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If, for instance, you followed Swiss current affairs, then you would know that CH and LI would be reluctant to have the UK in EFTA. They both compete with the City, so are rather cool on that. So strike that off the list.
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If, for instance, you followed Swiss current affairs, then you would know that CH and LI would be reluctant to have the UK in EFTA. They both compete with the City, so are rather cool on that. So strike that off the list.
It is a get your snake oil here advert. If there is such a thing as a committed politician then they will tell him where to go and let's hope there are plenty of them. As for voters, in the shires where Tories are more powerful than religion he will struggle because their MPs can't play his tune.
December 3, 2025 at 7:47 AM
It is a get your snake oil here advert. If there is such a thing as a committed politician then they will tell him where to go and let's hope there are plenty of them. As for voters, in the shires where Tories are more powerful than religion he will struggle because their MPs can't play his tune.
Grifters of a feather flock together. In fact, they can both flock off!
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Grifters of a feather flock together. In fact, they can both flock off!
Come the day, if a mob gets hold of her then it remains to be seen if she is allowed to remain intact. If not, then what she sowed she reaped.
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Come the day, if a mob gets hold of her then it remains to be seen if she is allowed to remain intact. If not, then what she sowed she reaped.
They are in joint projects with those two, along with Aston Martin and Renault, but don't own them. We were looking for an EV, saw their cars, so looked up the company. Don't much like their cars though.
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
They are in joint projects with those two, along with Aston Martin and Renault, but don't own them. We were looking for an EV, saw their cars, so looked up the company. Don't much like their cars though.
The article isn't so clear. Whilst we were looking for an EV Geely cropped up so I had a dekko and saw they are partnering various companies including Volvo and Polestar, have a stake in Aston Martin and Renault. So, no they don't own them. Don't like their cars though.
December 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The article isn't so clear. Whilst we were looking for an EV Geely cropped up so I had a dekko and saw they are partnering various companies including Volvo and Polestar, have a stake in Aston Martin and Renault. So, no they don't own them. Don't like their cars though.
Which king? I wouldn't criticise Kong because he is bigger than me, but Chas Windsock and his harlot Camelhead, obviously not. 🥱
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Which king? I wouldn't criticise Kong because he is bigger than me, but Chas Windsock and his harlot Camelhead, obviously not. 🥱
I have a tattered copy of 'The Clash of Civilizations', ditto Fukuyama’s 'End of History'. The debate between their ideas was something we need again, but updated and more serious data than speculative ideas that only led to shaky analyses.
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I have a tattered copy of 'The Clash of Civilizations', ditto Fukuyama’s 'End of History'. The debate between their ideas was something we need again, but updated and more serious data than speculative ideas that only led to shaky analyses.
Although it would be impossible to define as music, our closest primate relatives beat things that we could describe as percussive. It is probable beating rhythms then refining how it was done preceded other instruments. Percussion is still the most universal form of instrumentation now.
December 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Although it would be impossible to define as music, our closest primate relatives beat things that we could describe as percussive. It is probable beating rhythms then refining how it was done preceded other instruments. Percussion is still the most universal form of instrumentation now.
It is screamingly clear that workers will lose rights and their employers gain more. Just the discussions about leaving the ECHR more than hint at the reduction of protections that would include such things as working hours directives and minimum wage legislation.
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
It is screamingly clear that workers will lose rights and their employers gain more. Just the discussions about leaving the ECHR more than hint at the reduction of protections that would include such things as working hours directives and minimum wage legislation.
You have to excuse him because he is just a cretin with a posh accent who rabbits pointlessly on about things he doesn't actually know anything about. No, perhaps don't excuse him.
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
You have to excuse him because he is just a cretin with a posh accent who rabbits pointlessly on about things he doesn't actually know anything about. No, perhaps don't excuse him.
I taught a few Erasmus people. To get a place on a 12 month cycle for a UK university they were among the best students from their countries. What they gained from an academic year was invaluable, as I know from former students from the early 90s I am still in touch with. Leaving it was folly.
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I taught a few Erasmus people. To get a place on a 12 month cycle for a UK university they were among the best students from their countries. What they gained from an academic year was invaluable, as I know from former students from the early 90s I am still in touch with. Leaving it was folly.
Did Trump declare them and pay the duty when he got back to the Useless Set of Arseholes to play orange president? If not, yet another criminal offence to add to the list - smuggling.
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Did Trump declare them and pay the duty when he got back to the Useless Set of Arseholes to play orange president? If not, yet another criminal offence to add to the list - smuggling.
That reflects on the sentiments of your other post. How can media be brought back to being objective, truthful and reporting in the public interest rather than politically mythologising what 'they' don't like?
December 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM
That reflects on the sentiments of your other post. How can media be brought back to being objective, truthful and reporting in the public interest rather than politically mythologising what 'they' don't like?
Controlled newspapers are reminiscent of dictatorial regimes, contemporarily TV is almost as uncontrollable as Internet media, streaming and VPN usage have ended that possibility without strict internet control which are dictatorial by their nature.
We are stuck with what we have unfortunately.
We are stuck with what we have unfortunately.
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Controlled newspapers are reminiscent of dictatorial regimes, contemporarily TV is almost as uncontrollable as Internet media, streaming and VPN usage have ended that possibility without strict internet control which are dictatorial by their nature.
We are stuck with what we have unfortunately.
We are stuck with what we have unfortunately.
Any legislative moves to attempt to place a duty of objectivity and public interest on media would not work. Defining it is subjective, does not comfortably accommodate the extremes of right and left held by the public who use media.
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Any legislative moves to attempt to place a duty of objectivity and public interest on media would not work. Defining it is subjective, does not comfortably accommodate the extremes of right and left held by the public who use media.
Doing anything about that is a rock and hard place issue. If, as some people want, foreign ownership is banned or at least restricted there is no certainty that that will achieve what we would like to see. It could, on the pessimistic end, make it worse.
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Doing anything about that is a rock and hard place issue. If, as some people want, foreign ownership is banned or at least restricted there is no certainty that that will achieve what we would like to see. It could, on the pessimistic end, make it worse.
I guess it is a tribute to the RFK Jr theory of autism.
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I guess it is a tribute to the RFK Jr theory of autism.
This is the elephant in the room that is so big nobody wants to go in there. If Labour was a people's party they would listen to the people then at the very least have an open and honest discussion with the electorate. Instead they are led by a 'deaf, dumb and blind' leadership led by Starmer.
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is the elephant in the room that is so big nobody wants to go in there. If Labour was a people's party they would listen to the people then at the very least have an open and honest discussion with the electorate. Instead they are led by a 'deaf, dumb and blind' leadership led by Starmer.
He needs to be pollarded. Which bits need pruning is another question entirely.
November 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
He needs to be pollarded. Which bits need pruning is another question entirely.
Don't trust old age to do that, think how many people dithered into their dotage but held onto power. Impeachment is far quicker.
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Don't trust old age to do that, think how many people dithered into their dotage but held onto power. Impeachment is far quicker.
If anybody happens to be in or passing by Aunay-sur-Odon in the Calvados department of Normandy, pop in to see David in his château to make it clear what you feel about his Russian bribes.
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If anybody happens to be in or passing by Aunay-sur-Odon in the Calvados department of Normandy, pop in to see David in his château to make it clear what you feel about his Russian bribes.
If anybody happens to be in or passing by Aunay-sur-Odon in the Calvados department of Normandy, pop in to see David in his château to make it clear what you feel about his Russian bribes.
November 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If anybody happens to be in or passing by Aunay-sur-Odon in the Calvados department of Normandy, pop in to see David in his château to make it clear what you feel about his Russian bribes.
Aunay sur Odon in Calvados department.
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Aunay sur Odon in Calvados department.
Aunay sur Odon in Calvados department.
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Aunay sur Odon in Calvados department.