Today's discussion about the news
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I don't under emojis, but I suspect you're complaining about inappropriately located musical chat.briantrumpet said:👮♂️🚓
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"I don't recall..."
This can of worms smells fishy, to say the least. They usually say that prosecutors don't ask questions to which they don't already know the answer, but maybe Sunak is either telling the truth, or he knows for sure he really has deleted those WhatsApp messages.
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I'm fairly ambivilent on this. One the one hand I'm here saying leaders need a way to communicate honestly and without fear of it coming public.
On the other, I think it's very dodgy both he and Johnson have 'lost' WA messages.0 -
They could have saved the unsavoury stuff for face to face. It's not like the pandemic seemed to prevent them getting together!
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Well, not sure this is an improvement.
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Nor me... though was just starting to get used to the extra two hours of time per day it had freed up.
Now just seeing if their photo hosting is any better... my new Italian bike bell...
EDIT - no, is the answer... rather than lots of compression and a tiny image, I just get "Request failed with status code 403".
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Looks like they've seen some sense.
https://twitter.com/matt_dathan/status/1737887468899201212?t=3F1wYXljjRxKUyf4-SAiGw&s=19
"Minimum income threshold needed to bring foreign spouses to UK will only rise to £29,000 initially. No timeline for it to be raised to £38,700"
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Ha, another bug - Twitter links don't display as Tweets, and hyperlinks don't work as such.
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Haha - re the climbdown in the income level, Sunak's getting a roasting from the loons. Quelle surprise.
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£29k is still a 50% increase on the current requirement which wasn't particularly fair or well implemented.
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In the news over the last 10 days...
Whilst facing accusations of indiscriminate killing, Israel managed to shoot three bare chested people waving a white flag, and then used the defence "Who would have thought they were hostages?" as if it justified it. In fairness, that they didn't cover this up is pretty remarkable, so maybe they should be applauded for that.
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How are they so bad at making policy. 29k will presumably end up pleasing even fewer people.
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Yep, re Gaza, still pretty sure the IDF want to make it uninhabitable for Palestinians. At least there's a bit of movement from the UK in questioning what the real motives are and what constitutes a proportionate response (i.e., they don't think it is).
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I wonder if Michelle Mone took media advice about doing an interview from those who advised Prince Andrew?
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I was amused by the revelation that her 'legal team' seemed to be little more than her and her hubby in their front room with Google as learned counsel. One suspects that her admission to lying to the press will come back to haunt her in more ways than one, though I am enjoying her turning on the Tories who threw money at her while she lied to the press.
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^^^^ Nice one! ^^^^
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Ah, things start to make sense. Robbie Gibb, on the BBC Board, brother of Tory MP Nick Gibb, is the sole owner of the Jewish Chronicle, which is, shall we say, rather one-sided on the Gaza question.
https://twitter.com/peterjukes/status/1737991564142514288
It's even got Ben Wallace's back up:
Recently the JC published an article attacking my position on the IDF’s strategy in Gaza and what impact it might have on the chances of peace in the long [term]. Given the article by Richard Kemp was inaccurate and a direct challenge I asked the editor for the right of reply. I am not frightened of debate and a respected media outlet would not either i thought. Sadly Jake, the editor has declined but instead got his journalists to double down by ringing round to find some to pile in on a hatchet job. No one should take a media outlet seriously that doesn’t allow a right of reply which is probably why the JC has so many IPSO rulings against it. Sad really. I wont be taking the hatchet job tomorrow seriously and nor should anyone else. There are plenty of serving and recently serving military who have been in touch who do agree with my observations. The offer is still there to the JC..but i wont hold my breath.
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In other news, Telegraph reporting on the likelihood of certain food shortages next year. I suspect they are slightly conflicted, as they traditionally stick up for British farming, but there are oblique reference to the B word in amongst the other international challenges to the free flow of goods.
As I've noted in the past, allowing UK agriculture to wither and relying on the free flow of food internationally is a high-risk strategy.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/food-shortages-empty-supermarket-shelves/
A 2021 food security report found that 46pc of food consumed in the UK in 2020 was imported. Eggs, dairy, meat and other “high-risk” items will all be subject to more health checks at the border from January 31, which could slow the supply of food into the UK, the Institute of Export and International Trade warned. Marco Forgione, of the Institute of Export & International Trade, said: “Whilst businesses in the UK are already getting used to checks on products going into the EU, the checks BTOM will introduce for EU goods coming the other way will be new.”
He said: “These new procedures will take some bedding in time, so there’s a risk we’ll see disruption to supplies of our favourite drinks and other food – which could lead to gaps in supermarket shelves.”
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Just testing
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Welcome back
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I quoted surrey-commuter and got that... Then I can't edit it
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Er
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That was me quoting Big Bean.
I mean, the forum is free after all.
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We are getting value for money! 🤣🤣🤣
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
It would be better if it was a quote without half a word missing.
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And that was me quoting myself.
I am struggling to understand how this platform can be so much worse than it was in 2010.
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Quality of current users😉
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I see the quotes are working well.
The above was supposed to have FA quote of struggling to understand how the platform could so much worse.
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