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[scruff1] 12/6/2021 08:03

Asa
Agreed.
I think Scotland are more pathetic than the English. At least it was the gormless english players own (or more likely rashfords)idea to be pathetic. The jocks obviously didn't go for it but when told to be pathetic by (probably wee Jimmie who didn't want fat boy to get one up in the wokey stakes) meekly collapsed and 'yes miss'. Come on England - sort of

[xxxxxy] 12/6/2021 07:50

The EU is grossly over represented at the G7JUNE 12, 2021 13 COMMENTSIf the U.K. thought it should send both the Prime Minister and the Speaker to represent it at the G7 the other states would object that  the U.K. was over represented. If the mighty USA sent both the President and the Majority  leader of the Senate that too would have seemed silly or unfair. Yet if you look  at the photos of the meeting of the G7 you see nine people present. Sure enough the EU had sent not one but two Presidents, the President of the Council and the President of  the Commission.This absurdity famously spilled over into a row between these same two Presidents in recent negotiations between the EU and Turkey. The President of the Council who I think is technically the senior bagged the one large official chair for the EU rep, only for there to be very public complaints from the President of the Commission. The EU needs to get its act together and decide in each meeting or negotiation which of its 5 Presidents leads the delegation and sits in the one chair they should be awarded like the countries present.There is at the G7 a more serious and worrying issue. The EU has five of the nine seats, sending three member state Heads and two Presidents. On an issue like vaccines which is a crucial issue at this summit the EU has run the policy for its member states, so on that issue just one EU rep should engage with four independent countries. If these intimate gatherings of a few leaders of powerful countries are to be valuable they should not be slowed down by the EU giving five versions of what they will do on vaccines.On  issues where member states have some powers but have to work under the legal and policy framework of the EU as in green matters and economic policy it would be helpful if they settled in advance who was in the lead and who could speak for them. There will inevitably be much groupthink and common policy between all 5 so it does not need all 5 present and talking to represent that one viewpoint. Decisions of the  G7are usually by consensus, not vote, but having a majority of the voices could distort the debate and give the EU view an unjustified numerical advantage over the US or U.K. view.... John Redwood

[polar fox] 12/6/2021 07:42

The Portuguese stallion knighted!

António Horta-Osório receives knighthood in Queen’s birthday honours - Times

For services rendered to other men's wives?

[nick100] 12/6/2021 07:25

https://www.fool.co.uk/investing/2021/06/11/the-lloyds-share-price-is-up-50-id-still-buy/

[nick100] 12/6/2021 07:24

https://www.ig.com/uk/news-and-trade-ideas/what-is-the-outlook-for-lloyds-shares-over-the-rest-of-2021--210610

[utrickytrees] 12/6/2021 05:57

Good post Levis.

[sentimental rules] 11/6/2021 22:41

No vermin today?Day off from his bile and angerBliss. What low life cancerous scum he and arja is

[scruff1] 11/6/2021 22:23

Ay up. Fat boy supports England taking the knee now. Another U turn. Oh and Scotland have u turned too. They have decided they actually do support BLM now - all the team changed their minds - just like that. Funny how black lives only seem to matter to the English and the Scottish - no other country seems bothered. Do you get the feeling some politico has got at the jocks. Wokeness has to be obeyed by all institutions

[jl5006] 11/6/2021 19:57

If only treason had said anything of real interest - No deal is better than a bad deal - ur effing muck up.
Time to put up - u were the worst Home Office Sec - ur current holder is just like u - the pits.
Yey u spout in HOC - pathetic -
Think the lawyers for the ppl jlyn - need to put the lot in court charged with utter mismanagement.
All the agencies seem to want to screw Coys

[scruff1] 11/6/2021 19:56

Here we go. TVs a toss up for the next week or so. Its either who meets who and who wears what at the highly important G7 or its what is Linekars and Ferdinands view on every single kick of every ball by every team in the BLM Cup As always every cloud and all that. Me allotments gonna be weed free

[xxxxxy] 11/6/2021 18:07

GB News to launch radio stationTelevision news outlet fronted by Andrew Neil is the first to be simulcast on digital radio in the UK and will launch next monthByChris Johnston11 June 2021 • 3:38pm?GB News, the right-leaning television network that launches on Sunday, will also be available on radio under plans announced on Friday.Rather than be a separate station, it will be a simulcast of the audio from the TV broadcast, which will also be available online as well as Freeview, Sky, Virgin and Freesat. It is the first time that a TV channel has been simulcast on radio in Britain and could risk the station being labelled as "talk radio on TV" by critics..... Daily Telegraph

[xxxxxy] 11/6/2021 18:03

There are two sides to the foreign aid coinJune 09, 2021By Jonathan Saxty – 4 minute read SLASHING FOREIGN AID is very popular in the UK. By some accounts, two-thirds of us support it. Given the hit from Covid-19, that's hardly surprising, nor are the announced cuts to overseas aid from 0.7% to 0.5% of GDP. Even before the pandemic, support for cutting aid was high.  Now, given the hit the UK has taken, we can hardly be shocked that most of us believe charity starts at home. Instinctively this feels right given the impact lockdowns have had. Plus, we can hardly blame people for their suspicions. How often have we read about misappropriated funds by corrupt politicians or the squandering of our money?  However, even those of us who instinctively think foreign aid should be cut should try and see the shades of grey. There may be big risks to foreign aid cuts at this time, as attractive as it may initially sound, perhaps explaining why a group of 30 Tory rebels had attempted to back a bid to increase aid spending in 2022. It seems the Government avoided this rebellion but the implications could still be great. My instinct is to cut foreign aid and I share the sentiment that the British Government should put its own people first. We ought, however, to consider the centre-right case for not slashing aid as well. In countries across Africa and Asia, UK aid helps to fund schools. Without this, many children would never attend them. So what, you might ask. Well, poor education leads to worse life chances and economic outcomes. Ask any immigrant why they leave, and educational opportunities will be right up there, along with job opportunities. In other words, one major consequence of cuts could be more of what we have seen over the last few years: boatloads of people – mostly young men – risking their lives trying to escape to Europe. Yes, this is often the fault of corrupt politicians not getting their houses in order but will doing nothing stop the boats from coming? Do you trust British politicians when it comes to strong borders? Why should the UK bear this burden alone, you may reply. It shouldn't. Nor is it right to give cash to countries which spend money on vanity projects. But if one rich country starts slashing its budget, others may follow, with a domino effect.  Yes, trade is better than aid – long-term it is absolutely the right approach. But many people need to be brought beyond subsistence level before they can afford what we have to sell. Stick two fingers up all you want, but overseas poverty cannot be wished away and people will keep trying to escape it. And why should they have to leave? We know scarring from Covid-19 is likely to impact the developing world worst of all – they lack the financial firepower of the rich world, on top of substandard healthcare and welfare facilities. When such countries lockdown, livelihoods are wiped out overnight – few have the luxury of furlough support.  As poverty inevitably rises, politicians in poor countries could look for scapegoats and to pick fights in order to deflect attention from their own failings. Last year, we saw conflicts in the Caucasus and Himalayas. Could 2021 and 2022 bring more of the same? Where there is conflict, there will also likely be forced migration – think Syria.  Finally, aid cuts don't just impact schools and hospitals. British universities involved in research often get hit hard as well. This is the kind of research which can save and improve lives. In turn, this creates the conditions where people are less likely to leave their countries and instead build futures there.  Brexit-Watch editor, Brian Monteith, explained some of the ways to make foreign aid more effective by making any cuts in spending that we don't actually control because you don't have to be a bleeding-heart liberal to be concerned that slashing foreign aid now could store up problems for the future. Yes, ideally, I think foreign aid should be reduced too but I can also see the unintended consequences of doing so, especially in a time as fraught with risks as this one. 

[k38] 11/6/2021 18:01

I see arja is on overtime lately.. did M2 left the room or they give to him a few days off. Lol.

[sentimental rules] 11/6/2021 17:57

Arja is a low life heap of sh@&Simples

[k38] 11/6/2021 17:46

arjastop calling the old cow TM a brexiteer. TM was and still is a remainer and did a lot damage to Brexit. She lost her jobbecause she was incompetent and agreed to things she was unable to understand or say no to Brussels. They was laughing at her in Brussels. The worse ever PM in history.

[smartypants] 11/6/2021 16:58

Americans told to STOP using rapid Covid test over accuracy concerns.

US health chiefs have told the public to immediately stop using a lateral flow Covid test that Britain has spent around £2.8billion on.
Kits made by Innova have been put at the heart of the UK's twice-a-week swabbing blitz, with ministers hoping the regular testing programme would thwart the spread of coronavirus.
But the tests, which revolve around nose swabs and offer results in just 30 minutes, have been mired in huge controversy since they were given the green light.

Now the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates medical devices used in the US, has revealed it has 'significant concerns' over the accuracy of the test and has called on Americans who have bought it to throw it in the bin.

The agency accused Innova of peddling 'false or misleading' claims about how well the tests work, with the Californian-based firm claiming they were up to 98.98 per cent accurate. 

Scientists have accused the UK Government of misleading the public over the accuracy of Innova's rapid test and called for its use to be stopped.
The Innova lateral flow test is not fit for many of the purposes being proposed by the government. 
In the Liverpool pilot, the test missed infection in 60 per cent of people, and of greatest concern missed it in 30 per cent of those with very high viral loads who are at highest risk of spreading the virus to others. 
The limitations of the test were not being made clear by the Department of Health and it was being made out to be more accurate than it is.