Getting pretty quiet round here is it not?
I don't mean now, just in general.
Anyway.
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- Fri 16 Feb, 2024 2:47 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 15th February 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 553
- Thu 15 Feb, 2024 11:45 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 15th February 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 553
Re: Thursday 15th February 2024
Question Time came tonight from Lancaster. For the Tories we had Graham Stuart. If there's one thing Graham's good at it's dealing with humiliation with good humour and it's a talent which served him well this evening. To begin with he made a foolhardy attempt to take a holier than thou attitude to ...
- Thu 15 Feb, 2024 2:04 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 15th February 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 553
Re: Thursday 15th February 2024
Looks pretty beige, although Graham Stuart is inadvertently comedic on occasion so you never know.
- Thu 15 Feb, 2024 1:52 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 15th February 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 553
Re: Thursday 15th February 2024
Afternoon. For the first time in my life, I’m now beginning to think Britain is finished - Allister Heath https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/14/for-the-first-time-im-beginning-to-think-britain-is-finishe/ Britain’s decline over the past 25 years has been staggeringly rapid. Almost everything i...
- Mon 12 Feb, 2024 2:36 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1117
- Sun 11 Feb, 2024 11:52 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1117
Re: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024
Last post on this subject and it doesn't apply to Ralph's youth because this was 1990 but this is nuts... From Blondie to Lulu: The songs the BBC banned during the Gulf War https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/songs-bbc-banned-during-gulf-war/ Here's just a few. ABBA – ‘Waterloo’ Blondie – ‘Atomic’ The Boom...
- Sun 11 Feb, 2024 11:17 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1117
Re: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024
Well I'm learning a few things this evening. Did you know that until 1968 all theatre scripts had to be licenced by the Lord Chamberlain's Office, a department of the royal household, which had carte blanche to ban or censor as it pleased? This came to an end with the Theatres act. https://en.wikipe...
- Sun 11 Feb, 2024 10:50 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1117
Re: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024
Ha ha, brilliant. I've just learned that the BBC banned this from Swap Shop because they thought it was promoting homosexuality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5XJ2GiR6Bo Because of the title Enola Gay was thought by some to be a gay anthem. This being the Eighties it was consequently banned from ...
- Sun 11 Feb, 2024 9:51 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1117
Re: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024
I could add Mary Whitehouse, the Sex Pistols being banned from performing, the hysteria over 'video nasties', I'm sure there's plenty more examples. On the other hand the Holiday Programme on the BBC was perfectly happy to show naked boobs just after teatime. Weird times. What would Ralph prefer, tr...
- Sun 11 Feb, 2024 9:16 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1117
- Sun 11 Feb, 2024 2:32 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1117
Re: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024
Simon Danczuk is standing for Reform in Rochdale?
Regardless of what you might think about his 'political journey' surely Reform sending someone who was sacked for grooming a teenage girl to Rochdale is at best tasteless?
Regardless of what you might think about his 'political journey' surely Reform sending someone who was sacked for grooming a teenage girl to Rochdale is at best tasteless?
- Sun 11 Feb, 2024 2:17 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1117
Re: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024
Amen. The Tory right’s radicalisation should trouble us all One of the main anchors of our politics has become increasingly unmoored from reality. By Lewis Goodall https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/02/the-tory-rights-radicalisation-should-trouble-us-all The Conservatives, facing a potentiall...
- Fri 09 Feb, 2024 7:18 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 9th February 2024
- Replies: 6
- Views: 382
Re: Friday 9th February 2024
Laura Trott humiliating herself again? Say it aint so.
You can watch the entire excruciating episode here...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68250020
You can watch the entire excruciating episode here...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68250020
- Fri 09 Feb, 2024 7:01 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 9th February 2024
- Replies: 6
- Views: 382
Re: Friday 9th February 2024
Braverman incompetent? Say it aint so. Braverman’s ‘crazy’ law costs £1.5m a day because 22k migrants can’t be removed https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/braverman-law-cost-migrants-removed-2898645?ito=twitter_share_article-top A “crazy” contradiction in Rishi Sunak’s flagship small-boats law has lef...
- Fri 09 Feb, 2024 1:30 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 8th February 2024
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1149
Re: Thursday 8th February 2024
Just because.
- Fri 09 Feb, 2024 12:26 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 8th February 2024
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1149
Re: Thursday 8th February 2024
And......James Daly has a combover? That's what it looked like to me in all it's HD glory this evening, wispy strands combed across his head held in place with gel or hairspray. As someone who went down the topknot/ponytail route to cover a bald crown and ended up fooling nobody I'm not one to judg...
- Fri 09 Feb, 2024 12:14 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 8th February 2024
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1149
Re: Thursday 8th February 2024
Indeed I did. Thanks and it's been edited accordingly.AnatolyKasparov wrote: ↑Thu 08 Feb, 2024 11:38 pm I presume you mean Daisy Cooper there, Sky?
Rosie Cooper is a now retired Labour MP (though she was previously a LibDem)
- Thu 08 Feb, 2024 11:52 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 8th February 2024
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1149
- Thu 08 Feb, 2024 11:34 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 8th February 2024
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1149
Re: Thursday 8th February 2024
Question Time tonight came from Nottingham, where I've had a few good nights at Rock City. I assumed like a lot of music venues from my youth it was probably gone by now but after a quick Google it seems like it's still going strong. Yay. For the Tories we had James Daly. James began with a bit of f...
- Thu 08 Feb, 2024 4:16 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 8th February 2024
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1149
Re: Thursday 8th February 2024
Holly Valance's husband says it's time for a Labour government.
Chortle.
Chortle.
- Thu 08 Feb, 2024 3:21 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 8th February 2024
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1149
- Thu 08 Feb, 2024 2:17 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 8th February 2024
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1149
Re: Thursday 8th February 2024
I can't remember a better example of the need to follow Healy's advice than yesterday, but it isn't only Sunak who's bad at politics, is it. The PM and the tory front bench are totally discredited in the eyes of most of the public, but Labour can't/doesn't want to stand up to them. Barry Gardiner's...
- Thu 08 Feb, 2024 1:43 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 8th February 2024
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1149
Re: Thursday 8th February 2024
It's snowing* and cold, I've had to turn the gas fire up which will be costing me a fortune, it wouldn't be so bad if this house had even basic insulation but the landlord will never spend the money. If only there was some kind of government scheme to provide funding... *Sadly it's wet rubbish snow ...
- Thu 08 Feb, 2024 1:35 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 8th February 2024
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1149
Re: Thursday 8th February 2024
Ugh, apart from Daisy Cooper this looks absolutely bloody awful.
- Wed 07 Feb, 2024 11:05 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 7th February 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 646
Re: Wednesday 7th February 2024
When Sonia Sodha condemns Sunak then gets a load of abuse for it, not from the right and transphobes, but from those advocating trans rights, she really isn't the problem.AnatolyKasparov wrote: ↑Wed 07 Feb, 2024 10:45 pm When you have lost the likes of Sonia Sodha, stop digging.
It's utterly depressing.
- Wed 07 Feb, 2024 10:18 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 7th February 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 646
Re: Wednesday 7th February 2024
How indeed. Maybe it's just me but this feels pretty terminal for Sunak, he's not going to be able to live this down. He's been egged on by the right of his party and the rightwing press to fight these horrible culture wars and look where it's got him. https://twitter.com/Samfr/status/17552981305374...
- Wed 07 Feb, 2024 10:00 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 7th February 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 646
Re: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Wow, apparently Badenoch went rogue.
- Wed 07 Feb, 2024 9:10 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 7th February 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 646
Re: Wednesday 7th February 2024
I think it may be possible to be too cynical about today - it might just be this depressing saga's "Sir, have you really no sense of decency?" moment. Let's hope so but from what I can see all it seems to have done, outside of a few honourable exceptions, is entrench both sides. One thing...
- Wed 07 Feb, 2024 3:06 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 7th February 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 646
Re: Wednesday 7th February 2024
I don't say this often but well done Dan Hodges and Tom Harwood.
While many of the usual, odious suspects are defending Sunak those two appear to be the only Tory pundits showing an ounce of humanity and calling him out.
While many of the usual, odious suspects are defending Sunak those two appear to be the only Tory pundits showing an ounce of humanity and calling him out.
- Wed 07 Feb, 2024 2:10 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 7th February 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 646
Re: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Absolutely grim from Sunak. And a thing that seems to being missed here is that in his non apology statement at the end of PMQS Sunak referred to Brianna Ghey as 'her'. So on the one hand it would appear he's happy to refer to her using a female pronoun, while on the other he's mocking Starmer for n...
- Sun 04 Feb, 2024 11:51 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2970
Re: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
An ex of mine's grandad met an American woman after his wife had died and they decided to make a life together. She smuggled him into the US over the Canadian border in the boot of her car. They settled in Vegas, invited us over, and he was the one of the funniest, daftest people I've ever had the p...
- Sun 04 Feb, 2024 11:33 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2970
Re: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
And let's not forget United made that same West Ham look like 1970 version Brazil less than two months ago. We made Wolves look like 1970's Brazil 3 days ago. Still with Ratcliffe and Ineos now in charge surely the least we can expect is a freakish improvement in our player's fitness which has noth...
- Sun 04 Feb, 2024 10:51 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2970
Re: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
Not just unfeasible, but illegal - standing in multiple constituencies simultaneously was outlawed a while ago. I would imagine it would also stretch the laws of physics beyond breaking point, George would have to zoom round every constituency in the country on election night faster than Santa at C...
- Sun 04 Feb, 2024 10:45 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2970
Re: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
Anyway.....who are this Man United who are scoring goals for fun - do you recognise them Sky?? Finally getting most of the first team back fit has obviously made a difference, Martinez especially so let's hope his knee isn't another long term injury. I'm really happy for Hojlund, he's been busting ...
- Sun 04 Feb, 2024 10:18 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2970
Re: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
I'd like to say I enjoyed this bit of absurdist whimsy by Dan Hodges but it's behind a paywall which I've not bothered trying to break yet. Presumably his argument goes that if Galloway significantly splits the left in Rochdale the Tories should take advantage of that split by calling a GE and limit...
- Sun 04 Feb, 2024 8:37 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2970
Re: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
Strangely enough, that is also the UK government's position (the US deemed it a genocide some time ago, though) You're absolutely right, I made the assumption that we'd fallen in line with the Americans but clearly not. A 1999 Foreign Office briefing for ministers said that the recognition of the A...
- Sun 04 Feb, 2024 7:06 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2970
Re: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
You do realise there are other genocides memorialised, than just the Jewish one of the Second World War? And they are all included in "never again". The Israelis continue to deny the Armenian genocide. Which I'm pretty sure is profoundly offensive to 99.9% of Armenians. Their rank hypocri...
- Sat 03 Feb, 2024 7:46 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2970
Re: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
Have I mentioned "fuck Labour" recently? That's really hard to watch. We all understand why politicians are rightfully nervous about such confrontations but that guy didn't seem threatening and it would appear nobody made the slightest effort to simply talk to him. I'm assuming they have ...
- Sat 03 Feb, 2024 7:18 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2970
Re: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
Ah the joys of being a Scottish rugby supporter.
"Ha ha yes, we're thrashing Wales, what's our record score against them, I'll just look it up because I reckon...wait what, oh no, oh god no, how is this happening, this is going to be humiliating, ah phew, thank fuck for that."
"Ha ha yes, we're thrashing Wales, what's our record score against them, I'll just look it up because I reckon...wait what, oh no, oh god no, how is this happening, this is going to be humiliating, ah phew, thank fuck for that."
- Sat 03 Feb, 2024 2:25 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2970
Re: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
I would encourage everyone to read the full article, it's an absolute joy. 'Smoked-filled ego w***fest': Inside Laurence Fox’s Reclaim Party split... caused by a Volvo, Christmas card and MacBook https://www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/views/inside-laurence-fox-reclaim-party-split/ But what has gone so badly ...
- Fri 02 Feb, 2024 2:41 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 1st February 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1244
- Thu 01 Feb, 2024 11:44 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 1st February 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1244
Re: Thursday 1st February 2024
Question Time came tonight from Glasgow where despite what you may have heard about the collapse of support for the SNP, had the most SNP supportive audience we've probably ever had on QT. Make of that what you will. For the SNP we had Kate Forbes. As you may well know there's not a lot of love lost...
- Thu 01 Feb, 2024 3:07 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 1st February 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1244
Re: Thursday 1st February 2024
It's either that or watch Man Utd so yes.AnatolyKasparov wrote: ↑Thu 01 Feb, 2024 3:02 pm That's a pretty dreadful panel all round, are you going to dare to watch it?
- Thu 01 Feb, 2024 3:05 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 1st February 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1244
Re: Thursday 1st February 2024
A mea culpa from the IEA? Why Brexit was a mistake, from a libertarian perspective https://iea.org.uk/why-brexit-was-a-mistake-from-a-libertarian-perspective/ Many libertarians supported Brexit, believing it would reduce governmental layers and bring power closer to the British people. They saw it a...
- Thu 01 Feb, 2024 2:37 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 1st February 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1244
Re: Thursday 1st February 2024
QT is up in bonnie Scotland tonight and oh look it's Fraser Nelson again, the only Scottish political journalist in the entire universe apparently.
- Mon 29 Jan, 2024 3:47 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th January 2024
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2139
- Mon 29 Jan, 2024 12:32 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th January 2024
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2139
Re: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th January 2024
Couldn't agree with you more dear SKY . In the past few years I decided (probably wrongly ! ) not to spend TIME on deciding what I thought about MMT , and more recently on the TERF WARS, trusting that Refit RR2 womble and sundry others were more informed than me . For me the MOST important shit now...
- Sun 28 Jan, 2024 11:24 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th January 2024
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2139
Re: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th January 2024
I know I'm diving into hot water here but after QT on Thursday AK asked if Sonia Sodha had mention trans people (she didn't), but she has today with this article which I have to say I largely agree with. Vindictive, cowardly leaders bowed to the gender bullies and failed Jo Phoenix https://www.thegu...
- Sun 28 Jan, 2024 9:16 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th January 2024
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2139
Re: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th January 2024
Don't worry Sky, they're trying to attract younger voters too Perhaps I'm biased because I've had a beard for 30 years (largely as a result of laziness) but I'm struggling to understand why depilation would make something more attractive to the young. However for the sake of argument let's say it's...
- Sun 28 Jan, 2024 3:31 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th January 2024
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2139
Re: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th January 2024
Jesus, according to the Tories I'm old enough to be classed as a member of the 'Saga generation'. They really are intent on finding every way possible to make us feel depressed.