Who? A good actress but a total (albeit wealthy) kook...
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Who? A good actress but a total (albeit wealthy) kook...
Woody wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:30 pmThe John Lewis advert is a bit bleak this year
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The next step was the IBM 2314.Pontius Navigator wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:18 pmIan, our backup disc packs were like the one he was holding only a little larger. Each disc pack was sealed. I can't remember the fine detail even though I would do a daily backup. I remember opening the drive lid, offering up the disc pack, removing the plastic cover, shutting the drive lid and then doing its stuff. Top and bottom platters were sacrificial and held no data.
Sadly, I think there are too many on either side are in that position. Whether you agreed with Maggie or not, she had what it took to achieve something. Harold Wilson might not have seemed much while in power, but the way the Labour party imploded after he quit shows how good a job he'd been doing keeping it together. Since Thatcher there hasn't really been anyone who's lived up to the requirements of the top job. We've had a few competent ministers, but certainly the ones living in Downing Street have been mediocre. Cameron, May and Johnson all had the opportunity to be great and they've all flunked it, and looking around the rest of the bunch, none of them really stand out as clued up and competent and capable of good leadership, so when Boris gets Booted, it'll be more of the same, regardless of whether it's at the next election or knifed by his own party.FD2 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:07 pmThis is an 'opinion' piece and could be treated with some suspicion but there seems to be a ring of truth about it! That said I think there is a sub-standard bunch of MPs on both sides of the Chamber. It sounds like he's a man who is 'frit' having realised he's been promoted above his competency level.
Sometimes it's because people have judged the calibre of the opposition that a party gets re-elected. Foot and Kinnock weren't particularly inspiring, then they put John Smith in charge who might have been pretty good. The Tories might have done better if Major hadn't won in 1992, because by 1997 they were toxic and Blair got to win three because they were still trying to come up with a credible leader. Then Brown ended up in charge and I think it was almost a tie between those who thought he was useless and those who considered Cameron the same, but the Lib Dems decided they disliked Cameron less than they disliked Brown. Obviously Miliband was even less credible and a lot of people didn't fancy Corbyn either, although May wasn't particularly impressive on the other side either, given her electoral performance.Pontius Navigator wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 10:04 amTrouble is, with long periods where you have one party or the other you don't get to judge the calibre of the opposition. The long period leading to Wilson's first election gave us a set of unknowns. His majority of 4 showed how close things were. That he was able to call a second election soon after when his ministers had shown they had some competency gave him a working majority. The fixed term parliament denies the try before buy option. The US 4 year elections at least have mid terms which can be interesting.
Wilson's next election saw Heath get in. He did so well that Wilson won the next.
That's how I've voted in the last few elections. There have been no "good" candidates in this constituency whilst we've lived here - we've had chisellers, turn-coats and flouncers and I'm rapidly losing confidence in the current trough-feeder MP. Had we people of the stature of Kate Hoey or Frank Field standing as candidates then that's where my vote would have went - but I doubt even they would have stood a chance of winning in this constituency.
I'd much prefer if he walked the walk.Pontius Navigator wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 9:01 am4ma, at least Gareth talks the talk if nothing else.
His holding reply to me "that's a very good question" never got a final response though I know the SoS Defence for infrastructure covered my question, almost as a footnote, in a parliamentary answer that MOD would provide electric charging points on the estate.
I bet the NHS hasn't thought of that and its parking contractor won't suggest it unless there is a profit in it.
In fact I might just tweak Gareth about that too.
Perhaps she can sell them some cheese! The woman is a blithering idiot!CharlieOneSix wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 5:36 pmA really good move by Boris, making Liz Truss Foreign Secretary - I'm sure the Taliban will listen to her.