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- Wed 06 Jan, 2021 10:50 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 6th January 2021
- Replies: 87
- Views: 20166
Re: Wednesday 6th January 2021
There's talk of impeaching him again - whch does potentially have value, because the Senate, as well as removing him from office, can ban him from holding office again. It would potentially be an easy way out of a 2024 nightmare for senate republicans. We shall see.
- Mon 14 Dec, 2020 11:56 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday, 14th December 2020
- Replies: 45
- Views: 12735
Re: Monday, 14th December 2020
Perhaps if Corbyn had had the sense to be more circumspect this country wouldn't be in the mess it currently finds itself. I think the term "less of a sanctimonious arse" would be more apposite. Yeah, it's all labour's fault. Perhaps we might also now be cirumspect when people assert that...
- Mon 14 Dec, 2020 11:26 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday, 14th December 2020
- Replies: 45
- Views: 12735
Re: Monday, 14th December 2020
Evening. GOP Congressman resigns...wonder how many will follow? https://twitter.com/RepPaulMitchell/status/1338599898141356034" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; GOP congressman who didn't stand in November and is seeing out his term resigns from the GOP - I suspect the answer...
- Mon 14 Dec, 2020 11:25 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday, 14th December 2020
- Replies: 45
- Views: 12735
Re: Monday, 14th December 2020
Keir Starmer under fire for failing to challenge radio caller's racism I know that analogising can be very imprecise, but try to imagine if Corbyn or anyone under his leadership had reacted to a blatantly anti-semitic caller, as Starmer did today to a white supremacist saying that the indegenous En...
- Mon 14 Dec, 2020 9:54 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday, 14th December 2020
- Replies: 45
- Views: 12735
Re: Monday, 14th December 2020
Keir Starmer under fire for failing to challenge radio caller's racism I know that analogising can be very imprecise, but try to imagine if Corbyn or anyone under his leadership had reacted to a blatantly anti-semitic caller, as Starmer did today to a white supremacist saying that the indegenous En...
- Sat 12 Dec, 2020 10:09 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
- Replies: 61
- Views: 15110
Re: Saturday & Sunday 12-13 December 2020
Police investigate suspected voyeur over fake nude gameshow A 28-year-old man reported that he had been approached by a man claiming to be in the entertainment industry. The suspect asked the man to take part in a game show for the chance to win £5,000, the Metropolitan police said. The man was ask...
- Sat 12 Dec, 2020 1:09 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday, 11th December 2020
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5042
Re: Friday, 11th December 2020
US Supreme Court rejects Texas suit to overturn election. Texas GOP publishes a response suggesting likeminded states get together and secede from the union.
- Fri 11 Dec, 2020 1:21 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday, 11th December 2020
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5042
Re: Friday, 11th December 2020
Somone btl at guardian is saying how no deal on january 1st will finally bring to an end a hostile occupation that began in 1066. And I'm pretty sure he's not being sarcastic or satirical. ETA - obviously those vikings and anglo-saxons and romans and so on were proper british. Not like the french. [...
- Thu 10 Dec, 2020 6:07 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 10th December 2020
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6448
Re: Thursday 10th December 2020
Nice poster on the road out of town...
- Wed 09 Dec, 2020 11:25 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12598
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Fox - Children will be taught how to think, not what to think.
Gove and co will be furious. Children need to learn to regurgitate facts!
Gove and co will be furious. Children need to learn to regurgitate facts!
- Wed 09 Dec, 2020 11:24 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12598
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Never underestimate the ability of people who have a decision to make to find space to kick the can into.
- Tue 08 Dec, 2020 10:02 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 8th December 2020
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6945
Re: Tuesday 8th December 2020
Evening all. Well, this wasn't inevitable at some poiint now was it? https://twitter.com/gregianjohnson/status/1336416304551653376" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Paris seems to be where it's at this evening... PSG v Istanbul Basaksehir suspended after fourth official accus...
- Mon 07 Dec, 2020 11:01 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 7th December 2020
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7081
Re: Monday 7th December 2020
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- Mon 07 Dec, 2020 11:00 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 7th December 2020
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7081
Re: Monday 7th December 2020
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- Mon 07 Dec, 2020 10:57 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 7th December 2020
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7081
Re: Monday 7th December 2020
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- Sat 05 Dec, 2020 10:47 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th December 2020
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12457
Re: Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th December 2020
British journalism though. It's mostly lazy and ghoulish. I remember when Coronation Street was ace "I wouldn't have your body Chalky Whitely if it came wi' a nest of tables" (Phyllis) or Hilda Ogden singing "I'm only a bird in a guilded cage". It was about characters, dialogue ...
- Sat 05 Dec, 2020 10:45 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th December 2020
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12457
Re: Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th December 2020
From last night... haggling over 85p for over 10 minutes "I'll give you all my coinage - over 2 quid - on the condition you'll leave immediately" I worked for family law departments in law firms for about six or seven years in the 90s and on one occasion spent a long day in court negotiati...
- Wed 02 Dec, 2020 10:46 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 2nd December 2020
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13175
Re: Wednesday 2nd December 2020
Well it probably is déjà vu. Sounds like it.
- Wed 02 Dec, 2020 10:05 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 2nd December 2020
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13175
Re: Wednesday 2nd December 2020
This is a good piece tucked away down the guardian's homepage Brexit fishing gamble suggests No 10 forgot its economics homework Lord Liddle, a veteran of European trade negotiations who advised Peter Mandelson when the latter was the EU’s trade commissioner, said Brussels’ negotiators will have org...
- Mon 30 Nov, 2020 10:29 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 30th November 2020
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8163
Re: Monday 30t November 2020
I'm overflowing with tinned goods but it's the fresh stuff - salad from Spain etc - that will be affected most, the things you can't stock up on. The vet's have had a poster up for the last couple of years explaining the process for taking a pet to the EU after we leave, just in case we crashed out...
- Sun 29 Nov, 2020 11:43 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November 2020
- Replies: 62
- Views: 16303
Re: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November 2020
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- Sun 29 Nov, 2020 11:38 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November 2020
- Replies: 62
- Views: 16303
Re: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November 2020
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- Sun 29 Nov, 2020 11:31 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November 2020
- Replies: 62
- Views: 16303
Re: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November 2020
Pear vodka. From the freezer. Mmmmm.
- Sun 29 Nov, 2020 11:30 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November 2020
- Replies: 62
- Views: 16303
Re: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November 2020
Am liking Adam's new red panda look For some reason it brings to mind a certain raccoon: [youtube]d7TVXZx3JNo[/youtube] I'm quite taken with that bit at the beginning of Winnie The Pooh when the author explains how the right kind of person, when they go to the zoo, doesn't just wander around but go...
- Sun 29 Nov, 2020 12:11 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November 2020
- Replies: 62
- Views: 16303
Re: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November 2020
According to the indie, Trump's latest plan is to launch his 2024 bid during Biden's inaugaration.
- Sun 29 Nov, 2020 12:11 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November 2020
- Replies: 62
- Views: 16303
Re: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November 2020
I know this doesn't need saying really but John redwood is remarkably dim. John Redwood @johnredwood Why not open and staff all the Nightingale hospital capacity they need for CV 19 cases and get the rest of the NHS back to full capacity for everything else? No need to scare us with the idea the NH...
- Wed 25 Nov, 2020 11:42 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 25th November 2020
- Replies: 38
- Views: 8750
Re: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Both one of the world's great sports photographs and one of the best if most obvious 'what happened next' questions.
- Sat 21 Nov, 2020 8:50 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd November 2020
- Replies: 44
- Views: 20018
Re: Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd November 2020
Also how did we miss this the other night?
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- Sat 21 Nov, 2020 8:43 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd November 2020
- Replies: 44
- Views: 20018
Re: Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd November 2020
From last night Priti Patel was warned to treat staff with respect, says former official https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55015493" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Sir Philip Rutnam quit as permanent secretary at the Home Office in February, after complaining about Ms P...
- Thu 19 Nov, 2020 10:24 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 19th November 2020
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10857
Re: Thursday 19th November 2020
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- Thu 19 Nov, 2020 10:23 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 19th November 2020
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10857
Re: Thursday 19th November 2020
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- Thu 19 Nov, 2020 10:19 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 19th November 2020
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10857
Re: Thursday 19th November 2020
What on earth does trump think he's doing to America's reputation in the wider world? There's also this Trump administration in 'staggering' isolation at UN on health issues The outgoing Trump administration’s final days at the United Nations have resulted in a deepening of US isolation on social a...
- Thu 19 Nov, 2020 10:16 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 19th November 2020
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10857
Re: Thursday 19th November 2020
It's not all. I roasted some lumps of celeriac and of fennel around a piece of pork belly last weekend and they both came out lovely. (I'm not lumping fennel in as a root here, it's just what happened). Parsnip and celeriac mash is very nice too. Sweet potato is one of the very few food things I rea...
- Thu 19 Nov, 2020 10:14 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 19th November 2020
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10857
Re: Thursday 19th November 2020
Celeriac. That is all.
- Tue 17 Nov, 2020 11:12 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 17th November 2020
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5595
Re: Tuesday 17th November 2020
It's a bit like how what was meant to be an 'implementation period' of of a deal that had been made became a 'transition period' towards a deal which didn't exist yet.
- Sun 15 Nov, 2020 9:40 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th November 2020
- Replies: 66
- Views: 12751
Re: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th November 2020
tinyclanger2 wrote:I particularly like the fact that the Canadian Potato Museum describes itself as one of the Top 11 Food Musuems in the world.
For some reason it brings to mind Spinal Tap.
- Sun 15 Nov, 2020 9:37 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th November 2020
- Replies: 66
- Views: 12751
Re: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th November 2020
I have been to Canada, but not to the potato museum. I went to tea with my friend Richard and his mum asked if I wanted to go to Canada with them at Easter and I said yes and went home and told my mum I was going to Canada at Easter with Richard. I was 5.
- Sat 14 Nov, 2020 8:33 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th November 2020
- Replies: 66
- Views: 12751
Re: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th November 2020
I'm aware this isn't terribly helpful, and I'm not encouraging anybody, but it's interesting, and historically interesting, that this kind of over-reach by the federal government, and especially by the executive branch of the federal government acting like royalty, is exactly - exactly - what the se...
- Wed 11 Nov, 2020 12:08 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 10th November 2020
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7734
Re: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Odds on it being time for the coup appear to be shortening.
- Mon 09 Nov, 2020 11:12 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 9th November 2020
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10045
Re: Monday 9th November 2020
I think that it's either kind of tin foil hat time in the states or it's just a matter of patience and time- I think there is no route back for Trump from other this unless THEY decide that now is TIME for THE COUP, which doesn't strike me as completely impossible but is very unlikely. The situation...
- Mon 09 Nov, 2020 10:52 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 9th November 2020
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10045
Re: Monday 9th November 2020
Weirdly quiet on the Brexit front. It really is now or never for some kind of deal. Surely someone in the media is talking about it. If anyone has any links they'd like to post, it would be much appreciated. I haven't much spare time atm for trawling the internet. Screenshot 2020-11-09 at 22.51.43....
- Mon 09 Nov, 2020 3:27 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 9th November 2020
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10045
Re: Monday 9th November 2020
They are the gift that keeps on giving... from the US live blog on the graun A man featured at Rudy Giuliani’s Philadelphia press conference this weekend, focused on pushing baseless allegations of voter fraud, is a convicted sex offender who has repeatedly run for office in New Jersey. Trenton poli...
- Sun 08 Nov, 2020 10:35 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2020
- Replies: 80
- Views: 29324
Re: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2020
Or this one
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- Sun 08 Nov, 2020 10:35 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2020
- Replies: 80
- Views: 29324
Re: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2020
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Have we had this one?
Have we had this one?
- Sun 08 Nov, 2020 10:33 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2020
- Replies: 80
- Views: 29324
Re: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2020
I do wonder, when it becomes indisputable that the electoral college have confirmed Biden's election, whether Trump will walk. I can't see him standing respectfully on the platform for BIden's inaugaration. If he quit then Pence could give him a general pardon without any question of its legal probi...
- Sat 07 Nov, 2020 10:17 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2020
- Replies: 80
- Views: 29324
Re: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2020
Straight outa Scranton
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- Sat 07 Nov, 2020 10:05 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2020
- Replies: 80
- Views: 29324
Re: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2020
This one's not taking it well... Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Four years ago when Trump won, broadcasters showed scenes of people in shock and crying. Today, a Biden declaration shows coverage that would make you think Jesus had returned. 7:01 PM · Nov 7, 2020·Twitter for iPhone :clap: He says that a...
- Sat 07 Nov, 2020 5:17 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2020
- Replies: 80
- Views: 29324
Re: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2020
More updates from Nevada still looking good. Arizona looks like Trump not catching up quickly enough but not over yet.
- Sat 07 Nov, 2020 5:15 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2020
- Replies: 80
- Views: 29324
Re: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2020
Democrats 3-0 this century when they have a black candidate on the ticket and 0-3 when they don't. Nate Silver.
- Fri 06 Nov, 2020 10:48 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 6th November 2020
- Replies: 44
- Views: 10686
Re: Friday 6th November 2020
There should be a bunch more votes from Nevada at around midnight. The general consensus seems to be that if they hadn't called Arizona early and so made Nevada the decisive result it would definitely have been called for Biden by now.