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I wonder if this excludes him from running or fit in well

I dont mind that if it means it gives more opportunity for a new face to come through. Also 20 supporting MPs to get on the ballot paper is better (lower) than it was looking like a few days ago

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With perhaps one or two exceptions they are all basic trim 850cc Mini Metros with leaking hydragas.

That's all they need to say for that constituency. Easy peasy. Getting elected by 65 million is a different challenge though. Imo the Tories need a whole fresh start with a leader and cabinet not tainted by the past. What Graham Brady and the 1922 committee apparently want is a super quick election and a high number of MPs needed to get nominated - which inevitably favours current and recent ministers with a high profile. Prepare for more of the same with a different wrapper

Disagree. Every election is different. Sometimes want continuity, sometimes change of policy and right now, a complete break with the recent past imo

Yes absolutely. I had him in mind in writing the post, though somehow missed him out. He is actually my preferred choice for the new leader

I reckon somebody with solid military creds might do well atm. given the current situation. Johnny Mercer, Ben Wallace and Tom Tugrnhadt all have enter chances than three months ago. All also have the advantage of not being tainted by association despite Wallace being minister. Not saying thry would win but Rory Stewart’s run from nowhere showed you can’t predict

You should money on it, you'd get great odds!

Those telling him to go are at least as culpable because they have connived with, enabled and defended everything they had happened over the past three years. They are mini Johnsons - shits but without the charm

"Sinking ships leaving the rat" was a great line

Surprising odds - Ruth Davidson and Johnnny Mercer top, both miles better than Trusss or Patel. Yes I know odds arent predictions but do indicate where most people are putting their money.

Better give in then eh? Or diversify their energy supply as everyone has been saying for years. Either

I had it three weeks ago for the third time (daughter works part time in a care home and partner is a medic so its bug central in this house). Third time was definitely worse, especially in duration, than when I had it the first time with only one jab.

If you believe the blog I post up Putin is going for a full Anschluss with Ukraine and Belarus

If Ukraine attempts to reoccupy it. Its very small though and easy to bomb all of it. Presumably there is a danger that if Ukraine put men and equipment there the Russians will do the same to them.

It got heavily attacked overnight, the Russians abandoned it and are now presenting it as "a goodwill gesture" just like they did when they failed to take Kyiv.

What most doctors (imo) really want is less constant pressure and rushed, ill thought through treatment.. That means either more NHS staff or some kind of prioritisation so they arent being forced to offer everything to everybody against a backdrop of ever increasing demand. It's not about salary its about quality of life. Clinicians can't control workload so they demand more cash for putting up with often unbearable conditions. The more salary they get enables them to work part time, which just increases the pressure elsewhere. What we really need is to get better at accepting that there is no point giving 85 year old patients a third bout of intensive cancer treatment, for example.

Probaby all a misunderstanding. There is no history of anything right leaning in F1, apart from the occasional Nazi orgy.

Sounds like a condom delivery service

It's also knowledge and power over vulnerable and often desperate people. If a doctor tells a patient with a life threatening illness they should have another expensive scan and blood test and follow up appointment they will do it, even if they have to sell their house and spend their kids college fees. Its the same with advertising drugs on tv, creating demand and profit through fear I had a taste of profit driven healthcare in the UK when a vet tried to emotionally blackmail me into paying £1,500 for investigations on my 18 year old cat with intestinal cancer. Even though it clearly wasnt the best thing for the cat or me, it was the best thing for him.

Couple of interesting posts from the apparently / supposedly retired FSB Colonel. "Yesterday was rich in events, but one event could make this day truly significant. Last night, a suicide attempt by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was thwarted. While cleaning Dmitry Medvedev's office, a woman from the servants accidentally drew attention to several sheets of paper written on the table and on the floor, apparently she was interested in the contents. So, having discovered five variants of a suicide note written in Dmitry Anatolyevich's large, sweeping handwriting, the servant immediately informed the guards. The guards found Dmitry Medvedev drunk and with a pistol in his right hand. After some persuasion, Medvedev handed over the pistol, which, as it turned out, was loaded with live ammunition. Under Medvedev, another note was discovered, apparently the sixth final version. Everything was immediately reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin ordered not to give Medvedev any more alcohol and to control every step until a special decision. The incident was decided not to be made public. In his notes, Dmitry Medvedev wrote that he could not endure humiliation and emotional distress, felt like a worthless person, incapable of anything, hated the war and those who unleashed it, and blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin, Yuri Kovalchuk, Nikolai Patrushev, Alexander Bortnikov for his death and Igor Sechin. In one version of the note, Medvedev writes that he is tired of being a puppet. Almost everything written is chaotic and emotional and apparently was written while intoxicated. But if Medvedev's suicide had succeeded, how would the Russian leadership get out with explanations of what happened?" And this. War is coming? Last week Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Alexander Lukashenko. The negotiations were not as smooth as it might seem in the end. So there was a moment when Vladimir Putin, having interrupted communication with Lukashenka, left the negotiations and, leaving the room, loudly said to those waiting: "Explain to this stupid gang ... well, that he will not leave here." According to eyewitnesses, the threat was uttered so convincingly and loudly that it was heard by the people waiting for the end of the negotiations, of which there were about a dozen, and the guards, and Lukashenka himself. After a relatively short break, Lukashenka himself began to tearfully ask for an opportunity to continue communicating with Putin and at the same time looked very depressed. As a result, he made a promise to Putin that the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus would take part in a special military operation in the quantity and quality that the President of Russia wished. Lukashenka agrees to the union of the three Slavic peoples and unification into one state, as quickly and in such a format as the Russian president sees it. Well, and most importantly, Lukashenka is ready to provide an opportunity to use the territory of the Republic of Belarus for provocations against Lithuania. Putin plans not only to draw Belarus into a war with Ukraine, but also to provoke a military conflict between the Republic of Belarus and Lithuania. To prepare provocations, several groups of "specialists" from the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have already moved to the territory of the Republic of Belarus. Their goal is to prepare explosions of military and civilian infrastructure in the city of Lida and several cities bordering Lithuania. In case of explosions on civilian objects, there should be casualties among the civilian population. Russia, as a member of the CSTO and the fraternal people, will have to respond immediately, and whether it will be a retaliatory strike or an ultimatum is now being decided, but the intentions are quite serious. Lithuania is included in the list of countries that Vladimir Putin organically cannot stand, and occupies leading positions in this list. Putin sincerely believes that Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia provoked the collapse of the entire union with their secession from the USSR. We also recall that, by order and under the direct control of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in 2017, an assassination attempt was being prepared on the life of Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite during her visit to the city of Kharkov, which, according to the President of Russia, was supposed to become a trigger for an increase in escalation and, as a result, a hybrid "special operation against the Baltic republics.

Maybe its not too late for him to have a sex change and end this war