horsefly

You just don't get it do you? Growth from an absolutely sh*te position is pretty meaningless. How about you respond at last to the figures I posted some time ago about the 96% decline in sales to the EU suffered by the Dairy Industry, and the loss of £1.1 bn in sales in the 3 months since January.

You got the last part of that clause right, well done!

Why do you decry other people's behaviour on here yet engage in this sort of patronising behaviour and the childish playground nonsense of accusing other people of having multiple identities? Perhaps if you behave like a grown up it would help encourage serious debate.

Really? I can't believe you honestly think that Billy or his "ilk" has any prominent role in the Labour movement, or is the cause for its "downfall". If anything it has been the infiltration of Momentum that has been the root of the current problems for the Labour Party in a way that is very similar to its infiltration by Militant Tendency in the early eighties. In both cases the infiltrating group had/has no desire whatsoever to engage in a pragmatic discourse with the people it was/is claiming to represent. The Labour Party has always tussled with a tension between its "progressive" ideals and the more traditional "prosaic" concerns of its working class constituencies. It is at its most successful when it settles for a set of policies that speak to both concerns (however messy that might be). Thus some might complain that ideologically speaking Blair was rather too "Tory" for their tastes, nonetheless he managed to implement policies that saw a massive amount of money pumped into the NHS, education, and poverty relief (things of everyday concern to the majority). Fabian style gradualism has always proved more productive for the Labour Party's hopes of electoral success rather than the revolutionary instincts of dominant infiltrator groupings. Alan Bleasdale's political parody GBH is a wonderful dramatic takedown of Militant Tendency's corruption of the Labour Party in the early eighties; posh up the voices a bit and it's not without relevance to the Stalinistic tendencies to be found in Momentum's "takeover" of Labour Party constituencies in the Corbyn era. The Labour Party represented by Jim Nelson (the part played by Michael Palin) is precisely what needs to be recovered if Labour is to win again.

Really?? That's precisely what Thatcher claimed (and what the "buy your council home" policy was aimed to convince). And it's precisely what Johnson claimed regarding his support for brexit (time and again in the last election campaign he claimed the Tory Party to be the Party of the working classes). As for your earlier claim that Labour is now divided between a middle-class, metropolitan, university educated group, and an ordinary working class industrial group, that has always been the case throughout its history.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/boris-johnson-accused-of-cover-up-after-refusing-to-deny-he-asked-donor-to-fund-nanny/ar-BB1gkHyu?ocid=msedgntp Boris Johnson's official spokesman has repeatedly refused to deny a Tory donor was asked to fund a nanny for the PM's baby son. Downing Street stonewalled questions in the first official briefing since the bizarre allegations emerged - marking a new twist in the "cash for curtains" saga over the revamp of Mr Johnson's Downing Street flat. The nanny claims were reported by the Sunday Times, which claimed the twice-divorced PM is struggling to survive on his £157,372-a-year salary. An unnamed donor is said to have been approached and asked if they would help fund childcare for Wilfred, Mr Johnson's son with fiancee Carrie Symonds. The benefactor is alleged to have moaned to an MP: "I don't mind paying for leaflets but I resent being asked to pay to literally wipe the Prime Minister's baby's bottom." Yesterday the PM twice refused to deny the claims - and today No10 refused to deny them several more times.

Indeed! People of a certain age should remind themselves of the apocalyptic talk of Labour's impending demise in the early eighties.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-56979521 Dalian Atkinson murder trial: Ex-footballer Tasered and kicked A murder-accused PC Tasered an ex-footballer for six times longer than is standard before kicking him twice in the head, a jury has heard. PC Benjamin Monk is charged with the murder of Dalian Atkinson during an altercation in Shropshire in 2016. He appeared at Birmingham Crown Court for the first day of his trial with co-accused PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith, who is charged with assault. The former Aston Villa star died after he was Tasered for 33 seconds. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-34514044 Black people 'three times more likely' to be Tasered Black people are three times more likely than white people to be involved in Taser incidents, Home Office figures disclosed to the BBC suggest. The numbers show the electric stun gun was drawn, aimed or fired 38,000 times in England and Wales over five years. In more than 12% of cases Tasers were used against black people, who make up about 4% of the population.

Strange really, Poots doesn't believe in dinosaurs yet all he needs to do is look in a mirror.

Indeed! All "successful" fraudsters have a spark of creative genius that enables them to lie and cheat their way to that "success". Nonetheless fraudsters they remain, and more often than not their fraudulent behaviour eventually leads to their downfall. I look forward to the results of the many inquiries into Johnson's corrupt behaviour.

https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/norwich-city-in-for-ryan-christie-7944110 Would be happy with this.

And what does Boris stand for? Other than the National Anthem, and the opportunity for someone to slip a few notes in his back pocket.

I wouldn't be so sure, there's a definite family resemblance

The deftness of some of his first-time touches is genuinely exceptional, and could be key to unlocking premier league defences. He also knows his way to goal and is prepared to shoot from distance, something that might also prove essential next season.. If the backroom staff can work on his ability to graft throughout 90 minutes then we will truly have a top player on our hands.

Electoral history is full of seats that change hands at by-elections only to return to "normal" at the next general election. Without a doubt the Tories are getting a massive bonus from the very successful Vaccine roll-out. The public are simply exhausted by lock-down and everything connected to Covid, so Starmer and the Labour Party find themselves in the most invidious situation. However, in three-years time, when all the official inquiries report back on the disastrous Covid response, and scandals over PPE contracts, when the true cost of a bungled brexit deal hits home, then we might be in a better position to assess Labour's true electoral appeal.

haha! indeed! One would have thought that any true Norfolk man would recognise that Suffolk twang wouldn't one?

Oh dear! you're back with your usual inability to get things right: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/india-trade-deal-brexit-johnson-eu-b1841373.html Brexit: EU steals march in race for India trade deal as Johnson announces ‘enhanced partnership’ Brussels and Delhi tipped to open talks on free trade agreement within days – while UK admits ‘shared intent to begin work’ only. So, clearly the UK are behind the EU in India's priorities for a free trade deal. Who can blame them when you consider the difference in the size of the markets on offer. Anyone listening to Liz Truss' pathetic efforts on radio 4 this morning shouldn't get their hopes too high for the autumn. In particular those brexiteers who voted out to keep the "damn" immigrants out have much to fear. It is well known that the Indian government have made it very clear that any prospect for a deal depends fundamentally upon a massive increase in the number of Indian citizens having a right to emigrate to the UK. Truss clearly knows this will outrage her supporters so she ludicrously avoided mention of the "I" word and attempted to replace it with the hilarious euphemism, "mobility chapter". So, rather than admit that a FTA with India will involve an agreement to allow effective freedom of movement of Indian citizens to the UK, she prefers to talk instead of negotiating a "mobility chapter" as part of the deal. Just like the deals with Australia and Japan, any Indian deal will result in increased immigration into the UK of individuals from those countries (except in India's case the numbers will be far higher). Personally, this concerns me not a jot; however, I suspect many brexiteers will be somewhat suprised and upset to learn just how much immigration these post-brexit deals allow.

More Tory sleaze: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/boris-johnson-s-aide-advised-on-planning-law-shake-up-while-employed-by-property-firms/ar-BB1gk2WC?ocid=msedgntp

"I want you to hear every single word of the Pledge of Allegiance", said the disgraced former Trump appointee Michael Flynn. Shame he couldn't remember them, hilarious!

Trump rips off the UK tax-payer too: https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/trumps-scottish-golf-resorts-took-800000-from-taxpayers-to-save-jobs-but-cut-workers/

Ask any undercover reporter

Well, the location concerned will certainly find itself on the green list.

What money have the Glazers actually put in? As far as I can see any money that has gone into the club has been leveraged by amassing a massive debt. Not long ago the club was debt free, now it is in debt to nearly half a billion, and a good proportion of the cash has ended up in the Glazers' pockets. Thus it was no surprise at all that the Glazers were so keen on the ESL proposal. Long live Delia and Michael!

Oh dear! You have nothing to say in response to my post because you have been caught out lying yet again you egregious tick. Your pathetic attempt to distort my comments is so ridiculously transparent that even a primary school child would be embarrassed to have uttered such retarded illiterate tosh. What a shame that you are so morally degenerate you can't find it within you to apologise for calling the young girls sexually abused by Epstein "well paid prostitutes".

I guess Wes's presence might allow some of us to forgive the Cambridge butchers and give them a game too.