When people who are not Tories are worried that the Tories are straying so far from acceptable language that they caution them, rather than use it political clout is a testament to how badly they're breaking the bounds of decency
Small 'c' conservatives, they are not.
It's almost like when presented with issues of state that require serious consideration, rather than poor arguments memed on X, they're horribly out of their depth
s&p up 700 tomorrow eod after trump tweets "using magic to spontaneously materialize oil to REPLACE what was lost! wizard of the dark woods knows a GOOD DEAL when he sees one! oman owes us a favor!"
To be fair to the haters, the energy policy space has been so heavily populated by oil funded voices that anyone pushing anything more complicated that a sudden, complete green transition being viewed with scepticism isn't entirely their fault.
I don't have a cat but bless you for the reminder that the world can feel terrible
it's OK, the US is reliable RoL state, we'll lend you more Petro-dollars to cover it, secure in the knowledge we'll get it back...
Some evenings I treat myself to a well cooked meal, but tonight it's spiced baked camambert or as my niece calls it 'the dippy cheese'
It's not like people online to take view everything as being in the worst possible faith, then extrapolate the most damning interpretations of someone's thoughts from the words they imagine they have read.
Hope it's not been too wearing.
I was about to enter the Star Wars discourse, then I remembered while I'm happy to watch Star Wars films and TV, and play the games, my opinionations about SW are weakly held enough I can't be fucked.
searching Clapham Common for the cunning creatures did for Ron Davies
I believe it's over year's worth, on account of wanting a bit of breathing space should they invade Taiwan.
Think I read somewhere they've got a fucking huge strategic reserve on account of their vulnerability to blockade
They said "why are you going on about world politics?" in the chill-out room, and I screamed "It'll be important one day" at their their backs, as they returned to the room playing trite Jungle.
The French call it "pain au cockolat"
I admire the posters that get in the trenches 30 replies down, that’s true dedication to the game
It's the Tory party, they'll shaft the old gentry and give the new peerages to people who give them money in the present
Strategic Occultation
He's not entirely wrong, but it is because of what Russia does.
Make Russia Muscovy Again
We're living in a scenario in which the world will be willing to pretend the US President has won a war he hasn't won, because humouring the mad cunt is the least terrible of available options.
Well done everybody
If someone has forsworn social media are we allowed to steal their joke format?
I'm not complaining I just want a ruling
It's hard to overstate how much I loathe the Royal Mail now emptying the nearest postbox at 8am rather than 5pm, as it was for the last 20 or so years.
They're stealing a whole working day from us and it means my greeting cards often arrive late.
Moderately interesting that the new Supreme Leader shouldn't be a Supreme Leader as he's not passed enough religious exams to be an Ayatollah, and that's a constitutional requirement to lead the Islamic Republic (which apparently now works like a monarchy)
Sweet dreams
Politicians who conventionally would have been expected to leave foreign policy to the government, seem to be freelancing in a fashion that only Galloway would entertain in the good old days
I gave up due to the manky controls, I accidentally shot a shop-keeper while trying to pay them
I was told to read his blog back when he was regarded as the "brains behind Euroskeptiscm" and it was breathtaking how obvious it was he'd not read the treaties he was angry about.
Using Suez as a reference for past humiliation, when it was the US that did it to us makes this a weak argument even by Mr Hannan's usually feeble standards.
I liked it more when there was, at least a pretence of, coherent action in the foreign policy sphere.
I fear Tonty is an example of what happens to politicians when they spend too much time around the ultra-rich.
The envy and desire for their approval breaks their egos and minds.
Likely all members of the band the B-52s will be dead before the last B-52s are out of service
