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by citizenJA
Wed 23 Dec, 2020 10:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 23rd December 2020
Replies: 21
Views: 4947

Re: Wednesday 23rd December 2020

Argentina has become the first Latin American country to approve the Russian vaccine, the Sputnik V. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/dec/23/coronavirus-live-news-us-cases-increase-14-in-one-week-france-to-reopen-uk-border?page=with:block-5fe3b9868f08da4121f4cbd8#block-5fe3b9868f08da4121...
by citizenJA
Wed 23 Dec, 2020 9:54 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 23rd December 2020
Replies: 21
Views: 4947

Re: Wednesday 23rd December 2020

Argentina has become the first Latin American country to approve the Russian vaccine, the Sputnik V. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/dec/23/coronavirus-live-news-us-cases-increase-14-in-one-week-france-to-reopen-uk-border?page=with:block-5fe3b9868f08da4121f4cbd8#block-5fe3b9868f08da4121...
by citizenJA
Wed 23 Dec, 2020 7:20 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 23rd December 2020
Replies: 21
Views: 4947

Re: Wednesday 23rd December 2020

Good evening, everyone.
by citizenJA
Wed 23 Dec, 2020 7:20 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 23rd December 2020
Replies: 21
Views: 4947

Re: Wednesday 23rd December 2020

AnatolyKasparov wrote:Media reform really is the key to almost everything else in this country.
yep
by citizenJA
Tue 22 Dec, 2020 1:14 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 21st December 2020
Replies: 51
Views: 10020

Re: Monday 21st December 2020

Goodnight, everyone.
love,
cJA
by citizenJA
Tue 22 Dec, 2020 1:04 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 21st December 2020
Replies: 51
Views: 10020

Re: Monday 21st December 2020

"What bitter irony, what perfect symbolism, for Europe to slam its gates shut to us days before Britain was due anyway to self-isolate permanently with Brexit. As country after country bans British travellers for fear of the new Covid variant, the UK, high in deaths and economic damage, is wor...
by citizenJA
Tue 22 Dec, 2020 12:48 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 21st December 2020
Replies: 51
Views: 10020

Re: Monday 21st December 2020

He doesn't like girls laughing at him
that happens more often than he's willing to admit
by citizenJA
Tue 22 Dec, 2020 12:46 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 21st December 2020
Replies: 51
Views: 10020

Re: Monday 21st December 2020

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by citizenJA
Mon 21 Dec, 2020 11:53 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 21st December 2020
Replies: 51
Views: 10020

Re: Monday 21st December 2020

PorFavor wrote:Nadhim Zahawi - what's he up to these days? Last I heard, he'd got a new job.
Vaccine Meister
by citizenJA
Mon 21 Dec, 2020 1:51 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 21st December 2020
Replies: 51
Views: 10020

Re: Monday 21st December 2020

Does this mean Santa Claus isn't coming?!
by citizenJA
Mon 21 Dec, 2020 11:15 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 21st December 2020
Replies: 51
Views: 10020

Re: Monday 21st December 2020

I'm out of it for a few days and look what happens
by citizenJA
Mon 21 Dec, 2020 10:09 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 21st December 2020
Replies: 51
Views: 10020

Re: Monday 21st December 2020

Good morning, everyone.
by citizenJA
Thu 17 Dec, 2020 8:26 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 17th December 2020
Replies: 24
Views: 5694

Re: Thursday 17th December 2020

It's only "playing politics" if your politics are opposed to feeding poor people. For most of us, it is one of the marks of a civilised society. It is along the same line as using "do-gooder" as an insult, whereas most of us would wear that as a badge of honour. Does Rees-Mogg k...
by citizenJA
Thu 17 Dec, 2020 7:15 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 17th December 2020
Replies: 24
Views: 5694

Re: Thursday 17th December 2020

How can Northern Ireland remain in the EU but the rest of the UK can't? Not the EU, but the single market for goods & customs union. Short answer: Good Friday Agreement + tory headbangers = constitutional clusterf*** Long answer: you'd need to specify how long, it could fill a book. I think mil...
by citizenJA
Thu 17 Dec, 2020 7:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 17th December 2020
Replies: 24
Views: 5694

Re: Thursday 17th December 2020

AnatolyKasparov wrote:
citizenJA wrote:How can Northern Ireland remain in the EU but the rest of the UK can't?
Who is saying they will?
forgive me
I've made an error
I did mean NI staying within the EU's single market
by citizenJA
Thu 17 Dec, 2020 4:36 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 17th December 2020
Replies: 24
Views: 5694

Re: Thursday 17th December 2020

How can Northern Ireland remain in the EU but the rest of the UK can't?
by citizenJA
Thu 17 Dec, 2020 3:57 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 17th December 2020
Replies: 24
Views: 5694

Re: Thursday 17th December 2020

Good afternoon, everyone.
by citizenJA
Wed 16 Dec, 2020 9:41 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 16th December 2020
Replies: 37
Views: 8480

Re: Wednesday 16th December 2020

Goodnight, everyone.
love,
cJA
by citizenJA
Wed 16 Dec, 2020 9:45 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 16th December 2020
Replies: 37
Views: 8480

Re: Wednesday 16th December 2020

Good morning, everyone!
by citizenJA
Tue 15 Dec, 2020 10:33 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 15th December 2020
Replies: 18
Views: 4572

Re: Tuesday 15th December 2020

Goodnight, everyone.
love,
cJA
by citizenJA
Tue 15 Dec, 2020 8:38 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 15th December 2020
Replies: 18
Views: 4572

Re: Tuesday 15th December 2020

Ian Lavery MP @IanLaveryMP COVID outbreak at Eton.....Action: students are ALL working remotely...right move I would say. COVID outbreak in state schools....action: The @Conservatives Gvt are threatening legal action to keep the students at school. What’s that saying about rules for the Rich ? http...
by citizenJA
Tue 15 Dec, 2020 8:27 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 15th December 2020
Replies: 18
Views: 4572

Re: Tuesday 15th December 2020

I hope he's helped by psychological counselling as part of any custodial rehabilitation sentence.
by citizenJA
Tue 15 Dec, 2020 8:25 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 15th December 2020
Replies: 18
Views: 4572

Re: Tuesday 15th December 2020

tinyclanger2 wrote:I guess the Mr T is just incapable of any dignity whatsoever
He's a deeply unhappy person. No one with a healthy self-esteem acts or speaks as he's done.
by citizenJA
Tue 15 Dec, 2020 8:17 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 15th December 2020
Replies: 18
Views: 4572

Re: Tuesday 15th December 2020

Lawrence Gilder @LawrenceGilder #DailyCovidUpdate | 15th December 2020 - Cases: 1,888,116 (+18,450) - Deaths ( 28-day ): 64,908 (+ 506 ) - Deaths ( 60-day ): 70,625 (+ 603 ) - Average Cases: 19,696.57 (up from 18,815.43 yesterday) - Average Deaths: 410.57 (down from 426.29 yesterday) https://twitte...
by citizenJA
Tue 15 Dec, 2020 7:18 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 15th December 2020
Replies: 18
Views: 4572

Re: Tuesday 15th December 2020

Good evening, everyone.
by citizenJA
Mon 14 Dec, 2020 6:49 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday, 14th December 2020
Replies: 45
Views: 13264

Re: Monday, 14th December 2020

tinyclanger2 wrote:Anybody else been checking out potatonewstoday.com?
I've rationed the time I spend on that site
It's compulsively good reading
by citizenJA
Mon 14 Dec, 2020 9:48 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday, 14th December 2020
Replies: 45
Views: 13264

Re: Monday, 14th December 2020

The government’s approach to test and trace in England – interim report
December 11, 2020
https://www.nao.org.uk/press-release/th ... im-report/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
National Audit Office (NAO) report
by citizenJA
Mon 14 Dec, 2020 12:05 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

https://twitter.com/i/status/1338124152516063235" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I rarely listen to the noise Johnson makes, preferring transcripts of whatever it is he's said instead. I think some people are conned into trusting Johnson because of the way Johnson's voice so...
by citizenJA
Sun 13 Dec, 2020 11:59 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

How someone sounds when they talk greatly influences their listeners' evaluation of them. I think sometimes people vote against their interests because of how someone's voice makes them feel. People might not be aware they're doing so.
by citizenJA
Sun 13 Dec, 2020 11:33 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

I saw a brief clip of Ed Milliband on television this morning, about a the two-minute clip.

In last year's December general election campaigning, Johnson lied to Nissan workers and everyone else when he said he'd an 'oven-ready' deal with the EU.
by citizenJA
Sun 13 Dec, 2020 11:26 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:@JA re stew

There’s none left I think PorFavor must have scoffed the lot ;-)
Have some olive bread with hummus
No one goes hungry
by citizenJA
Sun 13 Dec, 2020 7:51 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

citizenJA wrote:
PorFavor wrote:PTO-ing now having been accomplished without assistance, I ask -

Dumplings?
lobbed in during the final ten minutes or so of the chicken noodle stew
Please come by again tomorrow. I'm making gingerbread with a cream cheese icing.
by citizenJA
Sun 13 Dec, 2020 7:49 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

AnatolyKasparov wrote:---
In other news, it appears today isn't the absolutely final deadline for a deal with the EU after all. Who knew?
(cJA edit)
I found that out first reading translated German publications.
by citizenJA
Sun 13 Dec, 2020 7:40 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

I made it often in the US. Living in a semi-rural location, I knew the farms where the meat came from. I didn't skim the fat off for this dish because we needed the calories and it gave the stew a rich flavour.
by citizenJA
Sun 13 Dec, 2020 7:33 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

PorFavor wrote:PTO-ing now having been accomplished without assistance, I ask -

Dumplings?
lobbed in during the final ten minutes or so of the chicken noodle stew
by citizenJA
Sun 13 Dec, 2020 7:31 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

Anyone else dreaming during sleep about about current political events with yourselves in them? I wish I could show you mine.
by citizenJA
Sun 13 Dec, 2020 7:24 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

In France they would pick up the suspect and slap him about a bit, whereas in Scandinavia they would play it by the book, even Iceland which according to BBC4 has an appaling murder rate. Our police would be too busy covering their own arses. You've piqued my interest about other nations' crime and...
by citizenJA
Sun 13 Dec, 2020 7:17 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

Mr. citizen made a stew we think PorFavor might like. There's enough for everyone. Please help yourselves.

I wish you were here.
by citizenJA
Sun 13 Dec, 2020 7:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

Good evening, everyone.
by citizenJA
Sat 12 Dec, 2020 10:44 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

Goodnight, everyone.
love,
cJA
by citizenJA
Sat 12 Dec, 2020 7:42 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

It's not a very good law. It can make someone stateless. Isn't that not allowed internationally?
by citizenJA
Sat 12 Dec, 2020 6:48 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

Summary: H.R.5237 — 111th Congress (2009-2010) There is one summary for H.R.5237. Bill summaries are authored by CRS. Terrorist Expatriation Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include among those voluntary acts for which a U.S. national (by birth or naturalization) will be subject ...
by citizenJA
Sat 12 Dec, 2020 6:41 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

Severe delays as businesses try to get goods into Britain before a potential no-deal Brexit on 1 January https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/12/brexit-stockpiling-causing-10-mile-tailbacks-calais" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; UK's catastrophic rupture with the E...
by citizenJA
Sat 12 Dec, 2020 6:21 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

Jesus, we've had over 500 more deaths today
by citizenJA
Sat 12 Dec, 2020 12:48 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

@ak sorry what did I miss last night? US Supreme Court judgement! Only not being unanimous on throwing out the Texas "case" to invalidate the election, on a technicality (it was 7-2) The most diehard of diehard Trumpistas have now moved on to demanding military coups and/or civil war :rol...
by citizenJA
Sat 12 Dec, 2020 11:31 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Well said.

Which was why I was happy to support Corbyn while not being a Corbynista in any sense.

He was elected leader and there was always the opportunity to elect a better one.
same here
by citizenJA
Sat 12 Dec, 2020 8:58 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

More than 120 Congress members have asked the supreme court to bar four states from casting electoral votes for Biden
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... reme-court" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
crazy
by citizenJA
Sat 12 Dec, 2020 8:47 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

Did I mess up the date?
by citizenJA
Sat 12 Dec, 2020 8:11 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Replies: 61
Views: 15427

Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020

Good morning, everyone.
by citizenJA
Sat 12 Dec, 2020 8:09 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday, 11th December 2020
Replies: 14
Views: 5364

Re: Friday, 11th December 2020

adam wrote:US Supreme Court rejects Texas suit to overturn election. Texas GOP publishes a response suggesting likeminded states get together and secede from the union.
sedition