Brett Dunbar
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It's more or less the exact opposite. Men tend to dominate the open events, so there are separate women only events. Which tend to be weaker.
Only three women have ever been in the top 100 and only one, Judit Polger has been in the top ten. She rarely played women only events.
Only three women have ever been in the top 100 and only one, Judit Polger has been in the top ten. She rarely played women only events.
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It's more or less the exact opposite. Men tend to dominate the open events, so there are separate women only events. Which tend to be weaker.
Only three women have ever been in the top 100 and only one, Judit Polger has been in the top ten. She rarely played women only events.
Only three women have ever been in the top 100 and only one, Judit Polger has been in the top ten. She rarely played women only events.
The markets assumed that they would lose. Unfortunately 52% were morons.
We got exactly the Brexit I voted against.
We got exactly the Brexit I voted against.
December 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The markets assumed that they would lose. Unfortunately 52% were morons.
We got exactly the Brexit I voted against.
We got exactly the Brexit I voted against.
There is almost certainly quite a lot of oil there. The geology is indicative of an area worth exploring. The political issues make exploitation difficult.
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
There is almost certainly quite a lot of oil there. The geology is indicative of an area worth exploring. The political issues make exploitation difficult.
From said article.
The decline in output, in percentages:
11 years of Thatcher: 33%
11 years before Thatcher: 45%
11 years after Thatcher (Major and Blair): 72%
11 years of New Labour (Blair and Brown): 64%
The decline in output, in percentages:
11 years of Thatcher: 33%
11 years before Thatcher: 45%
11 years after Thatcher (Major and Blair): 72%
11 years of New Labour (Blair and Brown): 64%
December 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
From said article.
The decline in output, in percentages:
11 years of Thatcher: 33%
11 years before Thatcher: 45%
11 years after Thatcher (Major and Blair): 72%
11 years of New Labour (Blair and Brown): 64%
The decline in output, in percentages:
11 years of Thatcher: 33%
11 years before Thatcher: 45%
11 years after Thatcher (Major and Blair): 72%
11 years of New Labour (Blair and Brown): 64%
That's not really supported by the data. The rate of decline slowed under Thatcher.
The industry declined more in in percentage terms in the eleven years before Thatcher, the eleven years after Thatcher and eleven years of new Labour. 2009 article from the BBC.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazin...
The industry declined more in in percentage terms in the eleven years before Thatcher, the eleven years after Thatcher and eleven years of new Labour. 2009 article from the BBC.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazin...
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | In the red corner, Scargill. In the blue, Thatcher
news.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
That's not really supported by the data. The rate of decline slowed under Thatcher.
The industry declined more in in percentage terms in the eleven years before Thatcher, the eleven years after Thatcher and eleven years of new Labour. 2009 article from the BBC.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazin...
The industry declined more in in percentage terms in the eleven years before Thatcher, the eleven years after Thatcher and eleven years of new Labour. 2009 article from the BBC.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazin...
That's still a budget not a bailout. Cameron assumed the public were not stupid, it turned out that the public were stupid. So the entire basis of Britain's economic policy had been undermined.
Bailouts aren't spending. They usually cost less than nothing.
Bailouts aren't spending. They usually cost less than nothing.
December 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
That's still a budget not a bailout. Cameron assumed the public were not stupid, it turned out that the public were stupid. So the entire basis of Britain's economic policy had been undermined.
Bailouts aren't spending. They usually cost less than nothing.
Bailouts aren't spending. They usually cost less than nothing.
Those weren't bailouts.
Lending money to solvent banks is profitable.
They had assets they just found themselves temporarily short of cash. Acting as the leader set of last resort is one of the most useful fictions of a central bank.
Lending money to solvent banks is profitable.
They had assets they just found themselves temporarily short of cash. Acting as the leader set of last resort is one of the most useful fictions of a central bank.
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Those weren't bailouts.
Lending money to solvent banks is profitable.
They had assets they just found themselves temporarily short of cash. Acting as the leader set of last resort is one of the most useful fictions of a central bank.
Lending money to solvent banks is profitable.
They had assets they just found themselves temporarily short of cash. Acting as the leader set of last resort is one of the most useful fictions of a central bank.
I was specifically discussing bank bailouts.
Which are directly profitable in most cases.
This isn't true of thhe other things mentioned.
Which are directly profitable in most cases.
This isn't true of thhe other things mentioned.
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I was specifically discussing bank bailouts.
Which are directly profitable in most cases.
This isn't true of thhe other things mentioned.
Which are directly profitable in most cases.
This isn't true of thhe other things mentioned.
Bank bailouts usually make a direct profit, loans to solvent but temporarily illiquid financial institutions tend to be paid back with interest. Thats without considering the immense damage caused by a,financial system collapse.
The 2008 bailout in the UK made an overall loss due to RBS.
The 2008 bailout in the UK made an overall loss due to RBS.
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Bank bailouts usually make a direct profit, loans to solvent but temporarily illiquid financial institutions tend to be paid back with interest. Thats without considering the immense damage caused by a,financial system collapse.
The 2008 bailout in the UK made an overall loss due to RBS.
The 2008 bailout in the UK made an overall loss due to RBS.
They didn't.
When the Dutch established Cape Town in 1652 the local population were Khoekhoe. They make up a substantial part of the ancestry of the coloured community.
Large parts of western South Africa are largely uninhabited with a population density below 1 per km^2.
When the Dutch established Cape Town in 1652 the local population were Khoekhoe. They make up a substantial part of the ancestry of the coloured community.
Large parts of western South Africa are largely uninhabited with a population density below 1 per km^2.
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
They didn't.
When the Dutch established Cape Town in 1652 the local population were Khoekhoe. They make up a substantial part of the ancestry of the coloured community.
Large parts of western South Africa are largely uninhabited with a population density below 1 per km^2.
When the Dutch established Cape Town in 1652 the local population were Khoekhoe. They make up a substantial part of the ancestry of the coloured community.
Large parts of western South Africa are largely uninhabited with a population density below 1 per km^2.
The population were nomadic khoisan speakers. The San (bushmen) were hunter-gatherer while the Khoekhoe were nomadic pastoralists.
Bantu expansion into the cape occurred after the Dutch had settled.
Bantu expansion into the cape occurred after the Dutch had settled.
November 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The population were nomadic khoisan speakers. The San (bushmen) were hunter-gatherer while the Khoekhoe were nomadic pastoralists.
Bantu expansion into the cape occurred after the Dutch had settled.
Bantu expansion into the cape occurred after the Dutch had settled.
Which Dennis the Menace?
Coincidentally the two totally unrelated comic strips both first went on sale 12 March 1951.
Coincidentally the two totally unrelated comic strips both first went on sale 12 March 1951.
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Which Dennis the Menace?
Coincidentally the two totally unrelated comic strips both first went on sale 12 March 1951.
Coincidentally the two totally unrelated comic strips both first went on sale 12 March 1951.
Shortest budget speech, Disraeli. 1867 45 minutes.
Longest total budget speech, Disraeli. 1852 5 hours.
Gladstone had the longest uninterrupted speech. 1853 4 hours 45 minutes.
Longest total budget speech, Disraeli. 1852 5 hours.
Gladstone had the longest uninterrupted speech. 1853 4 hours 45 minutes.
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Shortest budget speech, Disraeli. 1867 45 minutes.
Longest total budget speech, Disraeli. 1852 5 hours.
Gladstone had the longest uninterrupted speech. 1853 4 hours 45 minutes.
Longest total budget speech, Disraeli. 1852 5 hours.
Gladstone had the longest uninterrupted speech. 1853 4 hours 45 minutes.
The problem with using a wealth tax to fund the Greens policy proposals is that when tried they don't raise much revenue. They also seem to reduce growth so actually become net negative fairly quickly.
They are also administratively complex which makes them expensive.
They are also administratively complex which makes them expensive.
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The problem with using a wealth tax to fund the Greens policy proposals is that when tried they don't raise much revenue. They also seem to reduce growth so actually become net negative fairly quickly.
They are also administratively complex which makes them expensive.
They are also administratively complex which makes them expensive.
Ironically the decline in coal mining slowed under Thatcher. A.larger proportion of mines closed in the eleven years before Thatcher and the eleven years after Thatcher or eleven years under new Labour.
Old article from the BBC.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazin...
Old article from the BBC.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazin...
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | In the red corner, Scargill. In the blue, Thatcher
news.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Ironically the decline in coal mining slowed under Thatcher. A.larger proportion of mines closed in the eleven years before Thatcher and the eleven years after Thatcher or eleven years under new Labour.
Old article from the BBC.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazin...
Old article from the BBC.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazin...
The basic assumptions behind it are incorrect.
Most of the spending went to businesses with existing relationships.
Most of the spending went to businesses with existing relationships.
November 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The basic assumptions behind it are incorrect.
Most of the spending went to businesses with existing relationships.
Most of the spending went to businesses with existing relationships.
It's the more fundamental question.
The prices paid seems to have been reasonable.
The prices paid seems to have been reasonable.
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It's the more fundamental question.
The prices paid seems to have been reasonable.
The prices paid seems to have been reasonable.
Most of it went on buying tests, which cost a bit to manufacture. The price paid was reasonable given cost of production.
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Most of it went on buying tests, which cost a bit to manufacture. The price paid was reasonable given cost of production.
That claim is a lie.
£37 billion was the total budget voted over two years. In the end £29 billion of that was actually spent. It did not all go to one one company.
£37 billion was the total budget voted over two years. In the end £29 billion of that was actually spent. It did not all go to one one company.
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
That claim is a lie.
£37 billion was the total budget voted over two years. In the end £29 billion of that was actually spent. It did not all go to one one company.
£37 billion was the total budget voted over two years. In the end £29 billion of that was actually spent. It did not all go to one one company.
I really don't know of many better times to change leader. It gives the new leader time before an election.
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I really don't know of many better times to change leader. It gives the new leader time before an election.
That's not entirely surprising.
1833, 1838 and 1843 are all defensible.
Slavery Abolition Act 1833. End of apprenticeships under sand act 1838. Ending slavery in territory.under direct rule.Indian Slavery Act 1843 abolished slavery in the territory administered by the British East India Company.
1833, 1838 and 1843 are all defensible.
Slavery Abolition Act 1833. End of apprenticeships under sand act 1838. Ending slavery in territory.under direct rule.Indian Slavery Act 1843 abolished slavery in the territory administered by the British East India Company.
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
That's not entirely surprising.
1833, 1838 and 1843 are all defensible.
Slavery Abolition Act 1833. End of apprenticeships under sand act 1838. Ending slavery in territory.under direct rule.Indian Slavery Act 1843 abolished slavery in the territory administered by the British East India Company.
1833, 1838 and 1843 are all defensible.
Slavery Abolition Act 1833. End of apprenticeships under sand act 1838. Ending slavery in territory.under direct rule.Indian Slavery Act 1843 abolished slavery in the territory administered by the British East India Company.
In old English mann meant person, of any age or sex. The use to mean specifically adult male isn't recorded at all before 1000.
The older sense is still valid. It did decline considerably in the late twentieth century.
The older sense is still valid. It did decline considerably in the late twentieth century.
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
In old English mann meant person, of any age or sex. The use to mean specifically adult male isn't recorded at all before 1000.
The older sense is still valid. It did decline considerably in the late twentieth century.
The older sense is still valid. It did decline considerably in the late twentieth century.
That's why a specified that the text and diagrams should be perfectly legible if you have ordinary vision.
If they are not that is a problem with the scale of the diagram or the choice of text size or typeface.
If they are not that is a problem with the scale of the diagram or the choice of text size or typeface.
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
That's why a specified that the text and diagrams should be perfectly legible if you have ordinary vision.
If they are not that is a problem with the scale of the diagram or the choice of text size or typeface.
If they are not that is a problem with the scale of the diagram or the choice of text size or typeface.
In that specific instance it doesn't matter if someone gets that accommodation without needing it. Larger print or larger diagrams are not going to advantage you if the standard size is already perfectly legible.
November 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In that specific instance it doesn't matter if someone gets that accommodation without needing it. Larger print or larger diagrams are not going to advantage you if the standard size is already perfectly legible.
Steamer's problem is moral. He doesn't stand for the values that his voters want. He's got either No moral compass or the wrong moral compass.
He keeps appealing to the people who voted against him and disgusting the people who voted him into office.
He keeps appealing to the people who voted against him and disgusting the people who voted him into office.
November 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Steamer's problem is moral. He doesn't stand for the values that his voters want. He's got either No moral compass or the wrong moral compass.
He keeps appealing to the people who voted against him and disgusting the people who voted him into office.
He keeps appealing to the people who voted against him and disgusting the people who voted him into office.