Bank Holiday Weekend 17th, 18th & 19th September

[refitman]

Morning all.

[AnatolyKasparov]

Had a lie in, have we

[Sky'sGoneOut]

A Twitter thread well worth a read.

[Sky'sGoneOut]

A response to the tWitter thread above.

[AnatolyKasparov]

Ah yes, the FT.

The almost unbelievably irresponsible and fantastical editorial they wrote for the 2015 GE has got a bit of circulation in the past few days.

[frog222]

Ah yes, the FT.

The almost unbelievably irresponsible and fantastical editorial they wrote for the 2015 GE has got a bit of circulation in the past few days.

Come on AK , let's have it !

[AnatolyKasparov]

Well it was titled (and I kid you not) "The Compelling Case For Continuity In Britain" - google that and it should be your first entry.

[RogerOThornhill]

Sorry, what?

[frog222]

[duplicate !

[frog222]

Well it was titled (and I kid you not) "The Compelling Case For Continuity In Britain" - google that and it should be your first entry.

Thanks, interesting read for all sorts of reasons !

https://www.ft.com/content/e61ce174-ea9 ... 144feab7de

Labour has been more competitive than expected. Mr Miliband has been vilified by the Tories, but he has stuck to his guns on Europe, refusing to cave in to demands for a referendum. His willingness to stand his ground deserves credit.

Yet this cannot conceal the fundamental weakness in Labour’s plans. Mr Miliband is preoccupied with inequality. His prescription is an increase in taxes such as restoring the 50p level for high earners and imposing an ill-conceived mansion tax.

Oh dear ! I wonder how many of the FT staff disagreed with that at the time ?

[frog222]

Sorry, what?

FBI probe centres on Venezeulan-born, Mayfair-based Tory donor.

He allegedly gave $300k to re-election of Trump-supporting governor of Puerto Rico, US territory, on one condition: sack head of its financial regulator, which was investigating suspicious activity at his bank

Sending to my Latina half-sister in Puerto Rico

[gilsey]

'Mr Miliband is preoccupied with inequality'

Quite rightly so, given the Burn-Murdoch graphs above.

Sigh.

[AnatolyKasparov]

The editorial endorsements of the Economist and Independent for that election were equally enraging.

What stands out with them all, maybe above all else, is their sheer complacency.

[gilsey]

'Mr Miliband ........ would apply a brake on enterprise'

But not a screeching handbrake turn like Brexit.

Bigger sigh.

[frog222]

I once got into a lot of trouble with First Daughter .
Primary teacher asked them to write about what they'd seen on TV the night before .
She thanked me some 15 years later ...

[AnatolyKasparov]

Or indeed, their parents might not want them to watch it.

[tinyclanger2]

Truss & Kwarteng - tax cuts in "selected" regions, to be paralleled by lower environmental regulations plus removing the cap for bankers bonuses.

Physically sickening.

[tinyclanger2]

Meanwhile in the USA Marjorie Taylor Green threatens to defund education to stop teachers brainwashing children

[tinyclanger2]

It's truly amazing how rapidly civilisation/society has declined

[AnatolyKasparov]

Meanwhile in the USA Marjorie Taylor Green threatens to defund education to stop teachers brainwashing children

Well it has to be said that even most of the present day GOP consider her a bit of a nutter. Which takes some doing.

[frog222]

[refitman]

Ok, this is the best tweet I've seen today

[refitman]

Republicans, totally normal party

[Sky'sGoneOut]

Ah yes, the FT.

The almost unbelievably irresponsible and fantastical editorial they wrote for the 2015 GE has got a bit of circulation in the past few days.

That was then, this is now. When even the FT is exposing income inequality you know the times they are a-changin'.


Edited because I originally said 'the tides they are a-changin' which brings to mind Bob Dylan as a crab surrounded by his beatnik shrimps and anemones. Obviously going electric at this time would not have been wise.

[Sky'sGoneOut]

Ok, this is the best tweet I've seen today

That is pretty good. Death metal does have a problem with white supermacist dickheads but they're mostly Eastern European rather than American. Unfortunately some of the death metal played over Ukrainian videos of the destruction of Russian military assets has been somewhat questionable to say the least when people translate the lyrics.

But then what genre of music doesn't have a minority of racist dicks? Disco maybe? I must confess I've never come across a racist funk band.

[Sky'sGoneOut]

Obviously going electric at this time would not have been wise.

Which begs the question why don't electric eels electrocute themselves?

How Do Eels Generate Electricity In Water Without Electrocuting Themselves?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2018 ... 6d97c964a0

So basically they bend and twist to avoid their bodies being the path of least resistance but if they get it wrong it kills them. No wonder evolution hasn't granted us all this superpower.

[Sky'sGoneOut]

It's truly amazing how rapidly civilisation/society has declined

I know!

I was brought up watching Star Trek, Shatner snogging women of various colours was the way to the future. We had Tom Baker slagging off the fossil fuel industry as Dr Who (while shagging/marrying his assistants) and Joanna Lumley being Sapphire to David McCallum's Steel when he ran off to America to avoid paying his taxes.

This was all very confusing to me as a child and fails to paint a coherent narrative even now, which is why the Seventies were so great.

[Sky'sGoneOut]

Just you and me now Refitman.

Thanks for keeping this place going. I appreciate it.

[frog222]

Switched off early morning Radio4 to find something more normal on FranceInter ...

non-stop E2 Funeral for the first ten minutes of the news !

[Willow904]

Ah yes, the FT.

The almost unbelievably irresponsible and fantastical editorial they wrote for the 2015 GE has got a bit of circulation in the past few days.

That was then, this is now. When even the FT is exposing income inequality you know the times they are a-changin'.


Edited because I originally said 'the tides they are a-changin' which brings to mind Bob Dylan as a crab surrounded by his beatnik shrimps and anemones. Obviously going electric at this time would not have been wise.

The FT was bought out by a Japanese company (Nikkei?) sometime after the 2015 GE so these days have zero stake in propping up economically illiterate "trickle down" Tory dogma.

[AnatolyKasparov]

The editorial in question has the grubby prints of J*n*n *a*e*h all over it.

[refitman]

[AnatolyKasparov]

How many will think that is real?

(not to mention Streatham Rovers and Simon Hedges)