Re: British government to block Scottish law

LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The British government will block a bill passed by the Scottish parliament that makes it easier for people to change their legal gender, its Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said on Monday, the first time it has invoked the power to veto a Scottish law. The move sparked a ...

Re: Car dependency

I am in real estate development, thus urban planning is one of my interests. Being from the Netherlands, it interests me how people get around and why American/Canadian cities have been designed in such a way that the only viable way to get around is by car. So it is not a choice to go by car, but ...

Re: Update: United Airlines orders 100 787’s plus 100 options, orders 100 737MAX

Nice order for Boeing.

Congrats, Boeing and United.

Re: World Cup 2022 Football Thread

Well done France.

Not sure if Kane’s penalty has landed yet whether it is still climbing.

As nice it would be for Morocco to win it, money has got to be on France.

Hopefully against Croatia again.

Re: World Cup 2022 Football Thread

Disappointed for the Dutch.

Argentina have absolutely no class at all.

Hopefully Croatia will send them packing.

Re: World Cup 2022 Football Thread

Well done Morocco.

Re: World Cup 2022 Football Thread

I think it is shaping up to be a Brazil v France final.

A rematch from 1998.

Re: World Cup 2022 Football Thread

It’s amusing to see how a silly football song by a pair of comedians irritates some people. It really is sad. Most countries will have songs about how they are the best and they are champions. I know the Netherlands has a few, even though we only won the '88 EC. We did make second place in the worl...

Re: World Cup 2022 Football Thread

scbriml wrote:

It’s amusing to see how a silly football song by a pair of comedians irritates some people.

Re: World Cup 2022 Football Thread

When I say it is coming home, I say so as we gifted Football to the world. Home is the birthplace of the beautiful game. Not that I genuinely think England will win. But if we beat France, who knows. Well FIFA has recognised China as being the origin of the games of kicking a football around, from ...

Re: World Cup 2022 Football Thread

Another day full of no surprises at all, and two matches which utterly failed to raise the blood pressure. France is starting to look frighteningly good, with Mbappe heading straight for player of the tournament and team for the title. England was mainly meh and won a clear victory on a pretty weak...

Re: World Cup 2022 Football Thread

Football is coming home.

Come on England.

Re: World Cup 2022 Football Thread

What a rollercoaster those two games were. For a while there, Japan and Costa Rica were going through from a group that contained both Germany and Spain. :shock: As it stands now the 2026 WC is set to have a new three-team group format, so unless that changes, we will no longer get to experience th...

Re: World Cup 2022 Football Thread

scbriml wrote:

What a rollercoaster those two games were. For a while there, Japan and Costa Rica were going through from a group that contained both Germany and Spain.
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Re: World Cup 2022 Football Thread

auf wiedersehen Germany

Re: Fifa World Cup 2022

Good performance from England.

Maybe football is coming home?

Re: At the last minute, Qatar bans beer from WC matches

FIFA president blasts ‘hypocrisy’ of Western critics of World Cup host Qatar https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20221119-fifa-president-blasts-hypocrisy-of-western-critics-of-world-cup-host-qatar Infantino, speaking at his opening press conference of the tournament in Doha, had harsh words for...

Re: At the last minute, Qatar bans beer from WC matches

Btblue wrote:

It's their country and their rules.

Re: Fifa World Cup 2022

Hard to call a winner.

France most likely I think.

Re: UK PM Truss resigns

Whoever succeeds her, his/her mandate to govern can not simply be derived from an election victory by the predecessor's predecessor! It's time for a GE and let the British people decide were to take the UK next as the one thing which is clear now after burning through no less than 2 Home Office sec...

Re: Daily Telegraph: Project Fear was right all along.

Arion640 wrote:

scbriml wrote:

noviorbis77 wrote:

Starmer is more electable than Corbyn.

A mouldy cucumber is more electable than Labour led by Corbyn and McDonnell.

Do I recall you voted for them in 2019?

Re: Daily Telegraph: Project Fear was right all along.

Dutchy wrote:

noviorbis77 wrote:

I’ve never really thought of myself as European. Maybe if the UK hadn’t sat fully at the edge of integration, during our years of EEC/EU membership this may have been different.

That's fair enough. Do you feel different about the Brexit-vote 6 years after casting it?

Re: Daily Telegraph: Project Fear was right all along.

It is of course a matter of individual perspective – some people's main affiliation is just to their local football club and they just have a shrug for everything else! ;) But perspectives should be shaped and chosen on the basis of proper and valid information and that is where I see a point in ta...

Re: Daily Telegraph: Project Fear was right all along.

It is of course a matter of individual perspective – some people's main affiliation is just to their local football club and they just have a shrug for everything else! ;) But perspectives should be shaped and chosen on the basis of proper and valid information and that is where I see a point in ta...

Re: Daily Telegraph: Project Fear was right all along.

That is fair enough. Thank you for a detailed and thoughtful response. I’ve never really thought of myself as European. Maybe if the UK hadn’t sat fully at the edge of integration, during our years of EEC/EU membership this may have been different. It is of course a matter of individual perspective...

Re: Daily Telegraph: Project Fear was right all along.

Amazing that there are so many non-Brits fascinated about UK politics and our economy. I have always had a cultural and lingual affinity to Britain (to both of the main isles, actually), so an interest in its political affairs has always been natural to me. And I observed in horror throughout the T...

Re: Daily Telegraph: Project Fear was right all along.

Arion640 wrote:

I see the new brexit thread has started.

The same things being said over and over.

Re: Daily Telegraph: Project Fear was right all along.

Amazing that there are so many non-Brits fascinated about UK politics and our economy. Never conversations on nations with the most appalling human rights abuses and dreadful levels of persecution of the people. No, just an obsession of a third-country leaving a political union. Is it? Notwithstand...

Re: UK climate activists

The government, police and judiciary are too weak to deal with them properly.

Hopefully that will change though, otherwise someone may get seriously hurt (we are starting to see members of public use force against them).

Re: Daily Telegraph: Project Fear was right all along.

Amazing that there are so many non-Brits fascinated about UK politics and our economy.

Never conversations on nations with the most appalling human rights abuses and dreadful levels of persecution of the people.

No, just an obsession of a third-country leaving a political union.

Re: Emergency action: Bank of England

Interesting tweet by a pro-Brexit "thinktank". The burgeoning “Rejoin” campaign doesn’t want you to know that all new EU members are obliged to adopt the Euro eventually. Rejoining the EU means giving up the Pound. link So, there is a small majority according to the polls in favor of rejo...

Re: Robbie Coltrane - RIP

Great actor.

Nuns on the Run was an absolute classic.

RIP.

Re: Emergency action: Bank of England

bennett123 wrote:

Would Truss be PM if Brexit didn't happen?.

Re: Is NFL getting more popular in Europe?

No.

NFL will never reach the heights of football in Europe.

Re: Emergency action: Bank of England

It's just another example of the Tories robbing the poorest while they enrich the least deserving 1%ers. Same with the NI row-back - I read that those on average wage would be about £7 a month better off while the 1%ers stand to gain hundreds if not thousands. It's no wonder Labour is trouncing thi...

Re: Emergency action: Bank of England

Not trying to stir the pot, but it’s remarkable to see how this discussion between members from the UK is going. Yep, between the Brextremists and the non-Brexiteers….. If the polls are to be believed it's gone well beyond that. Labour are anywhere between 18 and 30 points ahead of the Tories. The ...

Re: Emergency action: Bank of England

Link The market has been reacting to the budget announcement of last Friday by Kwarteng. Trickle down economics - policies announced by his majesty's government haven't been well received by the financial markets. Whoops https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/dutch-inflation-leaps-17-boosted-by-hig...

Re: Emergency action: Bank of England

The Bank of England has been forced into emergency action to halt a run on Britain’s pension funds after the impact of Kwasi Kwarteng’s ill-received mini budget prompted fears of a 2008-style financial crisis. Threadneedle Street said the fallout from a dramatic rise in government borrowing costs s...

Re: Doncaster Sheffield airport - possible closure

OA260 wrote:

Sad news but it was doubtful it would be saved.

Re: Greenland Ice Sheet to Lead to 10 Inches of Sea Level Rise Minimum by 2100

How many inches of sea level rise have we seen since the Industrial Revolution?

Re: Liz Truss new UK PM

then Brittian is in the hands of the populist movement, but we already knew that by looking at Westminster and its policies. ** Britain ** When you can write Dutch as well as ‘Dutchy’ writes English, then you’ll have earned the right to correct them. This is an English language site. Spelling Brita...

Re: Liz Truss new UK PM

The populist way and the Conservatives have become a populist party. Ah well, the UK has a King who is a climate activist so that might balance things out a bit. No. He has already promised to keep his trap shut on political matters and in any event he has little power. Still, he can carry on flyin...

Re: Liz Truss new UK PM

We now even have a noted climate denier as climate minister. The populist way and the Conservatives have become a populist party. Ah well, the UK has a King who is a climate activist so that might balance things out a bit. No. He has already promised to keep his trap shut on political matters and i...

Re: Liz Truss new UK PM

Nope, if the cabinet falls in the Netherlands, it automatically triggers new elections and it works in the same way in many democracies around the world. The UK system is the exception, not the rule. It is the first past the post system that makes this possible. It would be quite logical, Boris Joh...

Re: Liz Truss new UK PM

That would be logical if the electorate actually voted for the PM, it’s the same system in AU/NZ. It does not even happen in the US the Vice President steps up to the plate if the President is forced out or resigns Nope, if the cabinet falls in the Netherlands, it automatically triggers new electio...

Re: Carbon emissions of different modes of transport

some of you may be aware of the new 9 euro monthly ticket in Germany. According to a report I saw on German public TV channel last night the amount of traffic on public transport has boomed...but...the amount of private car transport is barely reduced at all. It is speculated that poorer people who...

Re: Carbon emissions of different modes of transport

Below a graph (perhaps to simplified) about carbon emissions of different modes of transport compared to aviation. Short haul will be more and more in focus in short to medium term it seems... https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/carbon-cost-of-transportation-ds.jpg Source: h...

Re: Human Caused Climate Crisis hits Europe

LabQuest wrote:

The truth is most people aren't willing to make the true sacrifices to make a change. Stop buying stuff, stop flying places, stop driving your car, turn off your AC.

Re: RIP Tony Sirico aka Paulie Walnuts

Really sad news.

A wonderful actor.

Re: Boris Johnson done as Prime Minister?ith

GDB wrote:

noviorbis77 wrote:

ElPistolero wrote:

There are more than 2 parties in the UK.

There are only 2 parties that could ever win an election.

But to get enough seats to be able to govern? Did not happen as recently as 2010.