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Liar, liar, pants on fire: Bojo has stated that it was 'complete nonsense' when people said he had intervened to permit the evacuation of the NOWZAD charity's animals. Written evidence submitted to a Parliamentary committee includes the following email between Foreign Office officials; Hi [name redacted], We spoke – thank you for your time. [animal charity – name redacted] are a [details redacted] animal charity operating in Kabul and seeking to evacuation their [details redacted] members of staff (no animals). Equivalent charity Nowzad, run by an ex-Royal Marine, has received a lot of publicity and the PM has just authorised their staff and animals to be evacuated, [animal charity – name redacted] are hoping to be treated in the same capacity (granted LOTR). The [animal charity – name redacted] staff can all be guaranteed employment in the UK by [details redacted].

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What about horse racing odds ? Do they reflect the chance of a horse winning a particular race ? Here is a clue: if you answer 'no,' you are wrong. Of course they do- the bets reflect many factors, including the form of the horse, jockey, and trainer, the course and distance, and the 'going'. All factors that affect the horse's chances, and therefore reflected in the betting patterns. As for transfer odds, people bet with the anticipation of winning. So the more money is placed, the greater the groundswell opinion amongst the punters that whatever they are backing will occur. It is only in outlier bets that the amount tendered distorts the 'book', generally a single large bet being placed where only a few smaller bets have currently been made: ( eg, after 100 bets of £10 have been made, you troll up and place £1000. If the original field had been 2000 bets of £10, your bet would not affect the odds as much, but the event would be more likely to happen, in the eyes of the punters ).

Grealish vs Norman Hunter.............

The inquiry was set up such that any 'potentially criminal' evidence would be passed on, Sue Gray cannot investigate this as she is not a Legal Officer. The one thing I have taken from today's statements is that the Gray Inquiry report will be placed in the public domain, something that the rules on the Ministerial Code do not allow for - the release of information under the Code is at the discretion of the PM, who is the only person that would normally get to see it.

Which begs the question 'Why was nothing said or done at the time ?".

'Lack of understanding' - sums up so much of the Leavers' attempts to defend Brexit.

ÇD finally grows a pair.

"Me, me, me."

Finally the Met have decided that an investigation into the activities at No 10 is warranted.

Going back to the OP on this thread, how is that UK-US trade deal coming along ?

Anybody who thinks the clown should not go should read this and re-consider their humanity.

The fact that stories like this really happen; https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/23/ireland-carlow-death-post-office-pension "Police suspect that a dead man who was brought to a post office in Ireland by two men trying to claim his pension had died just hours before the incident"

Dom says more will continue to get leaked until Boris has gone.

"Up to 30 people are said to have attended the event in the Cabinet Room after Boris Johnson returned from an official visit to a school in Hertfordshire. ITV News understands that the interior designer, Lulu Lytle - who was not a member of No 10 staff - also attended the gathering. At the time Ms Lytle was renovating Boris Johnson’s flat in Downing Street, which has been the subject of a separate controversy. Nine days before the alleged birthday bash at No 10, on 10 June, Mr Johnson asked the public "to continue to show restraint and respect the rules which are designed to keep us all safe" during a Downing Street Covid press conference" https://www.itv.com/news/2022-01-24/boris-johnson-had-birthday-bash-during-lockdown-itv-news-understands

I would hope that Salisu has set his ambitions higher than Newcastle could ever offer. If he continues to develop and put on the sort of performance he did against Man City, the real 'big boys', in Europe as well as the Prem, will be interested.

I don't recall the long haul 'road bridge' to and from Ireland being mentioned by Leave.EU.

Only the quotes in my post ( above ) from the port operators. Generally it would be more economic and quicker to drive as much of the journey as possible, and much freight between Ireland and the EU did indeed previously go via Holyhead, and the other Welsh ports. EDIT https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/brexit-has-significantly-altered-irish-british-freight-traffic-report-finds-2021-08-12/ "The most significant factor behind the changes was traders abandoning the once-speedier British "land bridge" - where hauliers would take a short sea crossing between Dublin and Holyhead in Wales, drive across Britain and then take another ferry to mainland Europe." ( Note, this is not from the Irish Embassy !!!! )

A port losing 30% of it's traffic is hardly "slight", especially when there is no alternative market / destination to chase to compensate. It is also likely that EU goods for/from NI are now routed via Eire, so even goods to UK destinations have been lost.

New HC rules come into effect from Saturday 29th Jan 2022. You have been warned.

And you wouldn't be able to go on about it on every thread.

From the Independent; " Officials working in No 10 claim they have held back information from Sue Gray’s investigation into the partygate scandal due to a “culture of fear” surrounding the probe. Three sources told The Independent they have not divulged messages and pictures on their phones after a senior member of staff told them to remove anything that could fuel speculation in the wake of the first party revelations. Messages in a WhatsApp group were said to contain photographs of people drinking and dancing, as well as references to how hungover people were the next day. The messages are from the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral, when there were two parties, one to mark the departure of a No 10 photographer and another to mark the departure of James Slack, Downing Street’s director of communications. Mr Slack has since made a public apology. One source claimed that after being asked to remove information, they subsequently deleted evidence of that party. They said they were also fearful that, having removed material, they could face censure: “I did the wrong thing and actually deleted stuff.” “Everyone’s terrified. It’s a witch hunt,” another source told The Independent. “There’s been a culture of fear [in the office] every day since the first party story broke.” Another source added: "I’ve held back from sharing evidence, it’s too risky. And I’d have to explain why I’d deleted some stuff, which would mean saying I’d felt intimidated." Ms Gray is expected to report back to the prime minister at the beginning of next week and he will then decide when to make the findings public. One source said going to Ms Gray with such information was tantamount to being asked to “snitch on the PM in an internal investigation”. "

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60099413 "Holyhead and Fishguard ports saw a 30% drop in traffic in 2021, according to its operator Stena Line. Ian Davies, boss of Stena's UK ports, said it was down to the new post-Brexit trading relationship with the European Union rather than the pandemic."

For some of us, 24 is 'youth'.

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