I presume things like Partygate have eroded people’s faith in politicians and there has been quite a few attempts at voter suppression. I’d also bet that it being a sure thing for Labour, plus Starmer not exactly stoking enthusiasm, made people less likely to turn out.

The sad thing is that, with postal voting, you can box it off at your convenience well before so you need out no effort or planning into it.

I have an alibi.

No Darwin Award for him.

I hadn’t considered this angle - are you his defence solicitor as that might just get him off. Although him getting off was the problem in the first place.

That’s great to hear.

You are perfectly welcome to start a new thread but as The Thing is probably my favourite film, I’ll jump in.

I did do my research into it before buying the Blu-ray and there seems no definitive answer. I now own the Arrow 4k steelbook and I am perfectly happy with it.

However, you will probably want to look at comparisons between the releases, like spoRV - I’ve heard people don’t like the 4k because it is too “warm” and prefer Arrow’s BD but you can see that is far too blue. There’s also a comparison between the UHD and HD Universal releases here which shows how much brighter the 4k is. The general feeling seems to be that the 4k picture looks great but the sound might be off.

One of the issues is often that we get used to the version we owned a long time and watched the Hell out of so you could get a restoration to how it is on film and it might feel off. So this could all come down to personal taste.

Or a bag.

Can it? i imagine it’s just differently awful.

As had been said - practice. It’s how native speakers of a language get good at it.

You can improve your vocabulary, comprehension and accent by watching TV shows and movies (I remember meeting Dutch kids on holiday who I thought were American as they learn so much from the screen), and grammar and the like can come from reading. However, that ease of conversation and the speed of your recall of words just comes from talking a lot. Try finding an intermediate to advanced language class where they insist on people talking in that language all the time.

Then on the other we’ve got Suella Braverman who is wanting to reclaim the Reform vote by becoming a more European style populist party.

She’s said how she’d like to welcome Farage into the Tory Party. I’m not sure that is still viable after some of his statements during the election but if she is intent in doubling down in the nasty party angle it might. So if she wins, and the membership tends to skew towards the awful.end of the spectrum, I wouldn’t be surprised at merger negotiations which I bet Farage would jump at as it gives him his road to greater power.

I think he’d have done better in the election if he had.

So no-one else to blame BoJo 🤡? Perhaps someone who spent their time in office dicking about causing the deaths of thousands and eroding trust in politics for a generation?

Hot Hail!

Some time around the Iraq War he passed a kind of morality event horizon.

Sexy Tree Holes and Other Arboreal Erotica by Emile W. Lozano-Holz

I had that the other day. It will pass.

It’s why I’ve never been allowed to meet him, despite him being a friend of the family. I might say I’d be diplomatic as I don’t wish to upset any relatives but I know I may not be able to stick to that and so does my family.

Blair needs to stop sticking his oar in and give the new government time and space to crack on with fixing the mess left by the Tories. I’m sure ministers have better things to do than shoot down his bad ideas.

With undercrackers full of soil and a head full of Ent porn. He who is without sin, throw the first branch.

As she also favours bringing Farage into the Tory party…