It sure is a load of dross. Even the phrase “punching above its weight” gets in there. Trainee journalist or what?
The Old Boy
A cursory Google suggests that she left school in 2012, spent her time at Cambridge writing articles for the Tab and endorsed the Conservative party in the 2015 general election.
Formerly known as @ireland.com
The comments would give BS a run for its money. So, are you, pretending to be a Brit, commenting on an Irish site about an Irish site commenting on British sites?
Charger Salmons
Have you been on the tinnies tonight cobber ?
Tom Wong
More or less
That is it
Charger Salmons
Seven new cases of C-19.
Out of a population of 5 million.
The surge continues …
italia'90
“Seven tests returned positive”
or
“Seven people tested positive”
Seven cases sounds like 7 hospital cases does it not?
Your actively helping them Dave
Charger Salmons
You would think at this stage the authorities would be able to make that clear.
According to NPHET the situation has ” stabilized ” in the past week after showing ” worrying ” signs of a surge in the previous two.
Yet NOTHING has changed over those three weeks.No new pubs have opened, the weather has been broadly the same and if anything more people have been using shops, going back to work and returning from holidaying abroad.
The longer they drag out their ludicrous attempts to completely eradicate this virus the greater the financial damage to the health of this country.
Tom Wong
It won’t put a dent in the landlord class regardless
Why are you whinging?
dav
aww look, charger want’s us to match british covid rate.. no thanks
Charger Salmons
You could try matching it with the rest of Europe including those countries where schools have been back for months and bars, restaurants and tourist businesses are open and trading.
I know you will be the first to whine loudly when the pandemic subsidies end, companies close, unemployment skyrockets and the taxes start making your eyes water.
scottser
I’m sick and tired of covid at this stage – I wouldn’t mind just getting it and be done
dav
Can’t you not go out and play with the traffic?
scottser
you can’t get it from cars, silly.
dav
no but the end result of catching covid or being hit a car might be the same
scottser
death is nothing to be afraid of, padwan.
dav
yeah but the waste of resources trying to keep you from your welcomed end, is a cause of concern
scottser
Waste of resources indeed. Not like that 16 large pay rise for junior ministers, that’s serious value for money right there.
Janet, dreams of big guns
I understand the sentiment, I am also pretty sure I had it in February, I wish the world would go back to normal too ( too much to hope for a better version of normal )
Charger Salmons
Quick questions.
If much of Ireland still remains closed, its citizens are bring urged not to travel abroad, incoming tourists are being required to quarantine for two weeks and the tourist and hospitality is flat-lining why is the rest of Europe not ?
Either Ireland has failed to get on top of Covid-19 or it is still over-reacting to a far,far greater degree than its neighbours.
If either of these reasons is the case why aren’t our politicians being held to account for this ?
Junkface
I wouldn’t want to come even close to getting it. Some people are reporting strange ailments after recovering from it like neurological issues, migraines, constant fatigue, loss of taste etc. It’s a very strange list of things, and it’s growing. It seems to have had stronger effects in some regions more than others.
I’m sick of the lack of normality myself, everyone just wants to enjoy life.
Gabby
You could become a Daily Star reader so.
Clampers Outside
Common sense prevails! Well done Nick Buckley, now back in charge of the Manchester charity, Mancunian Way, that he founded to help kids stear clear of a life of crime… Well done, BLM is not above criticism – https://twitter.com/TheCriticMag/status/1286222366499053568?s=19
They assisted with a lawyer who worked pro bono, fair dues.
SOQ
For anyone interested- Ireland’s best known critic of the government’s CoVid-19 strategy Dr. Marcus De Brun- is BACK. Twitter account has been restored – technical issue maybe? This is an interview on The Irish Inquiry YouTube channel with Dr. Alan Palmer from the US.
Mandatory Masks on Public Transport. What’s Next? Just over one hour long and well worth a watch if you are in anyway interested an alternative view point on the subject. It is worth pointing out that this guy was appointed to The Irish Medical board by Simon Harris so he is reputable medic.
What’s your point? You understand what libel is and what free speech is… Don’t you?
class wario
“trans people are all men in dresses looking to rape innocent women in toilets”
“inspiring free speech!”
“jk rowling is acting the nob”
“bring in the libel lawyers!”
Clampers Outside
And who said that first one, not JK…
Why don’t you quote the rape threats she got? That’s rhetorical btw…
Again, back to the question, what’s your point?
class wario
it’s really fascinating seeing one of the self-avowed free speech warriors go to bat for a system stacked massively in favour of extremely wealthy people being and allowing them to be massively litigious and instantly silence any and all criticism of them. but as we know, random twitter arguments are a much bigger threat to ‘free speech’
Clampers Outside
Ridiculous. Libel is libel ya spanner.
Clampers Outside
Funny how you sound like Nigel who believes accusation without proof is a legitimate form of argument.
He specifically said so himself and went further when he insisted the onus is on the accused to prove innocence.
That means he does not believe in innocence until proven guilty – in due process – a corner stone of civilisation… and he then says he has no authoritarian streak.
The lack of awareness, what can succinctly be described as self professed ignorance, is off the charts…. Oh well… at least he wears it on his sleeve for all to see.
Nigel
That’s odd. You don’t seem to mind the rape threats targeted at the victims of Gamergate.
(Of course, ideally, rape threats would routinely be a matter for serious police investigation, regardless of whether the target was silencing their critics with litigation or not, but we all know the internet is the last bastion of free speech where The Man can’t opress or silence rape threateners.)
Clampers Outside
Those threats are vile, and do please stop assuming you know what I think ya silly.
class wario
“libel is libel” lol big cop out here.
“innocent until proven guilty” is a legal concept specific to court proceedings.
Anyway, my lawyers will be in touch re the ‘spanner’ slur used against me.
Clampers Outside
It’s not a cop out ffs.
Charger Salmons
And in sports news, Ireland cricketers take centre stage next week in a series of one-day games against England that will be screened on TV around the world.
The squad is currently in a bio-secure bubble at a hotel at Southampton cricket ground ahead of the first game next Thursday.
It’s a huge opportunity for Irish sport as countries around the world starved of cricket on TV will pick up the rights to show these games which ordinarily wouldn’t get a look-in on the schedules.
Tough ask though – some promising young Irish players up against a hungry England team led by legendary Irish captain Eoin Morgan.
Should be a cracking series.
Under current rules the Irish team will go into quarantine for a fortnight on their return home in August except for the players from Northern Ireland.
Charger Salmons
Before that you may wish to tune in to Sky’s coverage of today’s first day of the 2nd England v West Indies test match at Old Trafford.
If only to behold the sight of the magnificent Rahkeem Cornwall, the Windies 22-stone spin bowler.
Tom Wong
Career Slaloms
SOQ
Following on from my post yesterday re: legal opinion of UK Barrister Francis Hoar- about the wearing of face masks- Sainsburys have obviously taken their own legal advice because they sent this tweet out.
“We won’t be challenging customers without a mask when they enter or when they are in store since they may have a reason not to wear a mask. Karen”
They usually sign their tweets with a name but I suspect this one is extracting the urine.
SOQ
I can’t find any evidence as yet but it is being suggested that Tesco and M&S have adopted this policy too?
Johnny Green
Blackstone just released its accounts for year ended March ’20-had look at London ops.
-Blackstone Group International Partners LLP (Blackstone’s UK operation).
– 57 partners.
-avg partner earned £789k ($990k), and the highest paid partner earned £1.5m.
-220 staff in sales and services in London.
-64 in admin.
-wages and salaries averaged £332k per head for these.
-rev for BS in UK was £309m in the year to March, up from £285m the year before.
-added 37 staff during year in UK.
Given the above:
Rishi Sunak announced a review of carried interest currently treated as a CGT and taxed at 28%.
This has not been received well,the UK has a borrowing requirement of 322 Billion this year,they need cut spending by 60 Billion according latest OBR report.
This is a deep dive by The Intercept into PE/Hedge Funds and returns,with Colony Capital about steal the last great development site in Dublin,its worth a read.
-investing in private equity, hedge funds, and private real estate (“alternative investments”) hasn’t been worth the exorbitant fees paid to the industry.
-all three areas of alternative investing have significantly underperformed for at least a decade.
-in files released by the BlueLeaks hack, the FBI has raised concerns about private equity and hedge funds as vehicles for money laundering.
-pension funds globally have continued to invest more and more into alternative investments, growing from 6 percent in 1999 to 23 percent at the end of 2019.
Cork breaking off diplomatic relations with Poland?
…looks like the silly season has arrived at d’paper…more like a front page from the Skibbereen Eagle…
That pea-shooter fight on the ISS got out of hand I see.
Unfortunately I have to report the WINKY-WOOOMETER has blown a gasket.
How on earth does a paper like the Irish Times print dross like this ?
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/praise-for-ireland-says-more-about-the-state-of-britain-1.4310969
It sure is a load of dross. Even the phrase “punching above its weight” gets in there. Trainee journalist or what?
A cursory Google suggests that she left school in 2012, spent her time at Cambridge writing articles for the Tab and endorsed the Conservative party in the 2015 general election.
The comments would give BS a run for its money. So, are you, pretending to be a Brit, commenting on an Irish site about an Irish site commenting on British sites?
Have you been on the tinnies tonight cobber ?
More or less
That is it
Seven new cases of C-19.
Out of a population of 5 million.
The surge continues …
“Seven tests returned positive”
or
“Seven people tested positive”
Seven cases sounds like 7 hospital cases does it not?
Your actively helping them Dave
You would think at this stage the authorities would be able to make that clear.
According to NPHET the situation has ” stabilized ” in the past week after showing ” worrying ” signs of a surge in the previous two.
Yet NOTHING has changed over those three weeks.No new pubs have opened, the weather has been broadly the same and if anything more people have been using shops, going back to work and returning from holidaying abroad.
The longer they drag out their ludicrous attempts to completely eradicate this virus the greater the financial damage to the health of this country.
It won’t put a dent in the landlord class regardless
Why are you whinging?
aww look, charger want’s us to match british covid rate.. no thanks
You could try matching it with the rest of Europe including those countries where schools have been back for months and bars, restaurants and tourist businesses are open and trading.
I know you will be the first to whine loudly when the pandemic subsidies end, companies close, unemployment skyrockets and the taxes start making your eyes water.
I’m sick and tired of covid at this stage – I wouldn’t mind just getting it and be done
Can’t you not go out and play with the traffic?
you can’t get it from cars, silly.
no but the end result of catching covid or being hit a car might be the same
death is nothing to be afraid of, padwan.
yeah but the waste of resources trying to keep you from your welcomed end, is a cause of concern
Waste of resources indeed. Not like that 16 large pay rise for junior ministers, that’s serious value for money right there.
I understand the sentiment, I am also pretty sure I had it in February, I wish the world would go back to normal too ( too much to hope for a better version of normal )
Quick questions.
If much of Ireland still remains closed, its citizens are bring urged not to travel abroad, incoming tourists are being required to quarantine for two weeks and the tourist and hospitality is flat-lining why is the rest of Europe not ?
Either Ireland has failed to get on top of Covid-19 or it is still over-reacting to a far,far greater degree than its neighbours.
If either of these reasons is the case why aren’t our politicians being held to account for this ?
I wouldn’t want to come even close to getting it. Some people are reporting strange ailments after recovering from it like neurological issues, migraines, constant fatigue, loss of taste etc. It’s a very strange list of things, and it’s growing. It seems to have had stronger effects in some regions more than others.
I’m sick of the lack of normality myself, everyone just wants to enjoy life.
You could become a Daily Star reader so.
Common sense prevails! Well done Nick Buckley, now back in charge of the Manchester charity, Mancunian Way, that he founded to help kids stear clear of a life of crime… Well done, BLM is not above criticism – https://twitter.com/TheCriticMag/status/1286222366499053568?s=19
Another victory for the Free Speech Union.
https://freespeechunion.org/
They assisted with a lawyer who worked pro bono, fair dues.
For anyone interested- Ireland’s best known critic of the government’s CoVid-19 strategy Dr. Marcus De Brun- is BACK. Twitter account has been restored – technical issue maybe? This is an interview on The Irish Inquiry YouTube channel with Dr. Alan Palmer from the US.
Mandatory Masks on Public Transport. What’s Next? Just over one hour long and well worth a watch if you are in anyway interested an alternative view point on the subject. It is worth pointing out that this guy was appointed to The Irish Medical board by Simon Harris so he is reputable medic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5eg9gKFDrY
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/jk-rowling-trans-people-row-apology-transphobia-the-day-harry-potter-a9635346.html
free speech for me but not for thee!
again, the other example from this week:
https://twitter.com/sineadactually/status/1283815103012405253
What’s your point? You understand what libel is and what free speech is… Don’t you?
“trans people are all men in dresses looking to rape innocent women in toilets”
“inspiring free speech!”
“jk rowling is acting the nob”
“bring in the libel lawyers!”
And who said that first one, not JK…
Why don’t you quote the rape threats she got? That’s rhetorical btw…
Again, back to the question, what’s your point?
it’s really fascinating seeing one of the self-avowed free speech warriors go to bat for a system stacked massively in favour of extremely wealthy people being and allowing them to be massively litigious and instantly silence any and all criticism of them. but as we know, random twitter arguments are a much bigger threat to ‘free speech’
Ridiculous. Libel is libel ya spanner.
Funny how you sound like Nigel who believes accusation without proof is a legitimate form of argument.
He specifically said so himself and went further when he insisted the onus is on the accused to prove innocence.
That means he does not believe in innocence until proven guilty – in due process – a corner stone of civilisation… and he then says he has no authoritarian streak.
The lack of awareness, what can succinctly be described as self professed ignorance, is off the charts…. Oh well… at least he wears it on his sleeve for all to see.
That’s odd. You don’t seem to mind the rape threats targeted at the victims of Gamergate.
(Of course, ideally, rape threats would routinely be a matter for serious police investigation, regardless of whether the target was silencing their critics with litigation or not, but we all know the internet is the last bastion of free speech where The Man can’t opress or silence rape threateners.)
Those threats are vile, and do please stop assuming you know what I think ya silly.
“libel is libel” lol big cop out here.
“innocent until proven guilty” is a legal concept specific to court proceedings.
Anyway, my lawyers will be in touch re the ‘spanner’ slur used against me.
It’s not a cop out ffs.
And in sports news, Ireland cricketers take centre stage next week in a series of one-day games against England that will be screened on TV around the world.
The squad is currently in a bio-secure bubble at a hotel at Southampton cricket ground ahead of the first game next Thursday.
It’s a huge opportunity for Irish sport as countries around the world starved of cricket on TV will pick up the rights to show these games which ordinarily wouldn’t get a look-in on the schedules.
Tough ask though – some promising young Irish players up against a hungry England team led by legendary Irish captain Eoin Morgan.
Should be a cracking series.
Under current rules the Irish team will go into quarantine for a fortnight on their return home in August except for the players from Northern Ireland.
Before that you may wish to tune in to Sky’s coverage of today’s first day of the 2nd England v West Indies test match at Old Trafford.
If only to behold the sight of the magnificent Rahkeem Cornwall, the Windies 22-stone spin bowler.
Career Slaloms
Following on from my post yesterday re: legal opinion of UK Barrister Francis Hoar- about the wearing of face masks- Sainsburys have obviously taken their own legal advice because they sent this tweet out.
“We won’t be challenging customers without a mask when they enter or when they are in store since they may have a reason not to wear a mask. Karen”
https://twitter.com/sainsburys/status/1286275914926632961
They usually sign their tweets with a name but I suspect this one is extracting the urine.
I can’t find any evidence as yet but it is being suggested that Tesco and M&S have adopted this policy too?
Blackstone just released its accounts for year ended March ’20-had look at London ops.
-Blackstone Group International Partners LLP (Blackstone’s UK operation).
– 57 partners.
-avg partner earned £789k ($990k), and the highest paid partner earned £1.5m.
-220 staff in sales and services in London.
-64 in admin.
-wages and salaries averaged £332k per head for these.
-rev for BS in UK was £309m in the year to March, up from £285m the year before.
-added 37 staff during year in UK.
Given the above:
Rishi Sunak announced a review of carried interest currently treated as a CGT and taxed at 28%.
This has not been received well,the UK has a borrowing requirement of 322 Billion this year,they need cut spending by 60 Billion according latest OBR report.
If the UK changes the carried interest rules it will have a devastating effect on the city.
https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/pe-carried-interest-uk-tax-probe?sourceType=NEWSLETTER
This is a deep dive by The Intercept into PE/Hedge Funds and returns,with Colony Capital about steal the last great development site in Dublin,its worth a read.
-investing in private equity, hedge funds, and private real estate (“alternative investments”) hasn’t been worth the exorbitant fees paid to the industry.
-all three areas of alternative investing have significantly underperformed for at least a decade.
-in files released by the BlueLeaks hack, the FBI has raised concerns about private equity and hedge funds as vehicles for money laundering.
-pension funds globally have continued to invest more and more into alternative investments, growing from 6 percent in 1999 to 23 percent at the end of 2019.
https://theintercept.com/2020/07/23/private-equity-401k-investment-risk/
The mob always eats its own …
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1286201620120797185
RTE 1 is playing an English TV series called Fools and Horses from the mid eighties at 7:30 on a Friday evening. Quality broadcasting for sure.
Their top right slogan is stay safe- from what- them?
There’s always Dad’s Army re-runs on Gold.
” What iz your name ? ”
” Don’t tell him,Pike ! ”
Makes me laugh every time.