990.
They brought in the entrance exam in 1944 I think. There wasn't one after the First World War, I know.
A VONC in the government and a general election is going to be just as likely as a second referendum - More so if DUP and Labour team up to bring the government down.
So the DUP tie up with Corbyn - you are in fantasy land.
I could see the DUP tying up Corbyn, in all fairness.
And then brutally torturing him to death, but that's not the sort of thing I want to see in politics even for the likes of a Corbyn.
A VONC in the government and a general election is going to be just as likely as a second referendum - More so if DUP and Labour team up to bring the government down.
So the DUP tie up with Corbyn - you are in fantasy land.
The DUP are more pragmatic, and less principled, than you might think. As someone here pointed out yesterday, if they were willing to share power with Martin McGuinness from 2007, they won't have too many qualms about a one-time arrangement with Corbyn, better known for marmalade than Molotovs.
The DUP are more pragmatic, and less principled, than you might think.
They cannot possibly be less principled than I believe them to be.
Edit - sharing power is very different from the sort of arrangement they would have with Corbyn. Stormont had limited power and they could check it at any time by collapsing power-sharing. Corbyn is an unabashed supporter of the IRA and a united Ireland and would have nearly unlimited power.
How difficult was it to get into Oxbridge circa 1950? Any ideas?
Very easy. Hobsbawm said any degree less than a third at Cambridge in his earlier days of teaching there (which was about 1958 I think) was a piece of paper with writing on it because otherwise the failure rate would be embarrassing. He did say however that it was very difficult indeed to get a First.
But what proportion of applicants was then accepted by the colleges? It occurs to me that far fewer pupils were then in the market seeking a university place - particularly from the state sector. Not that many stayed on to take the Higher Certificate in the sixth form in those days - though I believe that Oxbridge then relied on their Entrance Exams.
I don't know. I can tell you from this link that in 1950 43% of Oxford entrants were state educated and 34% of Cambridge entrants were, which suggests a strong degree of bias towards wealthier students even after free higher education was brought in in 1944, but I don't know how many applicants they had. There are no reliable statistics readily available for this before 1990.
They brought in the entrance exam in 1944 I think. There wasn't one after the First World War, I know.
On what basis were students admitted in the absence of an entrance exam? I don't believe the 1944 Act was implemented until the late 1940s.
(...) even after free higher education was brought in in 1944 (...)
It was in 1962 that mandatory student grants were introduced for both tuition fees and maintenance. But some local authorities contributed to tuition fees before then.
The last conscripts entered the armed forces in 1960 and left in 1963.
How difficult was it to get into Oxbridge circa 1950? Any ideas?
Very easy. Hobsbawm said any degree less than a third at Cambridge in his earlier days of teaching there (which was about 1958 I think) was a piece of paper with writing on it because otherwise the failure rate would be embarrassing. He did say however that it was very difficult indeed to get a First.
But what proportion of applicants was then accepted by the colleges? It occurs to me that far fewer pupils were then in the market seeking a university place - particularly from the state sector. Not that many stayed on to take the Higher Certificate in the sixth form in those days - though I believe that Oxbridge then relied on their Entrance Exams.
I don't know. I can tell you from this link that in 1950 43% of Oxford entrants were state educated and 34% of Cambridge entrants were, which suggests a strong degree of bias towards wealthier students even after free higher education was brought in in 1944, but I don't know how many applicants they had. There are no reliable statistics readily available for this before 1990.
They brought in the entrance exam in 1944 I think. There wasn't one after the First World War, I know.
On what basis were students admitted in the absence of an entrance exam? I don't believe the 1944 Act was implemented until the late 1940s.
On the basis of an interview. That was it. Sometimes they had school reports, but not always.
Edit - I think with regard to secondary education it was implemented from 1945 but the actual changes in exams didn't take effect until 1947, while the rollout of the new school system was hampered by the administration involved. Could be wrong though, I haven't checked. The exams began for ex-servicemen though so I believe were earlier.
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And with a bit of luck we'll get Ukraine v Russia in the playoffs.
1) Be male
2) Let them know which college your dad attended
In other news, all is right in the world:
https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1064855699266646016?s=19
Hang on wasnt that Gordon Brown
A VONC in the government and a general election is going to be just as likely as a second referendum - More so if DUP and Labour team up to bring the government down.
Divide by (say) 0.01 seconds to give 0.49 J/s or Watts, which is 0.00066 hp.
You anorak you ....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/20/clement-attlee-child-refugee-paul-willer-fled-nazis-1939
These are very, very strange times.
I could see something happening like in 1979 when the SNP voted with the Blessed Margaret to end the Labour government... That was over referendum troubles as well wasn't it?
Beautiful Forrest hattrick for Scotland.
They brought in the entrance exam in 1944 I think. There wasn't one after the First World War, I know.
And then brutally torturing him to death, but that's not the sort of thing I want to see in politics even for the likes of a Corbyn.
Edit - sharing power is very different from the sort of arrangement they would have with Corbyn. Stormont had limited power and they could check it at any time by collapsing power-sharing. Corbyn is an unabashed supporter of the IRA and a united Ireland and would have nearly unlimited power.
OLD THREAD!
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/nasa-plans-invasive-review-of-spacex-after-musk-smoked-weed/?fbclid=IwAR1xwmBczNe2BwAdPBqijGZpwcdkPoc2vbkpGlGDaZgw66U3WkJ8u27XlDc
Elon smokes pot ?
More delays whilst extensive culture testing takes place at not only SpaceX but Boeing too...
Rocket blows up, hole in Soyuz capsule on mission before that ?
No worries - US astronauts fly up again on December 3rd with Russian safety !
I don't believe the 1944 Act was implemented until the late 1940s.
After all, they are the paymaster to both companies.
The last conscripts entered the armed forces in 1960 and left in 1963.
On the basis of an interview. That was it. Sometimes they had school reports, but not always.
Edit - I think with regard to secondary education it was implemented from 1945 but the actual changes in exams didn't take effect until 1947, while the rollout of the new school system was hampered by the administration involved. Could be wrong though, I haven't checked. The exams began for ex-servicemen though so I believe were earlier.