badgerx16

Of course there was. The Wuhan lab was a centre for the study of coronaviruses and the potential for zoonetic transmission, especially in strains found naturally in bats as there was thought to be a history of localised cross-infections into humans in a mining area close to Wuhan. There is always a risk in any laboratory - when I was at Uni we had a field trip to Porton Down and were shown the store where 'live' Smallpox was being stored, naturally the level of biosecurity in that lab was high.

The problem is that they see their huge majority as vindication, rather than understanding how the vagaries of FPTP delivered a vastly disproportionate result.

Here's one for GM and nutty Nic ; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8095xjg4po "A team of scientists say it is “beyond reasonable doubt” the Covid pandemic started with infected animals sold at a market, rather than a laboratory leak."

I suspect that all PMs this century were millionaires in their own right before they ever got to number 10, so it is unlikely the salary was a deciding factor for them.

They are, but I strongly suspect that the figure Boris got paid was grossly inflated, and there was an expectation of something in return for those paying him over £250 thousand a time.

Whilst still an MP Boris was paid over £1 million for 4 speaking engagements.

I assume that isn't "For want of a nail the shoe was lost,.....".

hazard

SOG and GM in the same place - that's like mixing matrter and anti-matter.

The 'kill rate' was not the intention, it was to incapacitate - maim, blind, etc, and the success rate at that level seems to be near 100%. It seems that the original plan was for these weapons to be enabled as the first strike of an offensive military opeartion against Hezbollah, but there was a risk the pagers and radios were about to be exposed as having been compromised so the IDF decided to use them before they lost the chance..

Dominic Cummins was on between £140K and £145K when he worked in Downing Street. For comparison, these are the senior Civil Service pay grades; Revised SCS pay ranges with effect from 1 April 2024 8. Departments must implement the new pay range minima: Pay Band Minimum (£) Maximum (£) 1 £76,000 £117,800 1A* £76,000 £128,900 2 £98,000 £162,500 3 £128,000 £208,100 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-the-senior-civil-service-pay-award-202425/practitioner-guidance-on-the-2024-25-senior-civil-service-pay-framework-html

Unfortunate, yes, but war, even a pseudo-war, is never 'clean'. Innocents and non-combatants will always get caught up, and that is without bringing in the ( potentially false ) equivalence of the hundreds of civilian deaths in the October 7th attacks .

Is it trivial?

Were you happy to see Maggie Thatcher photographed with Saville and being 'close' friends with him ?

Does anybody know where this 28 hours a week figure came from ?

Now it's exploding walkie talkies.

Has he not fucked off abroad yet ? Anyway. I thought GM was a big fan of ChatGPT, seeing as so much of it's output is posted on here by him.

Hurting ? From the pathetic powderpuff swings you throw. You have a grossly exaggerated sense of your abilities and intellect, and of how others perceive you. Still, keep trying, it will stop your brain addling completely.

I was trying to understand the conspiracy theorist mindset, in a way emulating you. They do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. You should feel honoured.

One of our Passion Flower plants has flowered only 3 months after being planted

The National Farmers' Union supported Remain. Not all land is owned by the farmers working it.

Soliciting images of children being raped does exactly compare to committing the act.

If Israel is responsible for this then I applaud their ingenuity; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7xnelvpepo "The Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah says two of its fighters and a girl have been killed after handheld pagers used to communicate exploded."

Balcony

Is it coincidence that Trump makes a "last minute" decision to play a round of golf on a course where a gunman has been lurking for hours ?