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- Fri 07 Jul, 2023 4:47 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 7th July 2023
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1413
Re: Friday 7th July 2023
It's sickening.
- Fri 07 Jul, 2023 3:52 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 7th July 2023
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1413
Re: Friday 7th July 2023
I'd be the first to admit I'm not massive on kids - but in a world that is increasingly awful this is one of the most obnoxious and profoundly depressing things I have seen: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/07/robert-jenrick-has-cartoon-murals-painted-over-at-childrens-asylum-centre Robe...
- Sun 25 Jun, 2023 9:24 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4908
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023
I did read it!
- Sun 25 Jun, 2023 8:33 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4908
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023
sorry AK - didn't see your post above first
- Sun 25 Jun, 2023 8:32 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4908
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023
meanwhile:
- Sun 25 Jun, 2023 8:05 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4908
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023
Just been to see Oh Jeremy Corbyn: the big lie
- Sat 24 Jun, 2023 7:44 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4908
Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/24/rise-of-the-robots-raises-a-big-question-what-will-workers-do The researchers predicted as much as 80% of the US workforce could see 10% or more of their tasks affected by LLMs. For 19% of workers, it could be half of their job or more – with highe...
- Sat 17 Jun, 2023 12:30 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th June 2020
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1538
Re: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th June 2020
This paper explores how, in what ways, and with what outcomes, deep structural transformations have reconstituted higher education in England, and are deeply implicated in the rise of authoritarian populism. We focus particularly on the ways in which our understandings and lived experiences of clas...
- Fri 16 Jun, 2023 7:29 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 16th June 2023
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1654
Re: Friday 16th June 2023
(big time)
- Fri 16 Jun, 2023 7:28 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 16th June 2023
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1654
Re: Friday 16th June 2023
hate to say it but humanity is out of control
- Fri 16 Jun, 2023 7:04 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 16th June 2023
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1654
Re: Friday 16th June 2023
PS: have not given up on Buster Keaton/ Tim Daley thing
- Fri 16 Jun, 2023 7:03 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 16th June 2023
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1654
- Fri 16 Jun, 2023 5:40 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 16th June 2023
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1654
Re: Friday 16th June 2023
OK off piste (unexpected I know):
What do Tim Daley and Buster Keaton have in common?
What do Tim Daley and Buster Keaton have in common?
- Thu 15 Jun, 2023 5:03 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 15th June 2023
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1084
Re: Thursday 15th June 2023
Susceptibility of jobs to computerisation: https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/the-future-of-employment/ https://www.oecd-forum.org/posts/21601-artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-work-and-skills-will-this-time-be-different "Fortunately, literacy and numeracy are not the only w...
- Wed 14 Jun, 2023 7:27 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 14th June 2023
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2089
Re: Wednesday 14th June 2023
anyone else familiar with padstow from many years ago?
- Wed 14 Jun, 2023 6:09 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 14th June 2023
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2089
Re: Wednesday 14th June 2023
We're an evolutionary deadend.
- Wed 14 Jun, 2023 6:07 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 14th June 2023
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2089
Re: Wednesday 14th June 2023
AI is a difficult one though isn't it, I'm sure it *can* help things run more smoothly in certain respects. No, it's not. It won't help. It'll just give them an excuse to sack more NHS workers and outsource jobs. Have to agree. There are recentish studies suggesting 50 to 80% of jobs in the US coul...
- Mon 12 Jun, 2023 12:34 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 12th June 2023
- Replies: 11
- Views: 913
Re: Monday 12th June 2023
Yep - I remember when the world in general found him shockingly useless and corrupt. Now he woudn't particularly stand out.
- Fri 09 Jun, 2023 5:34 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 9th June 2023
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2080
Re: Friday 9th June 2023
Very sorry to hear about Mrs ROT.
- Sat 27 May, 2023 6:47 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 26th May 2023
- Replies: 11
- Views: 960
Re: Friday 26th May 2023
Interesting that a TV presenter resigns and is subsequently vilified for lying (about a legal but unwise affair) while politicians, as a matter of course, are tolerated when lying about breaking the law
- Wed 24 May, 2023 5:50 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 24th May 2023
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1407
Re: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Here's somewhere to visit:
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiti ... nger-wood/
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiti ... nger-wood/
- Tue 23 May, 2023 2:24 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1238
Re: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Had forgotten about TR - thanks for reminding me.
Am with him on Eurovision (as you will have surmised)
Am with him on Eurovision (as you will have surmised)
- Mon 22 May, 2023 3:01 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 22nd May 2023
- Replies: 7
- Views: 956
Re: Monday 22nd May 2023
You're a trooper AK.
- Mon 22 May, 2023 12:27 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 22nd May 2023
- Replies: 7
- Views: 956
Re: Monday 22nd May 2023
Am not a fan of Labour in its current form/for quite some time/not just Starmer, but do admire AK for standing his ground under seemingly constant fire. There are lots of things I believe which (these days) I may not always defend (in public). This gives me pause.
- Fri 19 May, 2023 8:34 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 19th May 2023
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1192
Re: Friday 19th May 2023
Morning.
Have joined the Ramblers qua right to roam - and not turning walking paths into cycle paths.
Have joined the Ramblers qua right to roam - and not turning walking paths into cycle paths.
- Wed 17 May, 2023 6:15 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 17th May 2023
- Replies: 6
- Views: 733
Re: Wednesday 17th May 2023
I feel a bit lost without Eurovision to look forward to, and climate tipping point only 4 years away.
- Wed 17 May, 2023 7:50 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 17th May 2023
- Replies: 6
- Views: 733
- Tue 16 May, 2023 7:12 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 16th May 2023
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1934
Re: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Am watching Ted Lasso on Apple TV. It is completely brilliant.
- Sun 14 May, 2023 7:41 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2977
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
Finland was hardly big on musical merit - but it was ace fun. Sweden was a dirge perfomed by a constipated individual singing an old song.
- Sun 14 May, 2023 7:40 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2977
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
I beg to differ - last year's winner was ace!
- Sun 14 May, 2023 6:36 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2977
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
"Next year’s contest will be staged in Sweden on the 50th anniversary of Abba’s first triumph." https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/14/ukraine-minister-confused-about-eurovision-refusal-to-let-zelenskiy-speak Forgive me for sounding cynical, but to me this explains exactly ho...
- Sun 14 May, 2023 12:12 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2977
- Sun 14 May, 2023 12:03 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2977
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
Yeah that was wrong. The audience clearly wanted Finland to win (as, by this point did I).
Ah well, next year.
Ah well, next year.
- Sat 13 May, 2023 11:22 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2977
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
After all that magical thinking and everything
- Sat 13 May, 2023 11:21 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2977
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
Sadly the caterwauling swedish lass is running away with it
- Sat 13 May, 2023 10:42 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2977
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
I'm going Belgium, Finland, UK
- Sat 13 May, 2023 9:54 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2977
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
I can imagine that it was very disappointing. Still at least there's Germany ...
- Sat 13 May, 2023 8:35 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2977
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
Wake me up when Blanka's finished.
- Sat 13 May, 2023 8:35 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2977
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
Am appalled that Poland is in and not Malta.
- Sat 13 May, 2023 7:25 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2977
- Sat 13 May, 2023 7:24 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2977
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
Anyroad: Eurovision
- Sat 13 May, 2023 7:23 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2977
Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
The British public needs someone who would be appalled by being perceived as a Tory.
- Sat 13 May, 2023 8:14 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 12th May 2023
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1262
Re: Friday 12th May 2023
Thanks for the thanks.
I miss Malta, but let's see what happens now.
I have news from people on the ground in the 'Pool - the city has turned blue and yellow. Plus Conchita.
I miss Malta, but let's see what happens now.
I have news from people on the ground in the 'Pool - the city has turned blue and yellow. Plus Conchita.
- Fri 12 May, 2023 8:07 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 12th May 2023
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1262
Re: Friday 12th May 2023
So there we are. 37 countries, 37 songs, most of them shite.
Looking forward to tomorrow!
Looking forward to tomorrow!
- Fri 12 May, 2023 8:05 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 12th May 2023
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1262
Re: Friday 12th May 2023
Well here we are, back where we started this 37-song odyssey around 2023's Eurovision entries. And I have to say that Mae Muller's "I wrote a song" (UK) sounds about a million times better than it did 5 weeks ago (when I hadn't yet heard the likes of the Netherlands', Romania's and Poland'...
- Thu 11 May, 2023 11:44 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 11th May 2023
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1590
Re: Thursday 11th May 2023
I loved this so much:
that I guess this year's entry from Ukraine could only be a disappointment. And it sadly was.
that I guess this year's entry from Ukraine could only be a disappointment. And it sadly was.
- Wed 10 May, 2023 4:55 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 10th May 2023
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1076
Re: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Yeah, it's almost as if the youth of today take life far too 'kin seriously. This is EUROVISION for crying out loud. It's supposed to be camptastic and fun, but tell that to Switzerland and 75% of the other Eurovision entries. I'm sure everyone means well, and Remo Forrer seems like the sort of man ...
- Wed 10 May, 2023 4:53 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 10th May 2023
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1076
- Wed 10 May, 2023 8:42 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 10th May 2023
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1076
Re: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Hello all.
Just 3 more Euroreviews to go.
You'll miss it when it's gone.
Just 3 more Euroreviews to go.
You'll miss it when it's gone.
- Tue 09 May, 2023 2:23 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 9th May 2023
- Replies: 14
- Views: 988
Re: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Sweden's entry is basically a really really miserable cover of "The Winner Takes it All" sung by a seemingly constipated artiste writhing around in a beige outfit (with straps). Clanger rating The above speaks for itself. https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=b3vJfR81xO0&em...