kevinjohnsonmbe

Adding to my argument for trying to justify buying a tracked / spyder machine - Dhooooh!

I’m all for fairness & equity..... Give ‘em both the good news and have done with it

There might be a bit of overpricing - it is a public sector project after all - but I bet, rather than anyone 1 entity getting rich, it’ll be an example of us all (those that pay tax at least) getting poor as a consequence of local and national government’s utter lack of respect for public money. If it had been Cornwall, the contract would likely have gone to Cormac - the 100% share owned private company of Cornwall council. Talk about a cartel!

Were you listening to Majeed? He made some valid arguments on his show but (for a clever bloke) he is way too tunnel visioned and keen to misrepresent his own very biased opinion to the detriment of the bigger picture. If you caught the show, I recall that he majored on the ‘apparent’ inequities of the 2 examples of Begham and Letts where the general call was for Begham to have UK citizenship revoked but not so for Letts, and the apparent inequities of the sentencing of Letts parents compared to some other case. There was a lot of focus on the problems of refusing to allow those that wished to return to UK from former ISIS collaborations and also he had a mini liberal meltdown over Putin’s recent comments about liberal democracies. I genuinely like his show and hold his uncompromising style in high regard but he was way off the mark more than not yesterday. In no particular order: As regards Putin - I don’t think he misunderstood Putin’s point so he must have chosen to purposefully misrepresented his arguments against it. Not impressed - Putin made some very relevant and accurate observations regarding the consequences of overt liberalism. The Begham Letts comparisons are false comparisons due to tangible differences in circumstances - quite hypocritical of Majeed (as a self styled liberal) to represent the perceived similarities and ignore the obvious fact that in a liberal democracy each case is independently considered, on its merits, within the process of the legal system. On the the plus side though, his arguments around deportation and trial of other nation citizens held some genuine logic and - as usual - anyone that tried to argue otherwise was promptly tied up in knots! Overall a good show though and plenty of ranting opportunities whilst lime pointing ?

I think it’ll work itself out come the NEXT vote Mark!

Hopefully a cross compliance subsidy stoppage to follow: https://www.spainenglish.com/2019/06/27/catalonia-wildfire-destroyed-5500-hectares/ https://apple.news/AQUOI5By4SBq6guLdLUnPpg

I think they stand less chance of election now than at any time in recent history.

No, my assumption - apologies. ?? Maybe....

Unless it’s a whole load of crap he’s put there which needs moving, I’d have thought it would usually be LA (Highways) responsibility to keep PRoW clear. Unless farmer is taking an envelope ?from PC then subbing the work out...

It’s off (the original) topic - but seems that’s about answered... Just curious, a farmer paying you to maintain PRoW? I would have expected the LA or PC to do that. LA can devolve task & funding to a PC but it seems unusual for the land owner to be doing footpath maintenance.

It ain’t worth listening to ??s 100% BS, distraction and waffle. Best thing he could do was stay off the airwaves!

Mmmmmm, tenuous, I guess that’ll happen when a patently incorrect statement is presented as ‘fact’ and then it is shown to be personal interpretation/ opinion rather than the ‘fact’ it was originally presented as.... I guess accuracy can be tenuous at times, especially when it conflicts with personal opinion / political persuasion huh...

Some times feels like it!! ?

Correct - appointed AFTER selection by those that are members of UK electorate AND members of this/that party have VOTED to nominate the leader. Some are hereditary, others are nominated by someone who is also a member of UK electorate Because it’s likely the French are involved and that’s just wrong on so many levels....

It's a bit of a nonsense really. I replaced the entire roof about 5 years ago under building regs - no bat survey I now want a change of use for the building and to add a dorma but that needs a planning app and planning app needs a bat survey. It's a crazy system....

Don't get me wrong mucker, bats, schmats, that 'king survey has cost me monkey!

It's exactly how Momentum got Corbyn as leader of Labour ??s!

Statistics and damned lies Ed: The Queen, head of state, was voted for by 0% of the UK electorate. - True/accurate (but kinda irrelevant) The PM is voted for by 0% of the UK electorate. - Not true/not accurate (the leader of the Conservative party becomes PM when a Conservative party is in government. The person is voted into the leadership position by the membership of the Conservative party - who are, what for it, also part of the UK electorate) The upper house of parliament is voted for by 0% of the UK electorate. - similarly, not entirely true/accurate. Nominations and confirmations into the HoL are made by members of the UK electorate (just not very many of them) What does that tell you about UK democracy. - that it can be misrepresented to support a personal opinion?

Get a grip mate, I just want to cut a dorma into the roof. I only had the survey because planning wanted it ?

That was 2nd ‘emergent’ survey. Indications are 1 pipistrelle from under the hanging slates at the gable end and lots of noctules foraging above canopy nearby but not roosting within the development site. Thankfully pip is not roosting in an area that presents a stopper for proposed roof alteration works. Was as nice to sit out for a pair of hours at sunset and listen to the world putting itself to bed.

What do you mean by ‘secure?’ If you asked a Royal Marine to ‘secure’ a building he’d put a flash-bang through the window, kick the door in and kill everyone inside. If you asked a Matelot to ‘secure’ a building he’d check all the windows are closed, turn the computer and lights off and lock the door on his way out. If you asked a Crabfat to ‘secure’ a building he’d check the land registry, make an offer to purchase the lease with the option to extend. Secure Iranain oil stock? The US won’t trade with Iran: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/iran.aspx Tell me how the US military aircraft were 10 minutes away from takeoff before all this was decided. Its entirely possible that both options (and probably others) were on the table - Id suggest / guess he choose wisely...

Well it's in the public domain now so the answer is more apparent ??s The kinetic strike was binned in favour of a cyber strike at Iranian military capability. A smart move it might be said - no civilian casualties, no opportunity for the Iranian regime to reignite the 'great Western Satan' tag line... It's been a long journey since WWII (and before) where bombs and bullets have been the ultimate fall back for failed diplomacy and there have been some truly horrific situations since the Manhattan Project - napalm and carpet bombing in Vietnam right through to depleted uranium in Iraq (and that's just the (so called) 'conventional' weapons deployed by Western powers - there is a whole other can of unpleasantness when you consider the 'non conventional' weapons of 'lesser' (?) states and regimes. In a rather perverse interpretation, I suppose one could refer to the 'progression' to smart munitions, drones and cruise missiles, and greater appreciation and consideration of the law of armed conflict (as relates to the potential for civilian casualties) as a step forward from the past. As has been highlighted in this and the other thread, it can in hindsight (and yes, it is hindsight) be recognised that previous foreign policy which may have reverted to kinetic warfare has had a detrimental outcome - especially when juxtaposed with poorly considered immigration policies which have facilitated hostile communities within the initiating nation state. For all those that see Trump as a fool, I'd suggest his latest operational strike demonstrates an awareness of previous failures and a willingness to embrace, what might well be considered, the future of military intervention after failed diplomacy. The tradition spheres of military operations Land, Air and Maritime have new play mates - Space, Cyber and PsyOps. It would appear that the West has been playing catch-up in these new realms - consider, the recent NHS cyber attack, Russian interference in overseas political processes, Anonymous cyber attack on ISIS to name but a few. So that provides (at least) 2 fundamental changes of attitude the start of which, it might be seen as being delivered by Trump (the fool?) - 1 recognising and implementing the change from kinetic to cyber ops by nation states and 2, recognising that non nation state players can be just (or more) effective than nation states in the delivery of effect. The PsyOps element is also interesting. Do you go public and state what you've done to hurt your 'enemy' or do you just keep it on the QT so that only 'they' and 'you' know what has been done. Trump - maybe personality driven, but I think not in the Iranian case, has now gone public. Contrast, the (suspected) Russian interference with other nation state political / democratic processes, no overt admission of involvement. Interesting times ahead - It's my view that the US response to the Iranian situation may prove to be a lot cleverererer than a lot of people give Trump credit for - right enough it's not all down to him, but he is the Commander in Chief and it IS his decision which path to take once the smart guys have presented the options to him. Maybe not such as dumb ass as some would have you think...

Right then - show yourselves!

Knife, gun & acid! https://londonstreets.org/two-men-wearing-burkas-throw-acid-at-london-market-trader/