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And believe me, I know some tiresome blather, it is my stock in trade.
"It's OK Amber, we've now got enough tiresome blather to last us for years....."
Have a good nights rest folks
Good night
That's a pretty good article...
...and a bit worrying... :"
Who can name the Chinese president - everyone knows Trump and our Royal Family.
Who won the Chinese equivalent of the Oscars - anyone outside China know or care.
Where do people want to visit or work - Beijing or London and New York. And if they don't want to migrate to the US or UK its Canada or Austraia.
We retain UN security council seats - with our block of two blocking vote.
Trump and Brexit are temporary phenomenons- the English language and the Anglosphere live on.
In the end its just another article written by another 'citizen of nowhere' who doesn't approve of how the 'little people' voted.
And in the end why does it matter anyway - we have enough issues and problems (which drove Brexit and Trump) without thinking its our endless role to solve the world's problems!
Lets not forget in the sixties some in the Tory party were still smarting over the "Suez betrayal" (sic) and LBJ was livid with Wilson for refusing to join in Vietnam. The US in the world's undisputed military power - and despite Brexit the UK continues to top Global Soft Power rankings.
Economist Editor in Chief for 9 years
However, I do think the article itself is reasonable - who can deny that the British government is distracted, or the US Head of State deranged?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudy_Night
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/02/22/profiles-of-a-divided-country
"Although no murder occurs in Gaudy Night, it includes a great deal of suspense and psychological thrills. The narrative is interwoven with a love story and an examination of women's struggles to enlarge their roles and achieve some independence within the social climate of 1930s England, and the novel has been described as "the first feminist mystery novel"."
It's also possible some people are using the bet as some sort of insurance.
My outsider bets on Bohemian Rhapsody and Spike Lee flopped: right films; wrong Oscars.
Well done Olivia, but if anyone hasn't seen The Wife - do so, then decide if she isn't a teeny bit fortunate today. Glenn Close must have shot God's dog. 7 noms, 7 times no Oscar.
Sandy Powell again missing out on costume for having two films nominated that split her vote. That said, Black Panther was a good winner as it did have a great look. The Lady Wifi knows the guy in London that provided all the genuine African tribal incidentals - beads and bangles and head-pieces and necklaces. This place has room after room after room after room of stuff - the Black Panther people went through it and hired many of the best items.
Wonder what tipped the Academy in favour of a needy, dysfunctional head of government manipulated and flattered by conniving courtiers?
Agree on Costume - but Sandy already has thirteen nominations and three wins under her belt so I'm sure will bear up!
Malik was also a deserving winner - in a pretty uneven film - it was impressive how his relatively slight figure dominated the stage in the same way the beefier Freddie did....
https://twitter.com/PolhomeEditor/status/1099921058172411904
Two year standstill with loads of hand-wringing!
Inevitable, decent mainstream Labour MP, threatened, it doesn't take a brain surgeon to work out who or why...
I reckon the local police chief must be married to an estate agent if their advice is to move whenever a window is broken.
A leaked document from the cabinet committee dedicated to preparing for a chaotic rupture with the European Union reveals the extraordinary scenarios being prepared for in Whitehall.
Other measures under consideration include using “tax and benefits policy” to offset rises in the cost of living, protection for parts of the country “geographically vulnerable” to food shortages and sourcing alternative food for schools, prisons and hospitals.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/no-deal-hardship-fund-planned-for-surge-in-jobless-sthj7g79g
I do think a second referendum seems more likely now, due to the Tiggers bouncing along.
Even better, they'll beg for a delay, the very thing we want if (and we do) we'd prefer them to stay in an eventual humiliating climb-down.
Even the fanatical Remainers realise this but they don't care, and for the MPs, it shows the voters who's in charge. When even sensible Remainers, such as Mr Meeks was once, liken voting for an option in a democratic referendum to a death cult such as ISIS, we know all their critical faculties have been scrambled.
They need pity, I suppose, rather than condemnation, but it's a sad indictment on British democracy. Maybe it isn't such a loss after all. The Chelsea of politics.
https://twitter.com/tamcohen/status/1099937717683666944
Its like trying to bluff at cards sitting in a hall of mirrors wearing mirrored glasses.
Anyone claiming No Deal gives us negotiating leverage assumes the people we are negotiating with would be moved by us pretending to be idiots.
I think the phrase you're looking for is 'useful idiots.'
That the majority of Tory supporters prefer a No Deal is alarming.
I can’t think of a single thing he has done, unless helping to bugger the finances of TfL can be counted.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2019/feb/25/londons-cycle-network-overhaul-has-come-to-a-standstill
Controlled by Mossad from the new Israeli moon-base.
Actually it would not greatly surprise me if the antisemitic nutters are being stirred up by Russian or even Tory mischief-makers along the lines of the three quidders. Same with Brexit, mutatis mutandis.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/24/theresa-may-postpones-meaningful-vote-on-final-brexit-deal?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
"No Deal is not a coherent negotiating stance when you cannot get your own Cabinet to back it."
I agree. Nye Bevan made a famous comment about Mrs May's current position.
But she's never been a particularly good politician. Where she gains a little is that she means well, and being a Remainer, she's not just pushing her own agenda.
Jezza, however, clearly is, and he hasn't even the advantage of being seen to be brighter.
What exactly do Leavers think that Remainers who have yet to be persuaded of the wisdom of Leave (currently pretty much all of them) should be doing at this stage, bearing in mind that Leavers still have no internal consensus themselves about what Leave should look like?
But those two don't need to worry because they have the UK MPs behind them.