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SNP MP's x 4 have accidentally re-tweeted a Parody account claiming they had got 5,000 new members in 24 hours so its all lies about them losing members.

It's so idiotic it even made some newspapers.  Just what they needed.

Finished "Your Honor" Series 2 last night.
Excellent,  really good.  7/10

2 hours ago, ml1dch said:

SNP Chief Executive (and husband of Nicola Sturgeon) Peter Murrell resigns. 

Labour really are getting all the political luck at the moment. 

I think they are finished (The SNP),  it sort of crumbled in 2 days.

They are trying to halt the FM election I think also as it just cant be trusted.

There is more to come out apparently.  They got found out,  nobody can lead this coming in as it is.

17 hours ago, StefanAVFC said:

He loved his kids so much that the 4 weeks in prison was the best time of his life 

 

It was the best 4 weeks his family and friends ever had as well so it all balances out.  Like a rest bite break.

The kids could wear their Villa tops 24/7,  bet they were loving it.

4 minutes ago, chrisp65 said:

crash in membership numbers.

Its not so much the numbers,  its the reason for their release.  2 of the FM candidates are pretty sure that the contest is rigged from inside the SNP so they wanted the numbers to see how many people could vote. (A great look,  calling your own party corrupt)

It's the sudden drop as well though,  either the numbers were inflated or there is some acceptance that Indy is truly dead within the membership,  bit of both I suspect.

29 minutes ago, desensitized43 said:

Personally, I think calling her a "religious nut" when she did at least have the "courage" to where her prejudice openly...The other guy just hid in a hole for the day and didn't bother to turn up to vote.

Good point to be fair.

I just don't think it's a good look if people are super religious in politics,  if they can be scammed by religion and believing in God then anything is possible,  but I admit I have an odd way of looking at it.  Its a bit like a Finance minister saying he is going to receive a trunk of Gold from Nigeria.  

1 minute ago, tonyh29 said:

I'm just curious why the Christian woman is described as a religious nut ..but the practising Muslim

I don't believe anyone who really properly 100% believes in any God can be 100% trusted in any Government to be fair but that's just me, Humza specifically,   he wont vote on certain issues becasue of his religion so I don't see how it would work EG Gay Marriage is such an easy question,  can't answer it.  

He's just a bad politician first.  

9 hours ago, bickster said:

So today it was announced that SNP membership is down 40% on it's 2019 peak, which might give an indication as to why Sturgeon resigned, or not, who knows.

I've not really followed the leadership election much because it's of little interest. There was obviously the religious nut candidate and the other two.

I've detected quite a bit of dislike from Scottish voters for this guy but after this you really do have to think he's a bit of a tit at the very least.

 

I have been watching it closely for a while,  not sure why but I find them amusing.

The membership numbers,  it seems they (SNP) have been making them up for a while but nobody it seems,  even the SNP leadership knew it was so bad. The reason they were released was becasue the 2 women candidates allege the FM vote is heavily rigged in favor of the Humza idiot.  Every post he has held has ended in Disaster.

My interest is mostly about the currency and economics of it,  apparently the SNP can create and introduce a currency in 90 days.  How,  they don't know this bit apart from a Central bank creation and that's it.

Kate Forbes and Ash Regan are the 2 birds,  Forbes is the Religious nut,  which is a shame as she is quite intelligent apart from that and the independence thing,  she is quite delusional about independence.  She has historical precedent on her side (Its made up or just in her head)and just needs to enact some magic spell and its done,  apparently WM cannot stop it.  OK.  

Regan is the "I will make, force or stamp my feet to make WM negotiate with me and we will be independent in a few months or so,  mental case.  The 90 day currency academic.

They all agree and have said so in the hustings that the SNP have been awful in government, specifically the SNHS.  Their words not mine.

The SNP is a bit of a joke to be fair and they will cease to exist in 5 years I suspect.  Even though Sturgeon always lied,  they believed her,  no-one believes these 3,  it was all fairy tales after all.  They have 38% of the vote at the moment.  Sturgeon said a few weeks ago,  the SNP has a majority of support in Scotland.  They have gone full trump now and blame the media for telling the truth.

Horrible corrupt political party IMO.

40 minutes ago, PussEKatt said:

IMHO the very least the USA should do is issue a veiled threat to Putin ( he has threatened the west more than once )

The US doesn't need to do things like this publicly.  In private I suspect Russia have been told what's what.

The US does not need to project strength,  Russia on the other hand does when we all know its weak. 

4 hours ago, sidcow said:

Hmm. I know nothing about them but the opening line of their Wikipedia entry describes them as having a strong Conservative outlook and populist appeal.  Doesn’t sound like a good thing at all. 

They are effectively going to stop the coalition from functioning as a Government as they got more than enough seats to achieve their goal.

The politics and elections are a bit of a joke.  Too many parties,  it's honestly a joke.

The big thing in Holland is the Climate and the policies surrounding it.  Nitrogen is the big problem for the farmers.

Dutch Politics,  new party takes loads of seats and holds the power to stop the Government passing anything further.

The Farmer Party 

7 minutes ago, brommy said:

That's very much the sort of thing I've done.

For example, I told my neighbour that I'd noticed his mother-in-law arrive a few days earlier and I commented she was looking well. He replied she has a brain tumour. I quickly asked how his parents were keeping and he told me they both died a few years ago.

I shouldn't laugh,  I couldn't help it.  Apologies.
Did you pop to B&Q after the banter and reverse over his cat ?

15 minutes ago, KentVillan said:

It's nice how what started out as a tribute thread to Sir Jimmy Savile has become a general thread for chatting about all paedophiles. What a legacy

Gary will be gone soon hopefully.  Never getting out now.

78 he is and still a danger.

Not that dangerous in prison though I suspect.

5 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

I even get one from my doctors now.

"Did you get the appointment time you wanted"

No.

17 hours ago, Mandy Lifeboats said:

TASS is reporting that German oil imports from Russia have reduced by 99.9% in 2023.

Refined Oil exports from Russia in Feb 23 are approx. 50 M a day now and will reduce further but only a bit.  The high in March 22 was approx. 550 M a day.

The refined products are special,  these products cannot be exported to India or China as it is not economically viable as a transaction.  China and India refine their own products from Crude and have the infrastructure all in place for this.  (Its odd as you end up with more than you started doing this type of refining).

Russia is now going to be holding a lot of this refined stuff with genuinely nowhere to send it and no economically viable way to get it there.

1 minute ago, bickster said:

Russia leaves Ukraine inc Crimea.

There is only Ukraine that can decide when they are happy for peace talks

And they have consistently stated that Russia must leave all Ukrainian territory 

Agreed,  this is the only palatable end.
If Putin leaves the territory then there doesn't need to be peace talks.  It turns itself off as Ukraine will not chase them into Russia,  they just want them to **** off.

Putin has a big decision currently,  if Ukraine break through the front line in numbers then he position to negotiate is gone as what troops are left in the trenches will all get destroyed.
Or pull back and hope for a bit of luck and Russia break through somehow,  highly doubtful.
Or carry on as he is and hold the line until he runs out of troops or ammo,  which logically means Russia and its borders cannot be properly secure.
Or he as a desperate throw of the dice,  just take over Belarus.  They cannot actually stop Putin and he at least gains some ground to show for it.

All the pundits were silent when doing the world cup which looking back seems odd now we have this caffufle.

Language plays a big roll I suspect.

I would of only ever moved to The Netherlands,  nowhere else in Europe. 

Because they speak English in Holland and it's ultimately easier than going to Poland or Germany for example and learning the lingo.

11 minutes ago, chrisp65 said:

It was cleared and gritted and everyone else stayed home.

On Tuesday the Netherlands had some rain and it was quite windy in the morning,  nothing to even worry about: Over 1,100 KM of traffic jams in a tiny country (A record so far this year)
They live in a flat country but they can't drive very well and all drive really close on the motorways in rush hour.  

7 hours ago, pas5898 said:

With Russia, after the professional military and conscripted prisoners there's not many normal civilians who fancy getting thrown into the meat grinder.

It's also almost totally dependent to where they live,  as a percentage of the mobilized soldiers, the total from St Petersburg and Moscow is almost Zero at the moment.  This is for political reasons.

The men in these cities I suggest are protected so they get them from far away at the moment.  As we know some towns are now almost without men from a certain age.

Putin won't run out of people but a large part of the countries population are not useable IMO.  He cannot under any circumstances end up in a Tiananmen Square situation where population control is not complete and total.  

2 hours ago, pas5898 said:

There's a huge difference. Ukraine has half it's population who will willingly / voluntarily risk their lives to save their country on top of a well equipped military.

With Russia, after the professional military and conscripted prisoners there's not many normal civilians who fancy getting thrown into the meat grinder.

I would hope that better training,  equipment, tactics and hardware make up some of this gap.  

Currently the Russians need a win of any sort so they keep coming.  Their death rate currently that we know of is mind blowing. 

The below is just what I hope will happen I suppose but the good news is the sanctions are hurting Russia bad and there seems to be a worker shortage in some industries / Areas.

The further they move the longer the logistics so they stretch these as they move.  I don't know what's going to happen but I hope it's Ukraine with a big push through the lines with a few 100 vehicles and infantry.  It can't be long away. 

The towns the Russians are theoretically getting hold of have been costly,  maybe too costly in the big scheme of things.

The sanctions are hurting them bad and they will start running out of certain types of Ammo / Hardware at a certain point.  If the West get a few Combined Arms Battalions on the go with  with the new Western MBT's later when the ground is better things will immediately change.

9 minutes ago, Davkaus said:

It's not 13 years of corruption and ineptitude, it's those **** asylum seekers

This is the plan I think from what I see on the news.

4 minutes ago, Davkaus said:

suitable asylum housing

Problem is that it can create an imbalance in timing I guess.

The question will be asked,  a family from the UK on waiting list for a house for 3 years or people who have arrived and in need of help also.

I don't know the answer but questions will arise around things like this I imagine.

12 minutes ago, Genie said:

Suella Braverman earlier told MPs she was "confident" the bill is compatible with international law

Feels like a Hail Mary type thing from the Tories. 

This is their only hope.