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But Stephen Fry's life view certainly resonates with many, well respected and articulated.
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That will cause millions pounds worth of improvements.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 759, January 1991.
Issue 759, January 1991.
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John Crace's politics sketch, always a good read, no one is spared but the so called 'opposition' leader such good fodder for disection.
www.theguardian.com
"Losing sleep over the war in Iran? Worried sick about the cost of living? Can’t pay your energy bills? Then relax. Because Kemi Badenoch has a displacement activity for you.
It’s becoming increasingly easy to understand the Conservative leader by viewing her as a hyperactive five-year-old at the back of the class who is constantly disruptive. Who can’t get through a lesson without some kind of attention-seeking behaviour. Who has a constant desire to be indulged even though her first reactions are invariably wrong. Who flies into a temper tantrum when anyone dares to challenge her."
Her initial take on the war was hey ho let's go then oh no, no show when she realised the weight of public opinion was heavily against and the main beneficiary was Putin's Russia.
"It’s been much the same story with energy bills. Though Kemi still hasn’t made the connection between her enthusiasm for the war and the rising costs of oil. Nor has she quite understood that Labour’s promise to freeze the fuel duty cut until September means that fuel duty won’t go up until September. If at all. The small print is not her strong point. She has been acting as if fuel duty was going up immediately. Nor has she quite understood that it is not Keir Starmer who started the war and caused the cost of living crisis. The reality is that the rest of the world is paying a Trump tax as a reward for the American people having voted an unstable, not very clever sociopath into the White House."
The tory harridian in chief, of which there are many, is now called for drill, baby, drill in the north sea ignoring the fact it will have no effect on energy security or fuel prices.
"There’s so much she doesn’t understand. It’s as though she thinks you just turn on a tap somewhere off the Scottish coast and petrol starts overflowing from the pumps all over the UK.
This time, though, she has a new trick of copying Reform plans to remove VAT from energy bills for three years and to cut green subsidies. Even though it’s renewables that offer the best long-term hope of energy self-sufficiency. Go figure. Strangely, Kemi also has plans to cut windfall taxes on oil and gas companies at the very moment they are making windfall profits. It goes without saying the Tories’ costings leave a lot to be desired. But you try stopping Kemi being Kemi."
SKS isn't spared in yesterday's piece:-
"Meanwhile, Starmer was in Wolverhampton for Labour’s local election launch that wasn’t a launch. More of an embarrassed mumble. These are the elections Labour rather wishes weren’t happening as it faces near wipeout. Keir spoke for about 10 minutes, mainly about how he had been on the right side of the Iran war from the start. Sadly for him, that probably won’t make a difference. He then took no questions from the media and the event petered out. Most of the cabinet had made the effort to travel to the Midlands and they looked bewildered. Why had they been made to come? None of us will ever know."
Kemi the attention seeker somehow always makes two plus two equal five | John Crace
The looming oil crisis caused by the Iran war gives the Conservative leader a platform from which to jump to the wrong conclusions
www.theguardian.com
It’s becoming increasingly easy to understand the Conservative leader by viewing her as a hyperactive five-year-old at the back of the class who is constantly disruptive. Who can’t get through a lesson without some kind of attention-seeking behaviour. Who has a constant desire to be indulged even though her first reactions are invariably wrong. Who flies into a temper tantrum when anyone dares to challenge her."
Her initial take on the war was hey ho let's go then oh no, no show when she realised the weight of public opinion was heavily against and the main beneficiary was Putin's Russia.
"It’s been much the same story with energy bills. Though Kemi still hasn’t made the connection between her enthusiasm for the war and the rising costs of oil. Nor has she quite understood that Labour’s promise to freeze the fuel duty cut until September means that fuel duty won’t go up until September. If at all. The small print is not her strong point. She has been acting as if fuel duty was going up immediately. Nor has she quite understood that it is not Keir Starmer who started the war and caused the cost of living crisis. The reality is that the rest of the world is paying a Trump tax as a reward for the American people having voted an unstable, not very clever sociopath into the White House."
The tory harridian in chief, of which there are many, is now called for drill, baby, drill in the north sea ignoring the fact it will have no effect on energy security or fuel prices.
"There’s so much she doesn’t understand. It’s as though she thinks you just turn on a tap somewhere off the Scottish coast and petrol starts overflowing from the pumps all over the UK.
This time, though, she has a new trick of copying Reform plans to remove VAT from energy bills for three years and to cut green subsidies. Even though it’s renewables that offer the best long-term hope of energy self-sufficiency. Go figure. Strangely, Kemi also has plans to cut windfall taxes on oil and gas companies at the very moment they are making windfall profits. It goes without saying the Tories’ costings leave a lot to be desired. But you try stopping Kemi being Kemi."
SKS isn't spared in yesterday's piece:-
"Meanwhile, Starmer was in Wolverhampton for Labour’s local election launch that wasn’t a launch. More of an embarrassed mumble. These are the elections Labour rather wishes weren’t happening as it faces near wipeout. Keir spoke for about 10 minutes, mainly about how he had been on the right side of the Iran war from the start. Sadly for him, that probably won’t make a difference. He then took no questions from the media and the event petered out. Most of the cabinet had made the effort to travel to the Midlands and they looked bewildered. Why had they been made to come? None of us will ever know."
So Israel have brought in the death penalty for one group of people. Having champagne and celebrating as it's passed.... Wonder who the last regime to do this was?
Barbaric is one word to describe the Israeli right wing ultra zionists in government. The increase in violence by settlers on West Bank following the beginning of the war shouldn't go unmentioned.
In the Shadow of War, Settler Violence against Palestinians Intensifies
While many Israelis are taking shelter from missile and drone attacks, armed settlers in the West Bank are taking advantage of the fog of war to seize land and advance Israel’s ongoing dispossession and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
But a document seen exclusively by Euronews says instructions by the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Israeli army and police to crack down on settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
It's reported that the army had announced last week it was diverting troops away from its ongoing offensive in Lebanon to the West Bank in order to rein in Jewish settler violence.
Can but hope this move will give some relief to those suffering a surge in violence.
Must take care as any criticism of Israeli military actions or settler violence is regarded as anti-semitic in some quarters.
First came across Seasick Steve on Jools Holland's hootenanny show.
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There's plenty of good stuff on YT including this bio:-
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C&P from PE comments couldn't be more appropriate:-
Apocalypse Right Now -
Colonel Kurtz asks;
"Did they say why, Willard, why they want to terminate my command?"
Captain Willard responds;
"They told me that you had gone totally insane, and that your methods were unsound."
Kurtz;
"Are my methods unsound?"
Willard replies;
"I don't see any method at all, sir.."
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Saw Steve at Glastonbury Abbey a few years ago, he is magnificent. One of the best live acts out there
I'm six years past my three score and ten still waiting to become an overnight sensation, I'm only held back by lack of talent and ability.
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Keir Starmer says Britain is 'well placed to weather the energy crisis', thanks to the government's efforts over the last 2 years to get everyone used to having no money
Keir Starmer says Britain is 'well placed to weather the energy crisis', thanks to the government's efforts over the last 2 years to get everyone used to having no money
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If only it were just the last two years
Yes indeed the foundations were were laid over the previous fourteen years
Trump: We’ve obliterated the Iranistanni armed forces… apart from the ones firing rockets and missiles at our allies.
New Private Eye on shelves now.
New Private Eye on shelves now.
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