Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th July 2021

Post by **refitman** » Sat 03 Jul, 2021 7:40 am

Morning all.

Post by **refitman** » Sat 03 Jul, 2021 9:23 am

Neil Coyle, covering himself in glory

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Sat 03 Jul, 2021 10:41 am

Coyle has, shall we say, a reputation for this sort of thing.

gilsey · Post by **gilsey** » Sat 03 Jul, 2021 1:51 pm

I like this line about Galloway

when politicians from the Labour right wax wroth about his iniquities, it’s hard not to picture a meeting of the Five Families where they passionately condemn the low ethical standards of the Russian mafia.

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/07/batley-s ... mer-muslim

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Sat 03 Jul, 2021 1:54 pm

I somehow came across this whilst researching what isn't a potato:

I expect Sky will want one.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Sat 03 Jul, 2021 3:29 pm

I expect he's already got one, if we did but know it.

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Sat 03 Jul, 2021 3:48 pm

gilsey wrote: ↑Sat 03 Jul, 2021 1:51 pm I like this line about Galloway

when politicians from the Labour right wax wroth about his iniquities, it’s hard not to picture a meeting of the Five Families where they passionately condemn the low ethical standards of the Russian mafia.
https://jacobinmag.com/2021/07/batley-s ... mer-muslim

Lots of people on the Labour right are awful, but GG is a different level of horribleness I'm afraid.

Post by **refitman** » Sat 03 Jul, 2021 6:18 pm

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Sat 03 Jul, 2021 7:02 pm

Denmark must fancy their chances to win the whole thing now.

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Sat 03 Jul, 2021 7:14 pm

I have a soft spot for son of Schmeichel.
More nostalgia (vis a vis his dad).
It was a much more exciting match than many, that's for sure. Deeply impressed by the guys playing with bandaged heads.

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Sat 03 Jul, 2021 7:15 pm

Good Lord but the information superhighway and its associated social media have taken society back a decade or six.

RogerOThornhill · Post by **RogerOThornhill** » Sat 03 Jul, 2021 8:03 pm

Well, this is good news...

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Sat 03 Jul, 2021 9:55 pm

You know, this England team is actually quite good. Certainly hasn't always been possible to say that.

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Sat 03 Jul, 2021 10:05 pm

I didn't hear anyone rapping.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Sat 03 Jul, 2021 11:15 pm

@tinyclanger2

Are you attending a seance?

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 7:32 am

kind of.

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 11:32 am

Anybody around today?

Some interesting economic proposals from Labour yesterday I thought.

tinybgoat · Post by **tinybgoat** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 1:39 pm

tinyclanger2 wrote: ↑Sun 04 Jul, 2021 7:32 amkind of.

In that case,
Your great great Grandmother is worried about you,
She thinks you've been drinking too much in recent months & suffering from Anxiety.
Also possibly should try and get out & meet people more

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 2:12 pm

Good morfternoon.

How long did it take for many people to stop believing that Covid was "just like 'flu"? Apparently it is just like 'flu after all, according to Chancellor\Health Secretary Sajid Javid.

tinybgoat · Post by **tinybgoat** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 2:18 pm

AnatolyKasparov wrote: ↑Sun 04 Jul, 2021 11:32 am Anybody around today?

Some interesting economic proposals from Labour yesterday I thought.

It's a start & good policy,
but I thought there were restrictions from trade deals with other countries, which limited the ability to preferentially award contracts to domestic producers.

Also can't see why Tories couldn't do (or say/claim) same things (except if trade deals fo limit buy British policy, then could be interesting seeing Labour go against them for that reason ...)

Also with a consumer campaign it's not like it's not been tried in the past
https://voxeu.org/article/buy-british-v ... ial-policy
though article says Labour decided against it at one stage, because polling showed 50/50 split on whether consumers would buy British, which doesn't to me seem a good reason to not do it.

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 2:51 pm

Its actually similar to what was proposed under Corbyn, which some on both sides of the factional divide might prefer to forget.

tinybgoat · Post by **tinybgoat** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 4:04 pm

PorFavor wrote: ↑Sun 04 Jul, 2021 2:12 pm Good morfternoon.

How long did it take for many people to stop believing that Covid was "just like 'flu"? Apparently it is just like 'flu after all, according to Chancellor\Health Secretary Sajid Javid.

We are going to have to learn to accept the existence of Covid and find ways to cope with it – just as we already do with flu.

Maybe he's been more more socially isolated, than the rest of us and isn't quite up to speed yet.

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 4:12 pm

tinybgoat wrote: ↑Sun 04 Jul, 2021 1:39 pm
tinyclanger2 wrote: ↑Sun 04 Jul, 2021 7:32 amkind of.
In that case,
Your great great Grandmother is worried about you,
She thinks you've been drinking too much in recent months & suffering from Anxiety.
Also possibly should try and get out & meet people more

Uncanny. You have the gift.
Though not in the sense of the Velvet Underground.

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 4:14 pm

Even long-term "working-class" Tory Major Clanger is fed up with being considered expendible (by virtue of his age and general frailty) by the likes of Johnson and Javid.

Post by **PaulfromYorkshire** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 7:21 pm

Hi All still struggling to find time to be here but enjoying everyone’s contributions

Can anyone provide a quick objective update on how GB News is faring?

Post by **PaulfromYorkshire** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 7:22 pm

P.S. my phone was about to write farting rather than faring above

Post by **refitman** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 7:52 pm

PaulfromYorkshire wrote: ↑Sun 04 Jul, 2021 7:21 pm Hi All still struggling to find time to be here but enjoying everyone’s contributions

Can anyone provide a quick objective update on how GB News is faring?

A dumpster fire endorsing anti-lockdown, Jeffrey Epstein and friends of Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon. Also, very little actual news, from what I hear.

Sky'sGoneOut · Post by **Sky'sGoneOut** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 8:38 pm

tinyclanger2 wrote: ↑Sat 03 Jul, 2021 1:54 pmI expect Sky will want one.

I most certainly do not, my Nicolas Cageathon left me mentally scarred for life. Nobody should see some of the things I saw. Nobody.

Sky'sGoneOut · Post by **Sky'sGoneOut** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 9:02 pm

While that Lord of the Rings slip from katharine Birbalsingh was really funny, even if she'd said what she meant to say she'd have been wrong.

The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/ ... -15-months

They cooperated, got on fine, and survived remarkably well.

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 9:13 pm

"Either way the choice was terrible"

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 9:16 pm

Sky'sGoneOut · Post by **Sky'sGoneOut** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 9:21 pm

Sky'sGoneOut · Post by **Sky'sGoneOut** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 9:34 pm

So you think it's funny to set off my NCTSD do you Clanger?

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 9:43 pm

(chastened Clanger emoticon)

Sky'sGoneOut · Post by **Sky'sGoneOut** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 10:13 pm

Nobody wants to see a chastened Clanger with a sad droopy snout, and I shouldn't be running away from my fears, I should be confronting them.

As such, given the latest research on hallucinogens and their beneficial effects in combatting mental health problems I shall take some magic mushrooms and stare at this for 15 hours.

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 10:24 pm

(NCTSD-affected Clanger emoticon)

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 10:26 pm

That definitely numbers among the worst things I have ever seen.

Sky'sGoneOut · Post by **Sky'sGoneOut** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 10:52 pm

Intrigued by the tweet Refitman provided above I took a dive into Katharine Birbalsingh's Twitter.

I knew nothing about her but a number of things became immediately apparent.

She appears to have no life at all if her multitude of tweets is anything to go by. She seems to be entirely bereft of anything resembling a sense of humour. She's thin skinned and doesn't take criticism well. If I had kids I wouldn't want them anywhere near her school.

Sky'sGoneOut · Post by **Sky'sGoneOut** » Sun 04 Jul, 2021 11:32 pm

This is magnificent. It completely defies explanation. Why are giant purple psychedelic foxes watching Nicolas Cage emerge from a banana? Is he like some kind of fruit mermaid? Is he a good source of Potassium? Will he go black and squishy if you leave him in the bowl for too long? And what are the giant purple psychedelic foxes? Are they beneficent gods looking down on banana mermaid Nicolas Cage with benevolence or do they want to eat him?

Sky'sGoneOut · Post by **Sky'sGoneOut** » Mon 05 Jul, 2021 12:39 am

Anyway back to the relentless grind of having to put up with being ruled over by morons.

PM to confirm 19 July end to Covid rules despite scientists’ warnings.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... gs-england

Just about everywhere in this country with a sizeable student population is seeing a huge number of infections. Cambridge, Oxford, York, Durham. Here in Leeds it has now, completely predictably, spread throughout the city. Soon they'll be going back home for the Summer and spreading it as far and as wide as wherever they come from. And it's not the students fault, there's been nothing in 'the rules' to stop them mixing and going to pubs and cafes and restaurants then infecting the staff who take it back to their families or just people on the bus or train.

The good news of course is that deaths and hospitilisations aren't rising in line with the infection rate due to vaccinations and the younger age of those infected, but giving a novel virus a breeding ground of millions of unvaccinated teenagers and kids is insane. The government are clearly now washing their hands of Covid and claiming they've done all they can and from now on it's up to us. Personal responsibility and all that Tory shit. I'd love to know how I can be personaly responsible for breathing in something that's only a few microns in size while on the train.

A friend of mine is a scriptwiter and was due to start work on a new show for ITV a fortnight ago. Unfortunately the doubly vaccinated producer contracted Covid 19 and as of Friday when I last asked about it, is still confined to his bed.

This virus has shown time and time again it's not to be messed with, and while I agree the vaccinations seem to be doing a spectacularly good job, let's not forget last Summer, even without them, we had a cacophony of people telling us it was beaten.

Sky'sGoneOut · Post by **Sky'sGoneOut** » Mon 05 Jul, 2021 1:06 am

Anyway, have some Add N to X.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Mon 05 Jul, 2021 1:07 am

UK scientists caution that lifting of Covid rules is like building ‘variant factories’ (Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... -factories

Sky'sGoneOut · Post by **Sky'sGoneOut** » Mon 05 Jul, 2021 1:26 am

If you add N to X things start getting out of control exponentially according to maths.

A portentous name.

Sky'sGoneOut · Post by **Sky'sGoneOut** » Mon 05 Jul, 2021 1:29 am

PorFavor wrote: ↑Mon 05 Jul, 2021 1:07 am UK scientists caution that lifting of Covid rules is like building ‘variant factories’

That's precisely what is about to happen.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Mon 05 Jul, 2021 2:09 am

I don't expect Keir Starmer will either say much or mind much, so long as they're British factories. Which they will be.

Sky'sGoneOut · Post by **Sky'sGoneOut** » Mon 05 Jul, 2021 2:59 am