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Jun 1, 2024 7:07:17 GMT
Post by adrianc on Jun 1, 2024 7:07:17 GMT
In fact is there a correlation between those who essentially insisted the 2016 UK referendum should be anulled and those in the UK who hate Trump? That bit's one for another thread... But I'd suggest the correlation is the other way round. Those who *still* think Brexit a good idea are the ones who support Trump. Nobody wanted the referendum annulled. It was only ever legally advisory in the first place. Gina Miller's court case was about getting parliament to approve any deal - which, thanks to her, is what happened. As for a second referendum for the population to approve any deal... Remember whose idea it was?
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Jun 1, 2024 7:03:37 GMT
Post by adrianc on Jun 1, 2024 7:03:37 GMT
All betting tells you is where the money's going. That's not the same as where the votes might go. Trump IS still ahead, but only *just*, 41.0% to 39.7% with 9.8% for Kennedy. The conviction was never going to change anything, simply because there is nobody undecided in the US. projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/
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Jun 1, 2024 7:00:31 GMT
Post by adrianc on Jun 1, 2024 7:00:31 GMT
oh, I can see the disappointment on your face. Trump should not be a president at any and every cost. puttler's asset did not worked out the way they want it although it caused to0 much damage anyway, unfortunately. Oh, you're going with that are you? 'Putler' That would be a five times winner with 87 percent support - yes I can see how the theory of his influence works. Trump only makes people want to support him and people mentally deranged equal numbers but Putin can just cakewalk it. OF COURSE he threw the 2016 election! Because, of course, those elections were all free, fair and open, with a free and fair press available to all...
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Post by adrianc on Jun 1, 2024 6:55:52 GMT
There was no loss.
None of the makers did anything that was barred here.
VW did... in the US, where alternate maps for emissions test cycles were explicitly banned (unlike here), and the NOx limits for diesels were the same as for petrols (far stricter than here). The recall addressed that by putting that "test cycle" map live all the time. People didn't like that.
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Post by adrianc on Jun 1, 2024 6:53:04 GMT
"The family has started a crowdfunding campaign to raise up to £50,000 to bring her home. Mr Wood, 25, said the family was "not necessarily looking for sympathy""
Not sympathy, just money...
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Post by adrianc on May 27, 2024 16:57:41 GMT
You're funny. Barking, but funny. At least provide some evidence? You have already stated the top line. My evidence is your own post which seemed to suggest the UK's contribution to Ukraine's war effort is not at the top of the list. Care to link to it? Let's see if it actually says what you claim it does...
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Post by adrianc on May 27, 2024 8:47:45 GMT
Andrew Bridgen. The man who's said the Covid vaccine is the worst genocide since the holocaust, and who joined Lozza Fox's political party for ten minutes. Says the man who thinks Croatia and 13 other countries have been more influential in the fight against Russia than our islands. I have to wonder what tune you will sing if bombs start landing on British towns and villages. You're funny. Barking, but funny.
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Post by adrianc on May 24, 2024 8:28:17 GMT
This could go in several sections of the forum, but it seems most appropriate here...
From the latest "Popbitch".
"The Sun's coverage of Andrew Bailey this week went very heavy on the sleepy metaphors; a little joke about the rumours that the Governor of the Bank of England has a habit of drifting off to sleep in meetings.
For what it's worth, a Popbitch reader who was up for a job at the Bank of England has firsthand experience of it. Not only did Bailey doze off during their interview, he began snoring too.
The two other members of staff continued with the interview as if nothing had happened, skipping over any section where Andrew would have been expected to ask a question. Then, when he did wake up, they simply pointed to the part they'd reached on the candidate's application and he picked things up from there.
This sort of thing happened with enough regularity at Bailey's old job at the FCA it earned him the nickname: "Rock-a-bye Bailey"."
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Post by adrianc on May 24, 2024 7:45:05 GMT
Andrew Bridgen. The man who's said the Covid vaccine is the worst genocide since the holocaust, and who joined Lozza Fox's political party for ten minutes.
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Post by adrianc on May 23, 2024 21:12:20 GMT
My predictions Labour 370 or so Tories 120 lib dems 60 SNP 40 greens 1 who will win for the Greens, given that Caroline Lucas is not standing. www.electionpolling.co.uk/battleground/targets/greenBristol Central would be 16% swing, but from Labour. IoW W would be 20% swing from Tory. Edinburgh N would be 20% swing from SNP. There's a LOT of 25% from Tory swing seats... To put that into perspective, the smallest RefUK swing to win from Tory would also be 20%. 22% would see 30p Lee reformed.
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Post by adrianc on May 23, 2024 21:04:57 GMT
You couldn't make this up. Its raining, literally. And now he is being nearly drowned out by some background music coming from somewhere. Someone has deigned to both literally and figuratively rain on his parade ! Not any old background music. Tony Blair's 1997 landslide election victory anthem en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_Can_Only_Get_Better_(D:Ream_song)It was, of course, Steve Bray playing it. The reaction? An injunction banning him from every street around Westminster...
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Post by adrianc on May 23, 2024 20:18:13 GMT
even today I've been told if Labour wins nationally the council tax here will come down Well, given how badly the Tories have starved local authorities of funding... Our county council (yes, the other side of the line, but adjacent) has lost 98.5% of its central government funding since 2010 - £1k/household/year. And, of course, CT increases have been capped at or below inflation all that time, too. <boggle> on SOOOOOO many levels.
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Post by adrianc on May 23, 2024 15:20:51 GMT
Step away from the daytime TV if you want competent, timely journalism... This has been doing the rounds for a week or more. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-69016539But, yes, he's always been Ghanaian. Well, when I say "always", remember that Ghana was a British colony until 1957... And therein, of course, is where it gets a little greyer, especially when taken together with potential spousal rights.
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