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Post by adrianc on May 2, 2024 23:07:10 GMT
Would Voter ID brings a new element of surprises? I went to the polling station this morning for casting 3 votes for 3 different things. No queues, My ID was checked by one person and other two people were double checking their sheets before handing out the papers to me. Anyway, I spent almost 10 mins there and heard at least 4 people didn’t bring the acceptable ID. At least one current Tory MP has been turned away, and one recent-ex Tory MP... Any bets they tried to play the "But don't you know who I am?" card? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/boris-johnson-elections-polling-station-b2538777.html(Oh, and ex-military veteran ID is not on the list...)
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Post by adrianc on May 2, 2024 8:43:40 GMT
Anyway I do like the concept of 15 minute city. I had a very enjoy stay in Belgium last weekend. It’s all about location, location, location. Easy access to everything from international transport, nice food and drinks, place of worship, shops and entertainment. What a good idea. I walked most of the time to get to places I want during my stay. No, no, no. It's the WEF and Soros and *them* (unspecified) trying to control you and stop you moving around as you wish and generally, umm, something. (But if you ask what's in it for them? <tumbleweed>) You'd almost think some people were fond of out-of-town retail parks.
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Post by adrianc on May 2, 2024 7:54:51 GMT
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Post by adrianc on May 1, 2024 14:15:12 GMT
He didn't after 2014, after all. He didn't what, sorry ? its 2024 and . . . well, we are where we are. Its to take control over country avoiding military intervention 1st then ... look Georgia, Tbilisi. He didn't settle for "just some part of Ukraine" after the 2014 invasion and annexation of Crimea. Or, indeed, the "liberation" of Donbas and Luhansk. So, no, it's very unlikely he would have in 2022.
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Post by adrianc on May 1, 2024 12:22:01 GMT
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Post by adrianc on May 1, 2024 11:47:25 GMT
It is actually very likely putin will not settled just for some part of Ukraine. He didn't after 2014, after all.
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Post by adrianc on May 1, 2024 11:07:02 GMT
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Post by adrianc on May 1, 2024 10:59:48 GMT
I don't think anybody who knows anything about WWII would deny the Soviet contribution, which was immense, and came at great cost. But saying "the Soviet Union won the war" is as facile as saying "the US and UK won the war". I agree with you that strategic bombing was next to useless, and came at great cost, but have you got a source for your "40% of Britain's war effort" claim? I think the answer to that last question falls between "I made it up" and "mis-heard and mis-remembered". UK total military personnel during WW2 = 3.5m UK Bomber Command personnel during WW2 = 125,000 = 3.5% UK military deaths during WW2 = 383,000 UK Bomber Command deaths during WW2 - 55,000 = 14% UK total cost of WW2 = US$120bn = £30bn at wartime fixed exchange rate UK strategic air offensive cost of WW2 = £2.8bn = 9% But, yeh, there's no way any single one of the allies "won the war" alone, whatever Hollywood might like us to think.
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Post by adrianc on May 1, 2024 9:54:47 GMT
Somebody has been sent to Rwanda! Oh, wait a sec. Not under the much-vaunted deal - but under the pre-existing "voluntary return" scheme that 3,000 people used last year. www.gov.uk/return-home-voluntarilyA scheme that was introduced in 2006 (but was £2,000 at the time - so it's failed to keep pace with inflation.) www.theguardian.com/society/2006/jan/13/asylum.politicsThe hyped deal sees people being sent before their claims have been processed. This person's claim had been processed and denied, but their home country (not announced) is clearly not safe for them to be sent to, else they'd have been deported - like 19,000 people last year whose claims were rejected...
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Post by adrianc on May 1, 2024 9:48:12 GMT
It is a shame the Ukrainians cant turn back the clock and accept the offer that was negotiated in 2022. What "offer" was "negotiated" in 2022?
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Post by adrianc on Apr 30, 2024 14:39:41 GMT
I've been looking for a fund like that. But one that pays dividends. ...and goes up in value? How about iShares INRG or Amundi NRJL ? Both distributing trackers of green energy indices.
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Post by adrianc on Apr 30, 2024 11:51:25 GMT
The problem with UK energy security is the policies of this government and even worse the next Labour government. These policies are political and tax grab with no regard to energy security. I've actually dipped my toes into a couple of UK renewable funds (UKW/NESF) this year as the current tax grab has caused a bit of a fire sale of UK energy assets and they're trading at bargain basement prices. These funds are cutting right back on new investment and looking to spend their money on buybacks instead to shore up share prices (My gamble is on this succeeding) It's a global issue. I've had a chunk in LG's Green Energy Fund for a while now - RENG. It tracks the Solactive Clean Energy Index, a USD fund with global composition. markets.ft.com/data/etfs/tearsheet/summary?s=RENG:LSE:GBXwww.solactive.com/Indices/?index=DE000SL0AVN3Since I bought in (Nov 2021), I'm 23% down...
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Post by adrianc on Apr 29, 2024 17:13:12 GMT
Unfortunately the Irish have discovered that an open border isnt as wonderful as they thought and that return to sender isnt an option without an EU returns agreement as the UK has to deal with the EU as a whole apparently. Another knock-on of the UK leaving the EU, and the Dublin Regulations and the Common European Asylum System... Reunification of the island would, of course, resolve the issue without breaching the GFA. Of course, if the UK had stayed within the Dublin Regs and CEAS, it would have been so much easier to send "small boats" back to France, as it was when they came over in the backs of trucks.
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Post by adrianc on Apr 29, 2024 13:33:13 GMT
May I repeat... "If you're relying on "but there are plans..." to state that the initial capacity of 200 per year is somehow "nonsense", then I admire your optimism." May I also repeat... "So what do you think the capacity is? What are your sources?" I have no idea what the full number will turn out to be except it will be strictly greater than 200. You have again chosen to extract the part of the sentence to suit the point you are trying to make. Given that they "had plans" to send the first people nearly two years ago, it's safe to say that "there are plans" is nebulous guff that can be relied on about as much as Rishi's manifesto.
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Post by adrianc on Apr 29, 2024 12:18:06 GMT
The entire paragraph says... "The Home Office has said Rwanda has an initial capacity to take 200 people a year, but there are plans to increase that number when the scheme begins."I've bolded the second half of the sentence you conveniently missed off the first time you posted. May I repeat... "If you're relying on "but there are plans..." to state that the initial capacity of 200 per year is somehow "nonsense", then I admire your optimism." May I also repeat... "So what do you think the capacity is? What are your sources?"
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