Friday 14th October 2022

[refitman]

Morning all.

[frog222]

Morning refit

[notnowsonny]

@porfavor from last night:

My pleasure. I’ve enjoyed a few of the late night music bits from you and @sky, so it’s nice to repay the debt a little.

[frog222]

So Kami skived off from the meetings where the whole world would have been laughing at him and has scuttled home --

[AnatolyKasparov]

Ah well, he (just) outlasted Iain Macleod.

[frog222]

Popcorn indeed !

[frog222]

Popcorn AND knives of course

tuityfruity 3 minutes ago

Now, BBC news, it's "decisive action" to sack your chancellor. Oh my days.

[frog222]

THIS battle continues --

" In a tweet, the director and screenplay writer Reza Dormishian pointed to the photo of an Iranian actor that came from one of his films, and that another image was of the photojournalist, Nooshin Jafari, who is serving a four-year term in Evin prison for insulting the state. Radical film-makers have been in and out of court for more than a decade. "

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... e-of-image

[notnowsonny]

I have to ask myself, why, when the PM has just sacked her chancellor, the BBC can’t have a Politics Live programme about the PM sacking her chancellor, rather than trying to bring in an examination of Labour’s plans to sort things out? Jo Coburn had two (at least) attempts to change the direction of discussion, but luckily events in the ‘real’ world kept redirecting her. It’s not good enough to say that the Government wouldn’t offer up a minister so… Not that they did, but you can see it emerging as an argument in favour of their line of attack.

[frog222]

Truss and Kami take control --

[refitman]

[AnatolyKasparov]

Jeremy Hunt it is, then. Apart from anything else, does he have any previous experience in the economic field?

[frog222]

Original deleted by Swinford and others, but here is Kwasi's letter sacking Kwasi

Hypothesis , he drafted both sides of the exchange , filling in time on that bloody plane ?

[frog222]

Jeremy Hunt it is, then. Apart from anything else, does he have any previous experience in the economic field?

You'd think that most senior ministers would have a clue tho ?

[frog222]

SHOULD Truss survive ............ and nothing is impossible these days .... what are the odds she follows Yeurope in introducing a windfall tax ?

[gilsey]

Jeremy Hunt it is, then. Apart from anything else, does he have any previous experience in the economic field?

Plenty of form for hypocrisy, sod all else.

[AnatolyKasparov]

SHOULD Truss survive ............ and nothing is impossible these days .... what are the odds she follows Yeurope in introducing a windfall tax ?

Quite high, I would say.

She is desperate not to go down as the shortest serving PM in history (or even postwar) and will do pretty much anything to avoid it - if possible.

(and it may not be now)

[Sky'sGoneOut]

Despite a bit of a hangover I must say I'm rather enjoying today, that press conference was a hoot, especially the gormless staring around to find her client journalists. That was weird. I mean how long does it take to find someone as morbidly obese as Harry Cole in a small room?



(Edited to include said gormless staring).

[Sky'sGoneOut]

Here's the Star live feed of Truss vs a lettuce.

[Sky'sGoneOut]

[AnatolyKasparov]

Only spoiled by the usual zombies incanting "wRoNg BrOtHeR" in the replies.

[Sky'sGoneOut]

It just keeps getting better. Farage is berating Hunt for being a remainer while Dan Wootton and all the other anti-lockdown/anti-vax GB news nutters are going after him because he supported lockdowns and vaccinations. They're having a total meltdown. It's hilarious!

Here's another tweet that hasn't aged well to say the least.

[Sky'sGoneOut]

[RogerOThornhill]

Good afternoon.

Back from a day in one of my two libraries...

Anything interesting happened while I've been out?

[RogerOThornhill]

[Sky'sGoneOut]

[refitman]

Some background on the truly horrific people that JK Rowling decides to associate with.

[frog222]

So farewell, Kwasi. Your career died so Liz Truss’s might live for at least 15 more minutes
Marina Hyde

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... eremy-hunt

[RogerOThornhill]

Why do I get the impression that Mr Statues would quite like a dictator?

[tinyclanger2]

Evening. The world leaves me speechless. Just wanted to thank you (as I sporadically do) for keeping things going here. I know I'm not pulling my weight (not that my random interventions are ever even on-topic) but I see it as complementary skillsets.

[Sky'sGoneOut]

[Sky'sGoneOut]

I've been seeing this repeated quite a bit on the right, that Ben Wallace has a hideous skeleton in his closet. I wonder what it could be.

[frog222]

WHOOOPS !


United Kingdom 30-Year Bond price fell out of bed again

<b>4.861 +0.317</b> +

Prev. Close: 4.544
Day's Range: 4.244 - 4.839



And sterling stuttered DOWN
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GBPUSD=X

So her speechlet didn't do any good then .

[RogerOThornhill]

Not sure I get the 'skeleton in Ben Wallace's cupboard' line - if there is one cabinet post that would have been an automatic block on him, it must surely be Defence.

[refitman]

They just showed the full performance of Tubular Bells, on BBC4. What a great piece of composition

[refitman]

(the Exorcist bit is about 10mins in)

[Sky'sGoneOut]

The Conservatives could have it as a soundtrack while they attempt to exorcise Liz Truss.

[Sky'sGoneOut]

This is excellent.

The markets have taken back control: so much for Truss’s Brexit delusion of sovereignty - Jonathan Freedland

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... itain-suez