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  1. The UK's so-called "#LabourParty" is trying to rebrand Keir #Starmer as a "#statesman".

    Their need is clear. Starmer's leadership faces record low poll numbers, and disaster in Msy elections.

    But the claim is risible. The UK has no economic might, diplomatic strength, or military muscle. Starmer has no public charisma, personal charm, or intellectual depth. And a "statesman" is just a politician with notions.

    #BorisJohnson tried to use Ukraine as a pick-me-up. Starmer will fail too.

    #ukpol

  2. A quotation from John Adams

    However, it is the Part of a great Politician to make the Character of his People; to extinguish among them the Follies and Vices that he sees, and to create in them the Virtues and Abilities which he sees wanting. I wish I was sure that America has one such Politician, but I fear she has not.

    John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
    Letter (1776-01-08) to Mercy Otis Warren

    More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/81614/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #America #character #growth #leader #leadership #moralcharacter #politician #progress #statesman #virtue

  3. A quotation from Orwell

    It is difficult to think of any politician who has lived to be eighty and still been regarded as a success. What we call a “great” statesman normally means one who dies before his policy has had time to take effect. If Cromwell had lived a few years longer he would probably have fallen from power, in which case we should now regard him as a failure. If Pétain had died in 1930, France would have venerated him as a hero and patriot. Napoleon remarked once that if only a cannon-ball had happened to hit him when he was riding into Moscow, he would have gone down to history as the greatest man who ever lived.

    George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1946-05), “Second Thoughts on James Burnham,” Polemic Magazine

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/orwell-george/78144/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #change #death #greatness #mortality #oldage #policy #politician #statesman #leader

  4. N_____, Douglas DC8-70, Emery Air Fright, in basic DHL colours, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

    JA8582, McDonnellDouglas MD11, Japan Air Lines, at Amsterdam Schipol, 27th September 1996.

     

    ZE700, British Aerospace 146-100 CC2 Statesman, 32 Squadron Royal Air Force, at Dundee Airport, 13th January 1995.

     

    TC-___, Airbus A32_, Onur Air, at a murky Dusseldorf Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

     

    B-____, Boeing 747-400, Air China, at Frankfurt Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

     

    YL-BAL, British Aerospace Avro RJ70, Air Baltic, at Geneva Cointrin, 5th October 1996.

     

    N172DN, Boeing 767-332ER, Delta Air Lines, at Hamburg Airport, 26th October 1993.

     

    5Y-KZD, Boeing 787-8 DreamLiner, Kenya Airways, sailing over Myrtle Avenue on final approach to Runway 27L at London Heathrow, 22nd March 2018.

     

    XA-AMR, Douglas DC10-30, Aeromexico, at Paris Orly, 1st November 1993.

     

    OE-LDS, McDonnell Douglas MD81, Austrian Airlines, and sister ships OE-LDP, MD81, in the background, and OE-LMO, MD87 in the foreground, at Vienna Schwechat, 27th October 1993.

    https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/01/09/photo-of-the-day-9th-january-2024/

    #a320 #Aeromexico #AirBaltic #airbus #AirChina #ams #amsterdam #AustrianAirlines #avgeek #aviation #avro #b747 #b767 #B787 #bae146 #boeing #BritishAerospace #cointrin #dc10 #dc8 #DeltaAirLines #dhl #DND #douglas #dreamliner #Dundee #dus #dusseldorf #eddf #eddh #eddl #egcc #egll #EGPN #eham #emery #fra #frankfurt #geneva #gva #ham #hamburg #heathrow #JAL #JapanAirLines #KenyaAirways #lfpo #lhr #london #loww #lsgg #man #manchester #McDonnellDouglas #md11 #MD81 #md87 #MyrtleAvenue #OnurAir #orly #ory #paris #photography #planespotting #raf #RingwayRoad #RJ70 #RoyalAirForce #runway24 #Runway27L #schipol #schwechat #ShadowmossRoad #Statesman #TailsTuesday #vie #vienna

  5. N_____, Douglas DC8-70, Emery Air Fright, in basic DHL colours, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

    JA8582, McDonnellDouglas MD11, Japan Air Lines, at Amsterdam Schipol, 27th September 1996.

     

    ZE700, British Aerospace 146-100 CC2 Statesman, 32 Squadron Royal Air Force, at Dundee Airport, 13th January 1995.

     

    TC-___, Airbus A32_, Onur Air, at a murky Dusseldorf Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

     

    B-____, Boeing 747-400, Air China, at Frankfurt Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

     

    YL-BAL, British Aerospace Avro RJ70, Air Baltic, at Geneva Cointrin, 5th October 1996.

     

    N172DN, Boeing 767-332ER, Delta Air Lines, at Hamburg Airport, 26th October 1993.

     

    5Y-KZD, Boeing 787-8 DreamLiner, Kenya Airways, sailing over Myrtle Avenue on final approach to Runway 27L at London Heathrow, 22nd March 2018.

     

    XA-AMR, Douglas DC10-30, Aeromexico, at Paris Orly, 1st November 1993.

     

    OE-LDS, McDonnell Douglas MD81, Austrian Airlines, and sister ships OE-LDP, MD81, in the background, and OE-LMO, MD87 in the foreground, at Vienna Schwechat, 27th October 1993.

    https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/01/09/photo-of-the-day-9th-january-2024/

    #a320 #Aeromexico #AirBaltic #airbus #AirChina #ams #amsterdam #AustrianAirlines #avgeek #aviation #avro #b747 #b767 #B787 #bae146 #boeing #BritishAerospace #cointrin #dc10 #dc8 #DeltaAirLines #dhl #DND #douglas #dreamliner #Dundee #dus #dusseldorf #eddf #eddh #eddl #egcc #egll #EGPN #eham #emery #fra #frankfurt #geneva #gva #ham #hamburg #heathrow #JAL #JapanAirLines #KenyaAirways #lfpo #lhr #london #loww #lsgg #man #manchester #McDonnellDouglas #md11 #MD81 #md87 #MyrtleAvenue #OnurAir #orly #ory #paris #photography #planespotting #raf #RingwayRoad #RJ70 #RoyalAirForce #runway24 #Runway27L #schipol #schwechat #ShadowmossRoad #Statesman #TailsTuesday #vie #vienna

  6. A #deer turned my #harp #session into a #Disney #movie

    invidious.tiekoetter.com/watch

    Alt. link.:

    youtu.be/9Xd8xq06FCw

    You know your #music is good when #wild #animal become atracted to it

    #Btw does #anybody remember the #story of the #philosopher or #statesman who stopped a #revolt playing he harp some story about in antique history, but I can't recall reall it. My brainz turns slowly to slush ice 😂 😂 😂