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Post by theglenbucklaird on Feb 4, 2022 13:07:18 GMT
Your 'oh boy' surprised me?? Have I misread your post?
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Feb 2, 2022 16:33:22 GMT
Watched this today, really enjoyed this. Adam Driver and Lady Gaga were very good
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 25, 2022 12:18:28 GMT
Is Winston Churchill our greatest ever leader? Saying with a heavy heart, but he did lead us through the WW2. If we lost that there would have been no NHS or Clement Attlee. Why not Lloyd George?
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 25, 2022 10:38:56 GMT
Is Winston Churchill our greatest ever leader? I'd probably have gone for Attlee, but it's a subjective judgement. That's what I thought, sentence surprised me. Guess Churchill was voted not just greatest leader but greatest Britain in the BBC poll so I guess not that surprising
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 25, 2022 8:48:42 GMT
Our greatest ever Prime Minister Winston Churchill said ‘the opposition sit opposite you, your enemy sit behind you.’ Theresa May became Prime Minister unopposed, had a confidence vote and won it, which meant her position as Prime Minister was secure for a whole year, in 2 months it all ended up in tears and she was gone. A lot of people say about Margaret Thatcher being stabbed in the back she wasn’t, she was stabbed in the front. Boris is/was popular with the electored (you decide), he is/was popular with members of the wider Conservative Party (you decide) however he is detested in parliament (I decided) they cannot wait to depose him, if they can, That wallpaper and parties comes across as arrogance and could be fatal, we will see over the coming weeks. That bubbling buffoonery that is actually all put on, that endears the public to him but when people get hit in the pockets and struggling to pay bills and unemployment goes up, actually will rile people instead. We have to wait and see what happens. Is Winston Churchill our greatest ever leader?
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 25, 2022 8:47:10 GMT
Surely the report by Sue Gray should have been done by a retired senior Detective or a Judge/Lawyer. Or the police?
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 25, 2022 8:46:39 GMT
What happens if he loses a no-confidence vote but refuses to resign? Has that ever happened? Is it possible for anyone other than the electorate to get rid of him, in that scenario? Because he has the type of personality that I could easily see doing that. He he
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 24, 2022 19:17:33 GMT
Who will tell him it's over? If there's a no confidence vote triggered this week after the report comes out and he wins it, they can't try again for another year. There's no way he resigns in the meantime unless something else even more serious crops up. I think the question is if the report coming up this week is so damning it could make any no confidence vote successful. Yep Tory MP's
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 24, 2022 17:15:18 GMT
I don't know what anyone else thinks but I can't see him being gone anytime soon, It seems unlikely the report will be so damaging he will resign and you sense that the party could be split enough he could even survive a no confidence vote. I mean, if they have any sense whatsoever he's got to go, why on earth would you defend and stick with a man who is leading your party to almost certain defeat at the next election. Maybe I'm wrong but he's still here this time next year imo? I think he'll probably announce a resignation in May after the local elections. Can't see him resigning without being told it's all over
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 24, 2022 12:00:44 GMT
Jan 20th 2016 I saw The Homecoming at Trafalgar Studios with Ron Cook, John Simm, Keith Allen, Gemma Chan and Gary Kemp. I don't remember a single thing about it. Yeah me also. I remember it didn't have any of electricity of the version I saw a few years prior at the RSC
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 24, 2022 9:20:42 GMT
I don't know what anyone else thinks but I can't see him being gone anytime soon, It seems unlikely the report will be so damaging he will resign and you sense that the party could be split enough he could even survive a no confidence vote. I mean, if they have any sense whatsoever he's got to go, why on earth would you defend and stick with a man who is leading your party to almost certain defeat at the next election. Maybe I'm wrong but he's still here this time next year imo? Labour's favourite scenario. This. Like Ollies at the Wheel
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 21, 2022 17:33:05 GMT
I was mainly ok with the Covid pass, but looking at France ( with stringent Covid passes and masks) having a crazy amount of cases, and with vaccines not really stopping spread ( whilst still protecting people) i dont really the point in them anymore, other than to coerce people to get themseleves vaccinated. If it doesnt stop the spread, then theres no point to them I expect smaller theatres to keep masks. The bigger ones will make it a recommendation rather than a requirement Are you revising history?
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 21, 2022 8:27:35 GMT
They say you vote for the person not the party, good pertinent example is when a MP has the whip taken away, so the person does not represent the political party they got elected with, but we elected the person not the party, is therefore a good case to have a by-election? That would be the differences to a by-election. Think I'm in favour for by-elections for changing party. Do you go right down to parish councils for having by-elections or is this just a UK parliament thing?
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 20, 2022 14:01:48 GMT
Agree, always been around, difference is that it is being reported by a Tory MP and it is withholding public money which is not within the remit of the whips. Only going to get worse. The Tory's have worked out a way of pressing reset button without letting the right of the Labour party have a go. #Mostsuccessfulwesterndemocraticparty
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 20, 2022 12:53:49 GMT
We get blackmail today, reported by Tory MP which is unprecedented. Here we go again: 1. This did not happen. (Already in-process) 2. It did happen, but the Prime Minister knew nothing about it. 3. The Prime Minister knew about it, but it wasn’t technically blackmail. 4. It was blackmail, but the Prime Minister wasn’t told that blackmail was against the law. Whips been blackmailing MP's for years and years 5. MP grows a back bone and stands up for beliefs
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 19, 2022 21:23:09 GMT
Meanwhile, I guess the fact that Tories are now more welcome than socialists in Labour says something about the breadth of choice we are going to have at the next general election. Starmer 7/1 to be next Tory leader
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 15, 2022 12:19:20 GMT
“In a bad flu season, 200-300 die a day over winter and nobody wears a mask or socially distances, that's perhaps that’s a right line to draw in the sand." Good article. www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59970281Not according to the Office of National Statistics anyway
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 15, 2022 12:18:23 GMT
“In a bad flu season, 200-300 die a day over winter and nobody wears a mask or socially distances, that's perhaps that’s a right line to draw in the sand." Good article. www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59970281Are those figures correct?
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 14, 2022 17:35:50 GMT
I've been Working from home since 13th March 2020 - Cheltenham Gold Cup day I recall. We were told we needed to be in one day a week last autumn but as I'm able to do my job 100% from home I didn't go back in and my management haven't enforced it. Cases seem to be going down but there could be a lot of unreported still and numbers are high. Deaths have sadly gone up but nowhere near where they were this time last year. Hospital admimissions are hopefully flattening out now at below 20k in at any one time compared to well over 35k this time last year. As regards all these psarties/drinks receptions wasn't one just around the time of Cummings at Barnard Castle. Now with the latest incident before the Duke's funeral I do wonder how many of the veteran Tory Mps in those big majority shire seats may want Boris gone. Surely the "stereotype" Tories see him as a buffoon and a liability and like the Monarchy the Tories look to survive regardless of whether they might stand again or not. The Tories have only got into such a powerful position as Labour got their leaders wrong twice possibly 3 times since Blair and/or Brown. Add in the apathy of a Government in power for too long - 18 years Tory under Maggie and Major, 13 years Labour under Sir Tony and Brown now coming up to 12 years Tory lead government although only just over 3 years has been as a majority so change or no majority next time is highley likely. BTW I vote Tory but I think Boris needs to go. Feel for you
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 14, 2022 9:02:25 GMT
We are actually entering what should have been the honeymoon period, COVID does appear to be waning and the real cost of living crisis has not reached its full impact. They really needed a lead at this time, when the tax increases and energy increases hit in April it will become even more challenging to bounce back, at this moment in time the Conservatives needed a strong lead to weather the loss of support as we see our living expenses increase and when we look back at the last 2 years with a more critical eye. With all you have mentioned the government need to tell us what 'levelling out' means?
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 14, 2022 9:01:20 GMT
Labour are doing well because of the Prime Minister’s own goals, such as changing law to save a colleague, which ended up in a completely disastrous by-election, wall paper and now lockdown parties. The worry is that the Conservatives slump in the polls when Boris’ gaffes and not when the opposition oppose. As much as it is a test for Boris, it is also a bigger test how good the opposition is. My worry is that the lower they slump in the polls, the harder they will bounce back when they finally get rid of him and put someone less obviously dreadful in charge. Will the new leader be as popular in the red wall seats won at the last election? It's a dilemma
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 13, 2022 13:56:26 GMT
We are not finished. A lot of people loved ‘B’ and not Boris but Brexit and wanted to see completed what they voted for, Boris took full advantage of this. I’m sorry to say this as a ardent remainer. All that bubbling and messy hair what endeared people to that intelligent clown, when the economy goes south with higher utility bills and higher taxes, those bubbling and messy hair will just rile people instead. Labour are doing well because of the Prime Minister’s own goals, such as changing law to save a colleague, which ended up in a completely disastrous by-election, wall paper and now lockdown parties. The worry is that the Conservatives slump in the polls when Boris’ gaffes and not when the opposition oppose. As much as it is a test for Boris, it is also a bigger test how good the opposition is. Was it kind of ironic that Dominic Cummins’ choose to do the press conference in the Downing Street garden, when he went to Bernard Castle to test his eye sight. I think a subliminal message was sent. Cummings must have one more tasty tit bit to bring down the government
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 13, 2022 11:25:58 GMT
We are not finished. A lot of people loved ‘B’ and not Boris but Brexit and wanted to see completed what they voted for, Boris took full advantage of this. I’m sorry to say this as a ardent remainer. All that bubbling and messy hair what endeared people to that intelligent clown, when the economy goes south with higher utility bills and higher taxes, those bubbling and messy hair will just rile people instead. Labour are doing well because of the Prime Minister’s own goals, such as changing law to save a colleague, which ended up in a completely disastrous by-election, wall paper and now lockdown parties. The worry is that the Conservatives slump in the polls when Boris’ gaffes and not when the opposition oppose. As much as it is a test for Boris, it is also a bigger test how good the opposition is. Was it kind of ironic that Dominic Cummins’ choose to do the press conference in the Downing Street garden, when he went to Bernard Castle to test his eye sight. I think a subliminal message was sent. Good post
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 13, 2022 8:35:38 GMT
Imagine how bad you feel if you voted for him at the election? I think a lot of his supporters love him because he doesn't care about following the rules.
It's not like this is anything new. This is the guy who arranged to have a journalist beaten up as a favour to a mate. He was known as someone with no respect for the truth long before he went into politics, and his time as Mayor of London and as an MP showed that he was all about manipulation, deceit and a total contempt for the law. The people who made him party leader and the people who voted that party into power knew what he was, and they were fine with it. Awful lot of people in the UK love him then. We truly are finished then
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 12, 2022 16:54:28 GMT
This would be the end of any other PM. I loathe the smug f***er. Imagine how bad you feel if you voted for him at the election?
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 12, 2022 9:04:57 GMT
Easier to get the flux capacitor to open the wormhole and the delorean up to 88mph?
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 12, 2022 8:57:51 GMT
What are the chances that Boris gets a 'surprise' positive test so doesn't turn up for PMQ's today? You're going to get another Burly Bear public warning??!!
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 10, 2022 8:58:12 GMT
Yep pretty much sums up my feelings. Watched Belfast recently. I have realised I really like Jamie Dornan as an actor
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A Quiz
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A theatrical quiz. What uniquely links each of the following pairs ? Each of the six links is different but there's an additional overall link between all six questions - if you find that the individual answers will be much easier to find. Work together as a team and feel free to use Google or any other method - howe'er you come to know it, answer me. 1) Simon Russell Beale and Siegfried and Roy (the Las Vegas magicians) 2) Ian McKellen and Nicol Williamson 3) Hugh Hefner and Keith Chegwin 4) Michelle Terry and Vivien Leigh (and Violet Vanbrugh actually) 5) Alan Cummings and Stephen Dillane 6) James Bolam and David Tennant Looking for new Washington/McDormand Tragedy of Macbeth and came across the cast of the 1971 film with Cheggers. Thought I had got one at first. My first Jan question answered.... but I'm only two weeks late
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 6, 2022 13:08:06 GMT
We have just booked ticket to see Cursed Child in NYC in April. We had our pick of pretty much the entire theatre. I worry for many shows with advance sales being so low especially if shows like Harry Potter aren't selling. Don't get me wrong I don't care much about Harry Potter closing but it does mean that smaller excellent plays are unlikely to survive. Still one performance rather than two shows?
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