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John McKenna wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 11, 2021 1:58 am

As to whether anyone is ever going to held to account for what has been going on during the last 12 months only time will tell.

Don't hold your breath.

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 06, 2021 1:07 pm

One of them was recently talking about restrictions next winter.

All we need now is for the PM to promise that this will certainly not happen, so that we can plan ahead with total confidence.

Roland Kensdale wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 07, 2021 5:19 pm

Older alumni.

Ah, celebs. You would hope that four undergrads chosen for their knowledge would do better.

Geoff Chandler wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 07, 2021 4:10 pm

Maybe, and just maybe, none us men here bought it.

I was given a signed copy but a lot of my books have gone missing and I don't seem to have it any more. Which doesn't help you at all.

Roland Kensdale wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:08 pm

University Challenge Xmas 2020 series episode 4. No-one could identify the word in chess for the the same piece attacking 2 or more enemy pieces at once.

No Oxbridge representation I hope.

John McKenna wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:53 pm

Many would say Winston Churchill, but he lost the first election he fought after WW II. How to account for that?

Almost everyone who spent the war in the Far East, and their friends and families, loathed him. Both of my parents voted Labour for the only time in their lives.

Paul McKeown wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:35 pm

The place for non-chess content on this forum is labelled "Not Chess!"
Surprisingly enough.

Ah, General Chat implies chess. I had actually failed to grasp that.

Paul McKeown wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:12 pm

Meanwhile, almost nothing in this thread has anything to do with chess, and I would ask the Mods to move it where it belongs.

I thought it was always in General Chat. Either way it is now.

Nick believes David Gauke should be barred from Conservative Home for being the wrong sort of conservative At the last General Election he stood as an independent, against the Conservative candidate. He has every right to express his opinions, and he does this in many places. I just don't see why h...

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:27 am

Really we need to distinguish "anyone whose views differ from your own" from "people who professionally peddle misinformation"

I fear you are incapable of doing that.

they're screaming idiots and cynics who live by provocation and misinformation. Thanks for that Justin, but your attitude towards anyone whose views differ from your own is already well enough established on this forum. Just to be clear, you're saying Kate Hoey and Graham Brady are screaming idiots?

Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:05 am

Doubt if enough people will get vaccinated in time for it this year.

Can someone explain the mechanism by which that will make a difference? I don't understand.

They're back, but it was a warning shot for anyone who dares to question official statistics, or the absence thereof.

My apologies, I didn't check this properly before I put the post out. No worries, it's just that I was one of the people supposed to have signed that off, and it is surprising what you can miss. So if you're accused of cheating at online chess but are innocent and if you don't have any money to fig...

But mass vaccination campaigns will, for the first time, put enormous pressure on SARS-CoV-2 to adapt, and will select for any strain of the virus that might be able to escape immune defences. That should give our rulers enough slack to keep us nailed down for 2021, if that's what they have in mind.