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refitman wrote: Mon Feb 09, 2026 1:31 pm I give him 2 weeks

I'm inclined to think that ministers have an incentive to want him to stay, so he can take the fall for the May elections.

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Not to mention Hodges

Thanks for the QT review, sky.

I saw the end so I missed the Mandelson segment, which is ok by me. Julia Lopez was spot on about how he could have been just a historical figure.

Yusuf is as much of a bore as Farage.

When I put it on Oli Dugmore was complaining about student loans in general and ...

Sky'sGoneOut wrote: Thu Feb 05, 2026 2:05 pm I'm in a bit of a pickle later. I want to do QT but also want to watch the France v Ireland Six Nations match so I'm going to have to do some logistical juggling. Why the hell have they decided to play the first match on a Thursday night?

Winter Olympics opening ceremony tomorrow.

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Have we all seen this

https://bsky.app/profile/greigforbes.bs ... 32lcx32s2b

Opposition parties are calling for an inquiry into how Peter Mandelson came to be appointed ambassador to Washington in the light of the new Epstein revelations, and the peer’s resignation from the Labour party.

The 'Trump whisperer' being too clever by half?

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“The Tories in England long imagined that they were enthusiastic about monarchy, the church, and the beauties of the old English Constitution, until the day of danger wrung from them the confession that they are enthusiastic only about ground rent.”

― Karl Marx

Meanwhile, the City is on a whingefest over capping ground rents. Starmer annoying the right people for a change.

M&G, however, argues that the changes are “disproportionate” and will “negatively impact savers and companies that have chosen to invest in UK assets”.

The firm, which was spun off ...

refitman wrote: Mon Jan 26, 2026 1:14 pm Another one

I think she may have missed her moment, read the room Sue Ellen.

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TACOs all round.

It's hard to imagine Trump making much sense if he's going to make this speech a few hours after getting off the plane.
Almost impossible to imagine him making less sense than he did yesterday at the WH but probably he'll manage it.

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Text of Carney's speech.

This photo, omg.
It was at the top of the G's website earlier.

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Questionable which one's madder, Trump or Miller.

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sky last night -

Do any of us feel hopeful for this year? Or at all?

No.
Although we don't live in Iran, or Ukraine, or Sudan, or the US, so there is that.

-4 overnight and a couple of inches more snow, just as we'd got rid of the last lot. Still -3 and the road looks terrible, I usually buy a dead tree Guardian on Saturday but unless it improves dramatically I'm staying here, don't need anything else fortunately.

Hope all's well with frog.

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I'd forgotten where this quote came from and I wanted to get the wording right. Surely the only possible explanation for what's going off over the pond.

“Forget the myths the media created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand ,” Deep ...

Thornberry's not in much doubt about legality and she, at least, isn't afraid to say so.

Overnight min -9.9c and currently -6.3.

I've now cleared the paths 3 times, once yesterday and twice today. It snowed again overnight and I was expecting the buyer's surveyor, the house is up for sale, and the ...