coypondboy

Empress Truss sabre ratling again for WW3 as she wants to arm Moldova with NATO weapons, I wonder if she has read the Sue Gray report and expects the PM to resign? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61532625

Russia cuts off gas supply to Finland, not affecting prices yet, Germany will be the big one if they don't pay in roubles at the end of the month. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61524933

I love that accent having watched Downton Abbey that gorgeous actress until she opened her mouth, sounds like most of the BCP reitree's I hear as I drink my coffee on Bournemouth pier (BCP now known as the Borough of Cockney People after the mass white flight down here as their neighbourhoods become unrecognisable from when they grew up)

Yep keeping power within the family always popular. Imelda Marcus pleased her son now in power I wonder how many pairs of shoes he owns.

No sign of it in Bournemouth still having to wear a fleece when out on the bike due to the cold wind fingers crossed its heading our way.

I am not a religious man but reading the Wikipedia does make you think after seeing the latest headline in the economist? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse

Yes before the Commies took over and the Nationalists fled there to escape in 1940's after WW2. I think an invasion is highly likely if Xi's brain aneryism using chinese medicine rather than western medicine fails (Reminds me of when Stalin died the Dr's were too scared to treat him until it was too late)

This reminds me of Dads Army, as Russia toys with increasing the call up age to include over 40's. The GErmans had the Volksturrm at the end of WW2 is this where Russia is heading and maybe they are preparing for a NATO country invasion?

The real inflation rate for us plebs is 13% should we go back to rpi as suggested here. https://notayesmanseconomics.wordpress.com/2022/05/18/time-for-the-retail-price-index-to-shine-as-a-measure-of-domestic-energy-inflation/

This is starting to look like a re-run of the EM crisis in Asia during the 90's (stock markets collapsed as did investor returns not hedged back to the dollar is history about to repeat itself? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61505842

Scots first out the blocks as trains cancelled, is this the early signs as unions start to exert their power again after a long term demise since Thatcher. I don't think it will be so bad in the private sector but the public sector which is still heavily unionised in certain professions could cause issues. The biggest unknown is how jo public react if Sunak doesn't help when the direct debits go up another 50% from 1st October. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-61504782

Interesting article could this happen in UK, how may former POMS might decide to return to Blighty, maybe in the future the UK will be the US of today as the old British Empire helps the down trodden oppressed starving and homeless masses with dual nationality home. I did some research and there are 6-10 million plus family (18-30 million assuming wife and one child) who could come home if the climate crisis gets worse. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-61432462

No need to send them to Rwanda the Home Office could buy this to house them and if fail launch them back using a lifeboat to France (much cheaper than private jet). I still think my idea of buying 2nd hand cruise ships would work but never got a reply from her office when I made the suggestion. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10828887/Former-lifeboat-station-accessed-740ft-pier-boat-sale-170k.html

The future of renting is already here luckily a bit bigger than those poor folk living in cages in Hong Kong, maybe that will be the next step? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10828565/Tiny-London-studio-flat-bed-touching-distance-KITCHEN-sink-595-month.html

Frightening how young these russian soldiers look this guy on trial for murder and a tank commander but looks like a young kid you see on an e scooter selling drugs, maybe we should send our kids over there especially those county line dealers, we could call them Pals Battalions i.e Scouse or Mancunian or base them on country of origin i.e Pakistani or Sikh Battalions. I can see BOJO's recruiting poster Your country Needs You as Lizz Truss tries to start WW3 with her war mongering rhetoric. They all play Call of Duty online so could even join up with their online pals and have a go at the real thing rather than a joystick and TV screen.