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What I want to know is what has Penny Mordant ever done to justify being Ladbroke's favourite to succeed YKW. I'll be voting for her myself but that is entirely out of caprice, she doesn't actually se ...

Caught on Camera

Sky News: What do you think of Nadhim Zahawi accepting the Chancellorship?
Alastair Campbell: Very foolish. His personal financial background won't survive scrutiny.

Channel 4 ...

What about all that Downing Street refurbishment? The taxpayer wants to see value for money so he should be allowed to stay for a bit. I'm no expert but certainly until a bit of fair wear and tear or ...

You're absolutely right, they've just released the transcript (Liz Truss is the ministerial head of GCHQ)

Sunak: Is Javed there?
Javed: Speaking
Sunak: Can you resign at six, then I'll put in my ...

Runners-and-Riders (1)

Poor Penny Mordant must be rueing not resigning when she had the chance during the last Boris brouhaha when she was the only cabinet minister who failed to send fawning congr ...

24 Hours in Police Custody (Channel 4)

The Rikki Neave Special was well done but failed to point out a real miscarriage of justice. The slatternly mother was advised to plead guilty to child abuse ...

Forewarned is forearmed, Grant. You've finished their little game. As Nadhim Zahawi said, "They've split the Pakki vote."

PS I want it placed on record that I made my Pincher clincher p ...

A mildly amusing and instructive exchange from a long time ago but only today landing in my in-tray. Somebody called Paul Crowley had posted up some questions (culled, I assume) from THOBR.

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No, it's rather a dull red.

I am a bit anti-Hatty at the moment because, having posted up a near-death experience over the weekend, she omitted to enquire how I was during our scheduled Monday mor ...

Having said that I nearly died this morning. I stood up to reach over my computer to open the curtains (it was glad confident morning again) and was suddenly seized with a cramp in my left leg. If you ...

Salt is really important. Many decades ago somebody in a white coat said there was an association between salt and strokes. That's all they needed. Salt is more readily associated with snacks and proc ...

Good bullshit-spot though only half marks because persuading 90,000 people to come along for free is a bit of a feather. But commentatory over-hype is definitely getting out of hand. Also underhype. I ...

My fulminations about test match cricket balls was borne out again in this weird replayed match against India. Indian top order collapse, then a million-run middle order revival. Then England top orde ...

I demand that World Cup offside reviews must be conducted by creating a 3D map of the goalscoring action, using a combination of 12 cameras and a hi-tech ball fitted with a sensor that sends out locat ...

Fab analysis. I found the writer's constantly expressed assumption that they know exactly who goes into which compartment -- trusted source/mountebank -- made it unreadable. In fact I'm arrowing in on ...

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Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 3410 Views: 390832	Forum: Politics Posted: 4:06 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 3410 Views: 390832	What I want to know is what has Penny Mordant ever done to justify being Ladbroke's favourite to succeed YKW. I'll be voting for her myself but that is entirely out of caprice, she doesn't actually se ...
Topic: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 1523 Views: 232303	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:44 pm Subject: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 1523 Views: 232303	Caught on Camera Sky News: What do you think of Nadhim Zahawi accepting the Chancellorship? Alastair Campbell: Very foolish. His personal financial background won't survive scrutiny. Channel 4 ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 3410 Views: 390832	Forum: Politics Posted: 7:26 pm Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 3410 Views: 390832	What about all that Downing Street refurbishment? The taxpayer wants to see value for money so he should be allowed to stay for a bit. I'm no expert but certainly until a bit of fair wear and tear or ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 3410 Views: 390832	Forum: Politics Posted: 12:31 pm Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 3410 Views: 390832	You're absolutely right, they've just released the transcript (Liz Truss is the ministerial head of GCHQ) Sunak: Is Javed there? Javed: Speaking Sunak: Can you resign at six, then I'll put in my ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 3410 Views: 390832	Forum: Politics Posted: 9:00 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 3410 Views: 390832	Runners-and-Riders (1) Poor Penny Mordant must be rueing not resigning when she had the chance during the last Boris brouhaha when she was the only cabinet minister who failed to send fawning congr ...
Topic: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 1523 Views: 232303	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:36 am Subject: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 1523 Views: 232303	24 Hours in Police Custody (Channel 4) The Rikki Neave Special was well done but failed to point out a real miscarriage of justice. The slatternly mother was advised to plead guilty to child abuse ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 3410 Views: 390832	Forum: Politics Posted: 4:33 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 3410 Views: 390832	Forewarned is forearmed, Grant. You've finished their little game. As Nadhim Zahawi said, "They've split the Pakki vote." PS I want it placed on record that I made my Pincher clincher p ...
Topic: Matters Arising
Mick Harper Replies: 3559 Views: 696615	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 5:49 pm Subject: Matters Arising
Mick Harper Replies: 3559 Views: 696615	A mildly amusing and instructive exchange from a long time ago but only today landing in my in-tray. Somebody called Paul Crowley had posted up some questions (culled, I assume) from THOBR. ------- ...
Topic: Crying Wolf
Mick Harper Replies: 817 Views: 212820	Forum: Life Sciences Posted: 10:35 am Subject: Crying Wolf
Mick Harper Replies: 817 Views: 212820	No, it's rather a dull red. I am a bit anti-Hatty at the moment because, having posted up a near-death experience over the weekend, she omitted to enquire how I was during our scheduled Monday mor ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 1919 Views: 272908	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:42 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 1919 Views: 272908	Having said that I nearly died this morning. I stood up to reach over my computer to open the curtains (it was glad confident morning again) and was suddenly seized with a cramp in my left leg. If you ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 1919 Views: 272908	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:23 pm Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 1919 Views: 272908	Salt is really important. Many decades ago somebody in a white coat said there was an association between salt and strokes. That's all they needed. Salt is more readily associated with snacks and proc ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2767 Views: 329530	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:02 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2767 Views: 329530	Good bullshit-spot though only half marks because persuading 90,000 people to come along for free is a bit of a feather. But commentatory over-hype is definitely getting out of hand. Also underhype. I ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2767 Views: 329530	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:22 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2767 Views: 329530	My fulminations about test match cricket balls was borne out again in this weird replayed match against India. Indian top order collapse, then a million-run middle order revival. Then England top orde ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2767 Views: 329530	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:11 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 2767 Views: 329530	I demand that World Cup offside reviews must be conducted by creating a 3D map of the goalscoring action, using a combination of 12 cameras and a hi-tech ball fitted with a sensor that sends out locat ...
Topic: Matters Arising
Mick Harper Replies: 3559 Views: 696615	Forum: The History of Britain Revealed Posted: 9:21 am Subject: Matters Arising
Mick Harper Replies: 3559 Views: 696615	Fab analysis. I found the writer's constantly expressed assumption that they know exactly who goes into which compartment -- trusted source/mountebank -- made it unreadable. In fact I'm arrowing in on ...