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Unless they are prescient and can foresee 4 years into the future, a manifesto is a wishlist of "things we might do in year one, or possibly year two".

Most things introduced by Governments, of any hue, have not been in a manifesto.

Kemi backtracking on the comments she made in June saying she would be open to introducing ID cards. ( I'm not saying I support the proposal, but the Tories are being very two-faced, or very forgetful, about this ).

Just to stir the Beatles pot - "Octopuses Garden".

So pretty much the same as the Labour party. My point was that the idea of digital ID cards is not restricted to Labour. I assume if Badenoch was PM and proposing this, as she has suggested she might, you would similarly be opposed to it. So currently these proposals are not, in themselves, "authoritarian", but there is potential for ' creep' in the future. What is to stop a future Tory or Reform Government enacting that 'creep' ?

What authoritarian policies are they introducing that haven't been proposed or supported by other parties ? For instance, on 7th August the Telegraph ran the following story; "The Conservative Party will “very carefully” consider introducing compulsory digital ID cards, the shadow home secretary said. Chris Philp said he believed there was a “very strong case” for introducing the cards to make it easier for people to prove who they are when using taxpayer-funded services." "His comments came after Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, said in June that she would be open to the introduction of the cards to clamp down on illegal migration." ,.............. They are not aboloshing jury trials, as has been claimed by a few rabid commentators, and the changes, ( which I don't agree with btw ), will not affect the majority Crown Court cases; this from the BBC - "There are around 1.3 million prosecutions in England and Wales every year, and 10% of those cases go before a Crown Court. Of those, three out of 10 result in trials. The reforms appear to mean that more than two out of 10 will still go before a jury. "

So you missed the whole New Wave of British Metal in the 80s ? I "discovered" Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Status Quo, and many others through art lessons at KES, as the art teacher allowed us to bring in records to play during classes. Later, once in the lower 6th, we persuaded the Head to allow us to put a jukebox in the 6th form common room, which could be played at lunch time. That was stocked with punk and new wave singles.

Almost all of the £11 billion lost to fraud and error in the Governments COVID support schemes is not recoverable.

Given the other groups I like to listen to, Megadeth,Black Sabbath,and Slipknot are 3 that I just can't get into.

Last week, Trump pardoned former Democrat Representative Henry Cuellar, who had been convicted og bribery and money laundering. Yesterday, Cuellar applied to be reinstated to the Democrat electoral list, rather than switching allegiance to the Republicans as had been anticipated, prompting Trump to post "Such a lack of LOYALTY, Oh' well, next time, no more Mr. Nice guy!"

You've done it again:

The England cricket team's performance has been criminal.

So, the most predictable thing about the tour, other than England losing, has happened; Wood is out of the series injured.

Nic was around earlier, but as it is early tomorrow morning in Thailand you'll have to wait for his next visit.

The irony is that Robinson's crew probably wouldn't let Jesus into the country, given his Middle-Eastern Semitic complexion, and being the son of refugees.

I don't watch it, but I am cynical about all such shows.

Cambodia and Thailand seem to have decided that Donnie hasn't stopped their war after all.

Gott Mit Uns.

Do you think the votes are real ?

We've got a bloody enormous Newfoundland that does the same.

Our canary has started singing a new phrase, which sounds uncannily like the opening bars of "Killing In The Name Of".

Good morning, ( or is it afternoon ? ), Nic. How's the weather in Thailand ?

This is ehat I don't understand about having 3 CBs; if you play with 2 and the FBs drop in you have the 'compact' back 4, why can't the wing-backe drop back for us and make a 'compact back 5' ? That permits the 2 sitting midfielders to take position centrally 10 yards in front of them. This would mean thst the space on our flanks is in front of the WBs and not behind them.

Maybe it is time to bring back that most successful of British weapons, the longbow.