UK General Discussion: Rishecession

[LabourJersey]

The probability of a Conservative victory is 50%. Either it happens, or it doesn’t.

The probability of me marrying Sydney Sweeney is 50%. Either it happens, or it doesn't.

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

The probability of a Conservative victory is 50%. Either it happens, or it doesn’t.

The probability of me marrying Sydney Sweeney is 50%. Either it happens, or it doesn't.

Same for me, which means that statistically speaking, one of us will marry her.

[Silent Hunter]

The probability of a Conservative victory is 50%. Either it happens, or it doesn’t.

The probability of me marrying Sydney Sweeney is 50%. Either it happens, or it doesn't.

Same for me, which means that statistically speaking, one of us will marry her.

That's not how probability works in that case. There's a 25% chance you both marry her and a 25% she'd be available for someone else to marry.

But not me. Too young for me.

[Torrain]

Had the Fixed Term Parliaments Act not been repealed, I believe the Commons would have automatically dissolved today, for a May 2nd election.

[Storr]

Anyone want to build a Northern Megacity?

"Wow, not seen this before. The UK (excluding London) is shockingly poor. Big problems with a mono-polar economy, even across a multinational union.

h/t @john_tomaney on LinkedIn"

[Pres Mike]

Anyone want to build a Northern Megacity?

"Wow, not seen this before. The UK (excluding London) is shockingly poor. Big problems with a mono-polar economy, even across a multinational union.

h/t @john_tomaney on LinkedIn"

Chicago is wealthier than LA? I wouldn't have guessed. I know family and friends who moved to Chicago because places like NY or LA were apparently too expensive. Other midwestern cities were too depressing as well.

[Joe Republic]

Anyone want to build a Northern Megacity?

"Wow, not seen this before. The UK (excluding London) is shockingly poor. Big problems with a mono-polar economy, even across a multinational union.

h/t @john_tomaney on LinkedIn"

Photos from a recent visit by a London dignitary to a typical provincial British town:

[LabourJersey]

Anyone want to build a Northern Megacity?

"Wow, not seen this before. The UK (excluding London) is shockingly poor. Big problems with a mono-polar economy, even across a multinational union.

h/t @john_tomaney on LinkedIn"

Chicago is wealthier than LA? I wouldn't have guessed. I know family and friends who moved to Chicago because places like NY or LA were apparently too expensive. Other midwestern cities were too depressing as well.

The chart is PPP-adjusted, which if I understand things correctly accounts for cost of living. That might explain it.

Anyway, I entirely agree with the point made on the UK. Outside London and the city centers of some Northern cities (central Manchester, Durham, York), the UK is not a wealthy or prosperous nation.

I once had to stop in Preston to change trains (was going from Manchester to Edinburgh) and it was one of the grimmest places I've been to. Newark, New Jersey seems positively vibrant compared to Preston!

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

The probability of a Conservative victory is 50%. Either it happens, or it doesn’t.

The probability of me marrying Sydney Sweeney is 50%. Either it happens, or it doesn't.

Same for me, which means that statistically speaking, one of us will marry her.

But which of you will it be? That's what we in the business call a statistical tie.

[pikachu]

Anyone want to build a Northern Megacity?

"Wow, not seen this before. The UK (excluding London) is shockingly poor. Big problems with a mono-polar economy, even across a multinational union.

h/t @john_tomaney on LinkedIn"

How much worse is regional inequality in the UK compared to other countries with a primate city?

[Hnv1]

Anyone want to build a Northern Megacity?

"Wow, not seen this before. The UK (excluding London) is shockingly poor. Big problems with a mono-polar economy, even across a multinational union.

h/t @john_tomaney on LinkedIn"

Chicago is wealthier than LA? I wouldn't have guessed. I know family and friends who moved to Chicago because places like NY or LA were apparently too expensive. Other midwestern cities were too depressing as well.

The chart is PPP-adjusted, which if I understand things correctly accounts for cost of living. That might explain it.

Anyway, I entirely agree with the point made on the UK. Outside London and the city centers of some Northern cities (central Manchester, Durham, York), the UK is not a wealthy or prosperous nation.

I once had to stop in Preston to change trains (was going from Manchester to Edinburgh) and it was one of the grimmest places I've been to. Newark, New Jersey seems positively vibrant compared to Preston!

That's an improvement. Back in the 90's I did a lot of away days with Spurs and some of the northern towns looked third world to me. Old Ayersome Park or Blackburn were rough for me

[CumbrianLefty]

This is somewhere where the last Labour government did make a difference, even if ultimately not as much as some would have wished.

[EastAnglianLefty]

Without meaning to suggest that Preston is the eighth wonder of the world, train stations and their environs are famously poor indicators of the wealth of a town.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

I've been to Preston. Didn't feel that bad. Though I did have a hard time finding a shop that sold creme fraiche/sour cream. Is that considered a posh ingredient in the UK?

[oldtimer]

Anyone want to build a Northern Megacity?

"Wow, not seen this before. The UK (excluding London) is shockingly poor. Big problems with a mono-polar economy, even across a multinational union.

h/t @john_tomaney on LinkedIn"

How much worse is regional inequality in the UK compared to other countries with a primate city?

Much worse.

Glasgow has a similar life expectancy to Gaza.

Basically since Thatcherism the UK, with the exception of London's financial district and it's rural aristocratic estates, is as poor as some in eastern europe.

Her "they don't deserve to live" religious attitute and economic puritanism caused permanent economic damage to Britain:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/dec/30/thatcher-government-liverpool-riots-1981

By the time she left, Italy had a larger economy.

[JimJamUK]

A 61 year old man and his wife from County Down have been arrested over historical child sex offences. I am posting so posters are aware of the story, I would be very cautious posting any speculation beyond that.

[IceAgeComing]

On an entirely unrelated note; loyalist figure Jamie Bryson (who is not the most sensible of people; but who was basically live tweeting a DUP leadership meeting over going back into government so clearly gets told things by people there) reporting an emergency DUP leadership meeting this afternoon following Jeffrey Donaldson withdrawing from all of the events he was planned to do.

[MaxQue]

On an entirely unrelated note; loyalist figure Jamie Bryson (who is not the most sensible of people; but who was basically live tweeting a DUP leadership meeting over going back into government so clearly gets told things by people there) reporting an emergency DUP leadership meeting this afternoon following Jeffrey Donaldson withdrawing from all of the events he was planned to do.

On a related note, oh boy, Kate Hoey did fall in quite a rabbit hole.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Lisburn: the Rochdale of Ulster. Because of the mills. Clearly.

[CumbrianLefty]

I've been to Preston. Didn't feel that bad. Though I did have a hard time finding a shop that sold creme fraiche/sour cream. Is that considered a posh ingredient in the UK?

It is fairly readily available in darkest Cumbria, so maybe you were just unlucky.

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/skydavidblevins/status/1773695477940125707

[CumbrianLefty]

Gavin Robinson MP is the new (interim) DUP leader.

[Zinneke]

Rumours flying about that Donaldson is the guy who used the snooker at the HoC to fornicate

[Property Representative of the Harold Holt Swimming Centre]

Rumours flying about that Donaldson is the guy who used the snooker at the HoC to fornicate

Anyone who knows anything about snooker will know that there's about a trillion inappropriate potential puns here...

[LabourJersey]

How damaging will this scandal be for the DUP?