Daily review 07/07/2022

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37 comments on “Daily review 07/07/2022”

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    1. 1.1

      Blue balls, black eyes, broken bones, bruised egos, and bloody noses, just like it was at college, for some, I’ve been told wink Some people never grow up old.

    2. 2.2

      I heard that same argument from a National party candidate on an election platform that too many students were below average. He became an MP for nine years.

      1. 2.2.1

        If all the students were above average what does that tell us about the measures employed.

        Also, eventually, one of the many brain surgeons is suddenly going to ask themselves. Who the fuck is going to mow my lawns or deliver my groceries.

        It takes all levels of intellect to create a society, we need to strive for dignity and respect for a job well done.

        2. 2.2.1.2

          And it doesn't automatically follow that the person who mows lawns or delivers groceries is dumb. Some are far from it but prefer to opt out of the rat race.

  3. 3

    Wellingtons new high frequency airport bus,carries more passengers in first 6 days,then previous service did in a month.

    Higher frequency,lower cost,will be interesting to see vehicle stats after 1 month ( the service only took 20% from nearby bus service)

    1. 4.1

      They're Johnson's allies. They wouldn't be allies if they bagged their ally Johnson

      Gove's the snake.

      2. 4.2.2

        lol. What's it a euphemism for though?

        Maybe the phrasing was deliberate on the part of the journalist.

    4. 4.4

      I'd have said that the snake is the person referred to last- that is, Johnson, grammatically. But I guess from the context that the allies of Johnson are being allies and the snake refers to Gove.

      Better and clearer to have written, "In the wake of Gove’s sacking, Johnson’s allies reportedly described him (Gove/Johnson cross out the non-applicable)) as a “snake”."

      Or used the passive, "In the wake of Gove’s sacking, he was described by Johnson’s allies reportedly as a “snake”," or "In the wake of Gove’s sacking, Johnson was reportedly described by his own allies as a “snake”."

      1. 4.4.1

        this was my thinking too,

        In the wake of Gove’s sacking, Johnson’s allies reportedly described Gove as a “snake”.

        Doesn't have the same satire though.

    5. 4.5

      The grammar is adequate, but could generate cognitive dissonance, were they not both snakes.

    6. 4.6

      There are often English sentences like that where a pronoun can be ambiguous because we cannot tell which of 2 or 3 people of the same sex it refers back to.

      (And I deliberately used a pronoun to finish that sentence up with.)

      eg – 'Peter raised his hat to Simon as he left the room.' Who actually left the room?

      Imagine the potential for chaos if ever those ridiculous new pronouns for people of new and original genders ever become commonly accepted…

      1. 4.6.1

        I’ve seen whole articles that took three times as long to read because I had to keep stopping to figure who they were referring to because the pronouns weren’t regular English. The argument is then usually we should make an effort, change doesn’t hurt us. I fall on the side of don’t mangle language so that communication becomes harder.

  6. 6

    Breaking feed on bloomberg ticker,Johnston to resign after being stabbed by calls from new chancellor,

      1. 6.1.1

        FROM GUARDIAN LIVE:

        Boris Johnson has agreed to resign, but wants to stay on as PM until new Tory leader elected by autumn

        Boris Johnson has agreed to resign, the BBC’s Chris Mason reports. He says he wants a new Tory leader to be in place by the party conference. He wants to stay on as PM until then.

        But will he resign when the time comes, or do a Trump and refuse to go?

        1. 6.1.1.1

          he cant do a trump as he is selected from the party.The problem would be if the 1922 committee changed the rules to overturn the PM at any time rather then only one chance in a 12 month period.

  8. 8

    The succession knife fight for the Conservative leader and Prime Ministership are just going to be beautiful in their long deep evisceration of that party.

    It will give great impetus for Scotland to leave and join the EU.

    Happy 70th O Queenie.

  10. 10

    Auckland’s public design team was really going gang busters there for a while.

    Reckon High Street is a definite candidate for pedestrianisation, with others to come. That’s a corridor from Britomart for pedestrians, rather than the slim footpaths that are there now.

    YouTube video about Melbourne’s pedestrianisation. Funny how we only heard about this because of Simon Wilson. What else are we missing out on because we rely on the ZB columnists? Rather Auckland be included with Paris. Melbourne and Europe in general than other car jammed highway and strip mall suburb locations…

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