badgerx16

Is that the same Jonathan Gullis who blames Labour for blocking the Rwanda Bill, when the Conservatives have a majority in both the HoC and HoL - and when, in fact, he abstained from voting for it ?

Russian air defences in the Crimea appear to have shot down another of their own SU-27s.

Eminem

The etymological irony that Thames Water might become insolvent.

Excluding the pandemic, 2023 showed the weakest GDP growth in the UK since the 2009 banking crisis.

It would be interesting if he tried - even Tricky Dicky Nixon was persuaded that he couldn't pardon himself.

The President cannot issue pardons for State convictions, only Federal.

Is that the ones to Rwanda, or those coming the other way ? TBF, they have started a social media campaign in Vietnam to try to deter immigrants from there.

In that case Weston's comment about institutional racism would seem to be accurate, and as such, surely, they are open to discrimination law suits. I would hope that, by now, Universities operated a "colour blind"' approach to making offers, much as is supposed to happen with employment law, and that therefore, as you have mentioned, other factors must be in play. However it falls, 'positive' assistance towards a particular group is implicitly discriminatory against, and is a disincentive for, others.

Creative writing.

Communard

Other than you, does anybody else on here give a fuck ?

"'The value of investments can go down as well as up."

Genuine question; there is an MA course at the Open University for which the fees are £7000. However, if you are a "person of black heritage' there are bursaries available to defray the cost. Is this, in effect, racist ?

Another minor Brexit benefit, or just people being thick ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68658209

Bullshit Social is estimated to have 5 million users. TikTok has 2 billion, Facebook 3 billion. How many of those 5 million are outside the MAGA heartland ?

Bloc

That would be the Bible that says you can sell your daughter into slavery, that you have to kill your brother if he plants 2 different crops side by side, and that promotes incest and infanticide ? Heaven help those that work on Sundays. Where's MLG when he's needed ?

No, he is thick as pig shit - what does that say about the morons who would vote for him ?

Doesn't change the fact he is a thick, narcissistic, megalomaniac, with the faintest of grips on reality, and an awful example of humankind.

Stigma

Another one bites the dust; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68658896

This is exactly what Putin wants, us squabbling amongst ourselves.

Allison was a very good coach, but poor as a manager.

We could always offer paid flights to Rwanda to help the displaced people. ( #tongueincheek )