Steven P

Don't all politicians campaign for change though? Otherwise the voting public would just say "why bother with change if they're not going to change anything"... helping you work out how the world of politics works, your welcome.

Your point being? Or are you just reitterating that you only started taking a note of the world outside your head about a year ago?... Rishi Sunak... investigated for his wifes share holdings not being declared Liz Truss... investigated over Britt award tickets Boris Johnson... amongs many others... investigated over a carribean holiday.. and that flat refusbishment of course David Cameron.... investigated for acting as a lobyist for Greenshill Gordon Brown... investigated for failing to declare rental income Tony Blair.. cash for peerages .... and your point is? (note the cases above were just the first that popped up on a google search while I was confirming what I wrote.. they are not the only investigations into any of the above)

Immigrants - check Muslims - check Not white - check A hint of Starmer - Check Have you just cum, JohnsonD with this story? Commenting on the story, this is the latest out of a lot of prosecutions and some serious jail time - deservedly - but "Took far too long for these animals to be locked up" is far far better than "rushed and botched the investigation, they got away with it". Noting that in cases of rape and sexual abuses there is often a massive time between the offence and prosecution - the victims often feel that they can't report it, nothing the police can do until they know of the offences. Without DNA (in historic cases) investigations and proof is harder.

I guess to round up the Haitians you could just 'grab them by the pussie' (I think that's what the rapist claimed he could do at will when your rich and famous?)

But back to the family on the couch, much more interesting really

Didn't the Tory Party release 10s of thousands early? 1500 low risk prisoners is but a drop in the ocean compared to that.

"hard to tip someone out if they don't want to go". So many questions. The paddle looks similar to some stilts I made for The boys from pallet stringers.

Banning adverts is all well and good but if it is available regardless, people will buy them. Look at smoking and vaping, no adverts but still happens. Education is the key to a lot of things, start young and keep at the education till the end of school and beyond and with luck they will have the knowledge to make 'good' choices (healthier food is often also cheaper than processed ready meals). However 18 years of targeted education is beyond the dreams of any politicians fix in a sound bite desires.

You're right - a matter of scale, I thought 2 were crammed onto an armchair!!

The requested synopsis of his speech plus a couple of links for background information. Every little helps.

No, you posted an image but not a link to the article - I've told you before that I could knock up images on photoshop all day long to emphasise any political agenda I want. Most forum members manage to post links.

School boy error, sorry.

Looking at bare statistics, since 2020 the number of illegal immigrants into the US apprehended and kicked out has rocketed (they are doing more of that under Biden than under Trump), and the total number of illegal immigrants in the US is less than there were when Trump left office (2nd link). The rest of the mans speech is mostly anecdotal from his experience and not backed up by any firm statistics but suggests that the 'legal' illegal immigrant population are being controlled by (foreign) criminal gangs. He does cite 2 or 3 cases out of the 10 million immigrants in the US which is a tiny portion so needs really to show the significance and total numbers.... which I doubt he has.... speech style is very much of the Trump play book, almost written by him. Border crossing encounters U.S. 1990-2023 | Statista WWW.STATISTA.COM The number of illegal border crossings reached an all-time high in 2022, with over 2.2 million migrant encounters registered by the U.S. Border Patrol. Border crossing encounters U.S. 1990-2023 | Statista WWW.STATISTA.COM The number of illegal border crossings reached an all-time high in 2022, with over 2.2 million migrant encounters registered by the U.S. Border Patrol.

Usually there is something that goes wrong between grand idea and implementation even if the grand idea is great. it never quite works out right

Context MesterH... assuming you arn't continuing 'where were we September 11' theme with SpaceX and aircraft flying into buildings and stuff (unless I missed some news), or a conspiracy type theory that Elon Musk had something to do with that.. but that 'making the news today' is they have had a billionaire doing a private space walk today?

I'll have to check with my pest controller next time he comes past but I think his preference is traps and only shoots deer, but not sure what traps he has for what animals. Not sure what he does after he has trapped them though

anecdotal evidence of course, but firewood cut and delivered in the winter dries quicker than that cut in the summer

Her logs I suspect (well, his)

Seen a lot of Transits sitting round the corner - a fabrication place - cab and wheelbase only, so I guess adding the back is a modification to how it came out the factory - tipper, flat bed or whatever. They might argue that adding a 'load' that is semi-permanent in the form of plywood boards and a frame is a modification too, unless you remove it (and show it is removed) regularly. What is their position if you weld / bolt a tool chest on a flat bed / tipper? It will only come out as not covered if they have to pay out some money, I'd guess that a pull by the police will show "insured"... unless you are pushing the weight limit (see that thread) they probably won't check on sides. I'd perhaps look for the cost you want to pay / cover you want to pay for and then give them a call to confirm all is OK and to record what you said with an e-mail confirmation from you or them. Loads of trucks with sides on them and not everyone pf them will be driving about hoping for not too many questions asked. Not quite the same but insured the car, added business miles and the cost went down - business miles from the house were less and quieter times then the morning commute every day. You never know you might get lucky like that (though be surprised if you do!)

Yes, he was but with a west country accent so didn't get the voice of Darth Vader

Hmmm.... good luck with that one... all it takes is a bad year or summer where you don't get to trim it as you might want to and it will be huge.

Just pricing up a van! A bit far for me but would be tempted even if I was making a loss for my time in cutting, splitting and drying.

On my apple trees I read that the ants are not there damaging the tree but feeding on aphids that are feeding on the tree. Not sure if the same applies to maples or if the ants like to eat it

Just a thought, if the tree is hung up and over the line - power line or BT - won't they come and clear it if you tell them of problem? Not sure on this one and if there is a charge to the land owner. As above, the pole owner generally leaves a mark on it - BT I have seen carved in and electrical as above with the danger of death notices.

Neither confirmed nor denied my opinion of Blair. Read my words again, you will see this. I was highlighting, for your convenience your double standards, either Tony Blair is evil in all his actions, including the winter fuel payments, or he is not evil in all his actions and some of what he did was actually OK. Same with all Prime ministers in fact, some good, some bad. As for your last copy and paste, again your double standards coming to the fore. A moment ago it was Starmer, lord of evil taking away the winter fuel payments, now Starmer is exonerated and it is Reeves who is taking away the fuel payments. Make your mind up!! Head is spinning now.