To be fair to BT sport they done a pretty good job as well but mainly as they had a team of Scottish football pundits who had a bit insight beyond the old firm.
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To be fair to BT sport they done a pretty good job as well but mainly as they had a team of Scottish football pundits who had a bit insight beyond the old firm.
I never realised this was an option. Not entirely sure what "Celtic" news blogs I would have left though if I started banishing them all for being click bait shite though
mICE - like rats only nore cowardly.
Can almost guarantee that there will be a surge of ICE raids in Democrat leaning areas of close elections in the mid terms. The whole structure is designed to capture power by any means necessary. It will be bare faced election tampering.
The rumour that I have heard is that Osman will sign in the 1st July as we have tio pay nore compensation if we do it before then and he is still under contract. Nygren is on holiday but will sign when officially and be there for the start if preseason, deal done just not officially announced.
Would be good to see this happen, for too long we have privatised profit and nationalised losses. investments can go up and down - these should be no different.
If the invasion stops it's a bit like the end of WW1 scenario for the Russians. Very dangerous situation for the Russian regime.
If the Ukraine war comes to an uneasy stalemate or frozen conflict a Belarusian annexation then becomes a convenient victory to celebrate. Realistically who is going to support Belarus to push back when all will be weary from Ukraine. They have no other meaningful allies to turn to.
Why did he want bit and probably all of Georgia, why is he questioning the sovereignty of the Baltic states, why is he proposing up the regime in Transnistria? It's all pretext for old fashioned imperialism. He has transitions ned to a war economy so what time do with that army once the war is over?
I see him as being in a bit of a bind. As soon as the Ukraine war ends, assuming Putin is still in power, he will be looking for some sort of victory. Annexing Belarus seems like the obvious target. What happens to Luka in that scenario - off ramp might be a more favourable route for him.
One of the rare times in politics where the right thing to do is just to sit on the fence or drag your feet on everything to do with this. Advocate for peace, deescalation and for aid to to get into Gaza is the only right thing to do here. There are no good guys or moral high ground on any side here
It would be interesting to see what his response would be if the West offered him and his cronies diplomatic immunity if he swaps sides and a golden handshake to flip sides on the basis that he facilities open elections allows NATO troops to secure Belarus and resigns.
For a country that's so full of guns it almost amazing that nobody seems to have pulled one out in these things. Especially since it's "supposedly" dangerous criminals that they claim to be targeting.
Have you got the the pointing with their thumb to emphasise a point during speeches one yet? That's another typical weird thing we get here as well although both left and right are guilty of it. Once you notice it, it becomes quite annoyingly hard not to get irritated by it.
Google Tory stance. It was a thing the British Conservative party had for a while. Was some sort of body language coaching going horribly wrong.
I genuinely don't think their leadership actually wants power. They want to perpetually campaign and complain. Grift and lien their pockets detached from any real consequence or responsibility.
At what point does this reach the level that it's considered a terrorist campaign and treated as such by the authorities. It wouldn't be tolerated anywhere else in the UK and shouldn't be in NI either. If the authorities don't take action the the people eventually will and that will be much worse.
You could apply this logic also to the SNP candidate. Their whole campaign seemed to be vote for us this is a two horse race with Reform in which they managed to come second and third. What actually is their offer to voters. An indy ref that won't come in the foreseeable, hardly enticing.
Unease is not justification for invasion and also what give Russia the right to mtry and dictate the foreign and security policies of other nations? All new NATO countries have joined to protect themselves specifically from Russian aggression.
Yeah it's became a thing for right wing political figures families to run interference on their behalf. Johnston had his dad and sister, Reece Mogg his sister, Trump his sons and so on. Never heard from family from the left except for Corbyns brother who is a liability. Funny that eh?
This is the key. We really need a psychological shift in this country where apprenticeship especially in STEM subject are viewed as equal to university. A work based learning model is also far more accessible financially and should be encouraged a lot more than it is.
I think its more to do with a changing media and news landscape. Before a story would break and the other side would shape a narrative to combat it and the papers would run this a day or two later. Now the counter punch has to be out on social media immediatly as we have an hourly news cycle
I work in education in the UK. Financially a lot of our universities are struggling. Foreign students basically pay to keep the show on the road. It's being quietly spoken about but there is definitely talk of poaching a lot of the US foreign student market & being able to change higher rates
Palace seems the real outlier here. Surely there's a bit of London rivalry there or am I missing something completely?
I was absolutely trembling when I spoke with Nick Ferrari this morning on @lbc… About Gary Lineker and Gaza One day, I promise you, we’ll all look back with regret That this was the debate, while a genocide was ongoing.
The whole deal is odd. I could be wrong but my understanding is there is no change on food standards but US can export a small amount of beef to UK now as long as it meets UK food standards. Also there is questions on whether it's an actual trade deal legally or effectively just an MoU at this point
I agree it's not simple but joing the single SM/CU will bring a lot of the benefits and do a lot of the legwork for rejoin, without the political backlash. It also plants a pretty big flag on the pro-EU camp although I don't really buy into the premise of the UK having to choose a side between EU/US
It's the path of least resistance. Rejoin n the single market and customs union- to rejoin the EU probably need either a referendum or it to be explicitly on an election manifesto. If we are back in the SM + CU it's a much quicker and easier process for full rejoin afterwards.
Break out star award. Had to be under 21, and can only qualify if it's their first season that they have made more than 12 appearances.
Hopefully we can also agree access to EU/Swiss passport gates at airports again and reciprocate for Europeans coming here. The current set up is beneficial to nobody and an easy win for both sides.
Tennis I think works portrait as most of the players movement is lateral which would be more difficult to follow in landscape unless it was a complete top down view of the court.
If Russia collapses which I think might need to happen for them to stop, ideally it is broken into smaller countries which can be reformed i to stable democracies. Independent Sibera, Chechnya, etc with large scale de-nuclearisation
The rumours that seem to be floating about suggest that the EU deal should be quite significant, so hopefully true. But the smart thing to do is to try and get a good deal with the EU and with the US. As much as I detest their current government we need to remember Trump is temporary.
Is 19th of May not the date for an EU trade deal to get announced. Will wait to see details before passing judgement in this.
The water companies only have one customer who fortunately Ian in the postie na of setting the tekes of contracts and regulation. Just write into any contract that they can't pay any dividends until infrastructure is fixed, debts paid otherwise let them fold and just pick up the pieces.
I'm agreeing with your point that we shouldn't deplatform them by that their level of coverage should be more equitable to their size.
It's not a question of the greens and Aldo the Lib Dems is not about deplatforming but about equitable coverage. Reform are still electorally a minor party in comparison to the Lib Dems but get drastically more coverage. Fundamentally that is not right.
That was an absolute cracker. Probably the best since the year they done similar and tennants had a whited out sponsor logo. Think it was maybe a Nike top at the time.
Agree 100%. Reform also seems to float by getting little critical analysis - they have little coherent policy platform and need challenged aggressively on this as well as their ties to Russia and Trump. They do well when they dictate the narrative but tend to crumble when put in the back foot
Do you want to rejoin the EU? If so fly the flag. #RejoinEU
It's getting huge coverage in the UK as well. Usually it would only get the odd article and couple of minor segments in evening news or political programmes. If Australia follows suit the UK, Canada and Australia all have newly elected centre left parties keen to work together could be powerful.
This is a good first step. Got to really highlight the benefits of this and get industry to push that message. So far there been little to no political backlash if that continues then it clears the path for more. Let bring back Erasmus and the use of EU gates at ports again.
There is a double edge sword to this that has come about due to apps and it's that a lot of "women moan" are reluctant to settle- as in the almost always get a lot of matches so have the illusion of having more choice or that there is always some "better".
Yes but I would want it to be formatted in a way that allows more than just the Old Firm to be able to access form Scotland- a structure of regular season then playoff combining the strongest teams from similar sized leagues would be good
It's in interesting bulge in the teen years on that graph. I wonder how much of that is a statistical gathering issue with parents presumably in the 40-60 age group answering that their kids are Christian. 0-10 age range possibly reflecting the attitudes of their younger less religious parents
We had 14 years and 4 elections to get rid of our conservative government with the last 8 being proper carnage and corruption stuff. Hopefully the US doesn't have such a long haul- midterms are crucial but the Dems need to get their act together
Looking from the UK this looks a bit like a copy of the Trump play book. Run these rallies for 4 years and the Democratic primary is almost wrapped up- give a huge lead and focal point of resistance for the next election. AOC could work but need to build a braid appeal program beyond anti maga.
I always feel like the gable end of the Mercat building is crying out for a good mural
Thinking of setting up a made in UK label company. Import from china, stick in new label and change packaging and export to the US with only 10% tariff. There's a whole new middle man economy just waiting to be born.
Exactly this. UK need to pivot back towards Europe along with Canada. The UK and USA are primarily service based economies and the US now sells I to a very hostile Euro market. We should be focussing on how we capture some of the US trade into Europe.
My worry is that he is reckless enough to.
That's the rumour that's doing the rounds just now. Big questions has got to be, is the gold still there and what are the repercussions if the US refuses repatriation. It could be incredibly messy
How long before he claims that the gold held in Fort Knox will be held ransom to pay for "reparations". Time to hammer the US service sector in Europe.
I also believe but don't know if it's true or not but for some reason during WW1 it was considered bad luck to shoot a piper amongst the Germans.
I'm free m Scotland but I ow that it's tartan day in NY which is why they are there .... however I can also say with a fair degree of confidence that the pipers will be in support of the protest as well as Trump is generally hated here.
Or better yet just delete Instagram and Facebook.
Ultimately they either have to abide with regulation or leave the market, but more fundamentally Europe has to start a big process of tech disengagement from US platforms to domestic.
I have picked up a few followers recently - I don't illicit or particularly care about my follower number - but a lot of them seem to follow over 200k people. My concern is that this is the start of BOTification of Bluesky. Anyone else had similar?
Wero. Only available just now in Netherlands, Belgium ,Germany and maybe France but planning to expand. 16 Bank are backing it and transferring to it so far. Can see this accelerate.
Seen a comment that China is considering a blanket ban on selling any rare earth minerals to the US. If that was replicated as a response it could be very painful for them.
It needs to be a dual process of this combined with a huge investment to develop domestic alternatives. Social media should be the quickest and easiest win especially if you have international institutional buy in behind it.
This popped up on YouTube for me yesterday. Never heard of them before so not sure if this is true or propaganda. Haven't seen any other reports on Russian protests. Hope it's true though but serious doubts.
From my layman understanding the engine is the main issue however it could be switched out for. Rolls Royce alternative with a bit of re-engineering. The Swedes would be crazy not to at least be exploring this possibility.
You need your communities to do more of this www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021...
This is how it's done. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021...
Would be funny if this was the UK response to US tariffs. Just shut down X and take away the looney's megaphone. Hit them where it hurts most, their ego.
Came here to say exactly that
Perhaps it's time for this sort of action in America? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021...
It may create a power struggle or at least force the Russian population to confront again who and what they want from their leadership which might be enough to unravel them or at least stall out continued support for the war. After all who will take over after Putin?
Waltz or Buttigeig both seem good candidates, but whoever it is the Dems should be brokering a backroom deal just now to have someone lead the ticket and run a 4 year campaign. It's basically what Trump done - also creates a totem to rally resistance around.
My theory (based on seeing a vid a while back of them piling out a train load of WW2 era guns) is that they are using up older kit now with lower range and slower fire/ manoeuvrability making them more vulnerable to counter fire. Be interested to see a note informed explanation though
Yeah when I first joined there was a load of (presumably) gay porn (naked guys) and anime porn stuff but a few block and mutes of this filtered it out pretty quick. I joined in about Oct/ Nov when there was only about 14/15 million users so the wave of newcomers probably diluted it out
Think the Germans could be a good shout for this. In the UK there are a few local authorities now promoting blue sky as preferred Comms but still keeping twitter for emergency Comms as it has larger reach. I think it's a model that will continue to grow.
Anyone know the reason behind the big uptick in artillery numbers recently. Seems to have jumped from around 20 per day up to the 80-100 mark?
Is there a reason for the unusually high artillery number for today? Was a transport train caught or something of that type.
As a non-American the whole TYFYS thing has always seemed a bit weird and icy and most defiantly performative bullshit. It goes hand in hand with America's general fetishization of their armed forces, applauding them through airports and stuff. It's all just a bit odd.
Would be fun if they copied the WC Edinburgh to Glasgow route with a bunch of crazy laps again to kick off the TdF. Make it hard for the spring and GC teams to controls and maybe get a break away into yellow.
Or he throws out all this bullshit so people waist time pulling facts and research to counter by which time he has moved on to 6 other wild statement. The response should simply be+ Nope - stop talking shit.
I think Putin / Russia's plan or possibly agreement is to wait out Lukashenko until he dies or is no longer capable to run Belarus with a slow integration happening leading up to then. It's a slow walk into total subservance. A quick annex though gives Putin fresh manpower and war stock.
As soon as the war ends in Ukraine Lukashenko will quickly hit the end of the road. I would love to see a Belarusian flip and see him step down to have free elections and let Belarus align with the rest of Europe. I'm sure a "Golden handshake" and nice pension could be arranged to facilitate this
I disagree, the fashions, music, nightlife scene and tech from the 2000s are all very different from now. For me the 2000 was dominated by indie bands but now I can't tell you the last time a new band made it to mainstream. Haircuts now are all skins fades whereas it was longer Beetles length style
Sen a bit of your show and good to see the BlueSky logo pop up. First time I've seen it on TV that way. Anyhow you try to pack in too much in too small a time. Need a longer show or less content or just slow down. Need to look after yourself cause you do great work.
The only upside for someone that has a cyber truck now is that when Tesla eventually goes under which is starting to look inevitable it will become a weird collectors curiosity and relatively scarce, a bit like Dolorian is now.
I did not realise Polestar was Swedish, had assumed that they were either American or own of the Chinese brands that have appeared here recently. Probably going full electric for my next car in a couple of years time, was planning second hand lexus or VW but maybe give them a look now.
They should move to create their own. I like Bluesky but would immediately switch to a European alternative. Europe desperately needs it's own tech revolution.
I will nder if Ukraine leaving Kursk is part of the agreement with Trump. Timing and speed is suspicious. Also wonder what happens with NK troops. Are they allowed to fight in Ukrainian land or only in Russia?
The deform party.
This is the key. The big worry would be that many Euro states think the war is over and take the easy option to row back from defense spending. Hopefully theres a new European defense structure NATO+ type of arrangement that include Ukraine and independence from reliance upon the US.
I meant that Trumps next tantrum will be pro-Russian again. After the Ukraine war is settled the next target will be completing the annexation if Belarus, then Georgia
Almost doesn't matter as I suspect the Russians will reject it and it has flipped the narrative, the onus is now on the US to put pressure on Russia, at least until the next twitter tantrum.
If they can consistently hit Moscow, even if it's not always the best military decision it really would start to bring the war home to Russians in a new way. Russian banks are already struggling, hitting the massive skyscrapers might cause them more problems and be visually quite stark
They will.largely be prior sales. Those cars won't disappear but good luck trying to sell one of them again. This will also affect initial sales as the depreciation rate makes it a terrible choice even for people that like Musk. It looks like a long drawn out death spiral for them.
I really hope that if Trump ever ordered any military action against Canada that the senior people in the military would refuse, or that there would be massive refusal within the American armed forces. Trump seems fine to test the limit of the constitution but that can also happen the other way.
That's assuming that he survives 4 years. His age, weight and supposed diet along with the high stress jobs are going to take their toll on him especially as I suspect the wheels start to come off his bandwagon. Then there's always the other option for Putin useful idiots. A fall from a window.
Mark Carney was always pretty well respected when he was running the Bank of England. I'm sure he will be well placed to draw Canada closer to it's European friend.
It's time for a Euro run social media platform. Run by EBU on agreed basis so as not to be biased by one ruling political party. Link govt funding to having it as a primary platform and undermine the US and Russian propaganda/ soft power influences in our politics.
I have seen that Euro/ Canada spend is about $200bn per year; n American defense contracts. Every single one of those will be under review and liable to cancellation or T+C changes. Also a lot of American stuff relies on Euro components and tech so there is also that risk for the US.
It wouldn't be designed to repel an attack but makes a future attack not only in Ukraine but against the whole peace keeping coalition. Creates a shift in the cost/ benefit analysis. Also provides a military presence that can reasonably be agreed is not an invasion threat for Russia either.
Brilliant to see this from Hibs. Along with Hearts and Aberdeen they should be capable of regularly bringing crowds of 1500-3000 to away games. Aberdeen brought some decent crowds under McInnes and it made it much more of an event.
I suspect that its more likely videos with russian children, or at least early teen girls. I do look forward to the reaction he gets from travelling football fans though.