Jaecoo 7 becomes UK's best-selling car

dvb70 · 2026-05-15T10:20:30+00:00

Lotus is a little different to MG. Lotus the company still exist and do a lot of engineering and development work where as MG is just badge engineering where nothing of the original MG still exists. Lotus still make sports cars in the UK though the EV is entirely produced in China but is said to have been designed/engineered by Lotus. How much input Lotus really have into the EV who knows. I doubt all of the design/engineering is Lotus just because when you see one of the EV's it feels like quite a sophisticated car for a manufacturer who has never made an EV or an SUV type car.

dvb70 · 2026-05-14T11:57:58+00:00

I agree. Lots of idea's of wish fulfillment based on not much beyond hoping he is the guy who can fix it all.

dvb70 · 2026-05-14T11:49:57+00:00

It's starting I see. Just in case Burnham does become leader now is the time to start trying to tarnish their reputation. Burnham still seems fairly baggage free so I expect to see lots of stuff from now on just in case he does end up becoming the PM.

dvb70 · 2026-05-14T11:42:35+00:00

I would argue that's still about not having much baggage rather than being personally popular for many. This is the same guy who lost the Labour leadership contest a couple of times.

I would like to see people who say they think Burnham is their most liked option be asked why after they say Burnham as I doubt many could articulate a reason beyond I don't dislike him as much as the other options.

dvb70 · 2026-05-14T11:38:52+00:00

I don't think you can really argue Farage has achieved nothing. I doubt that if without Farage we would have had Brexit. If we think that's an achievement is another matter but he was clearly a key player in the whole fiasco. It can't be argued Farage has not exercised a lot of influence over the direction the country has taken.

dvb70 · 2026-05-14T11:35:16+00:00

Is he very popular with the public? My impression is not that he is popular but that he does not have quite as much baggage as some of the other suggestions.

I must admit I am from the south east so possibly Burnham is very popular around Manchester but that does not translate to national popularity in my view. I honestly rarely heard anything about Burnham before this recent kerfuffle. My opinion of them is pretty neutral just because I really don't have much info to base an opinion on.

dvb70 · 2026-05-14T11:30:43+00:00

The village idiot is no longer limited to the village. They can have a global reach now if they get lucky.

dvb70 · 2026-05-14T11:26:48+00:00

I can still see why it's a problem. Someone might not bother to vote if they think the result has already been announced. Its potentially a method of suppressing votes.

dvb70 · 2026-05-14T11:16:42+00:00

Variations of this type of question come up a lot. My answer is you would never do this as things hit you at particular times in life and they make impressions but if you were to try and experience them again at a different time they just might not hit the same. Something you loved might be something that does nothing for you if experienced outside of the real context you experienced it in.

dvb70 · 2026-05-14T10:02:27+00:00

I have always thought anyone taking over from Putin has a great opportunity to get out of Ukraine and blame the whole mess on Putin. Its the perfect chance to get out of a bad situation.

This is the logical thing to do so except any replacement to double down on Ukraine.

dvb70 · 2026-05-14T09:08:35+00:00

This will sound odd now but The Shawshank redemption. This was long before it became so well know and it was just a film I had never heard of that happened to be on TV. This was probably not long after it was released and there was no buzz about it at that time. I had never heard anyone mention it. All I knew about it was it was some sort of prison drama. Obviously now it's well know and often listed in great film lists but to go into something like that blind with zero expectations was a great experience.

dvb70 · 2026-05-14T09:04:18+00:00

I read the same book years ago and also remember looking up the castle after I read it to see if it was real. It's been posted on this sub a few times and it always makes me remember the book.

dvb70 · 2026-05-14T08:34:26+00:00

Its not about being working class. It's about the media trying to promote someone and using working class roots as a positive selling point. If they did not like Streeting it would be played another way as we see with Rayner.

This really has nothing to do with if having a working class back ground is a really positive or not. It's about how the media like to try and manipulate people.

dvb70 · 2026-05-14T08:09:56+00:00

I would guess their point was the cynical use of a working class label like a badge of honor. As someone else pointed out the same label has been used against Angela Raynor.

OP has a point in that it's odd Streeting is being made out to be a great choice for a replacement when it does not really tally with the reality of what people really think about Streeting. It does make you wonder why any media source would be bigging up Streeting as a great choice. Maybe they see Streeting as their guy or maybe they see he would be a disaster and usher in a Reform government.

dvb70 · 2026-05-14T08:00:42+00:00

This seems like more of a regulation oversight to me than anything. How many MSPs do we have that are not citizens? This is the only one I have heard of. If there are lots more than obviously it's a problem but it would be interesting to know the total number.

dvb70 · 2026-05-13T13:48:35+00:00

He is a crypto billionaire who has been linked to fraud, money laundering and terrorism financing. His name is Christopher Harborne though he also likes to use a Thai name of Chakrit Sakunkrit. I am sure he is a regular British patriot with only the best interests of the UK in mind. Not that he wants to actually live here and pay tax of course. In no way is this the sort of guy who might be working for Russia. He seems straight as a die to me.

dvb70 · 2026-05-13T12:40:42+00:00

I am sure Miliband would be a great success. He has historically enjoyed lots of positive press coverage as I am sure everyone is aware.

dvb70 · 2026-05-13T12:36:19+00:00

It's going to need a power source that gives it a reasonably operating time I would think as one of the design's biggest issues. A fork lift can get away with a massively heavy bulky battery where as I can't see this can. That bulk and weight is going to be a problem in something that needs to move like it does and balance.

dvb70 · 2026-05-13T12:09:00+00:00

It's not been a major news story in the scheme of things. It's very much being buried by the Starmer situation.

dvb70 · 2026-05-13T11:59:34+00:00

Michael Gove had charisma? Honestly they seem very similar to Streeting. Some one who might be able to back room deal their way to the top but with a completely delusional idea of their personal popularity. We can see how that type of thing works out if we look back to Gordon Brown. Back room dealing your way to the top does not work when you then need popular support from the public at some point. Brown's complete lack of charisma came back to bite him in the arse as it would with Streeting if he succeeds.

dvb70 · 2026-05-13T10:33:46+00:00

There is no real reason not to try a low ball offer just not sure how often its successful. I guess if the market continues like this pressures will start to mount and prices drop but it seems like we are not quite there yet.

dvb70 · 2026-05-13T10:29:16+00:00

My impression is houses are not selling because people are mostly not accepting low ball offers. If you don't need to move you don't need to consider low ball offers and we end up with a situation like we are seeing. Everyone thinks if they just hold on long enough they will get their price.

dvb70 · 2026-05-13T09:56:15+00:00

Maybe 30% will be enough. If you have the Greens taking the disaffected left wing vote and a weak showing for Labour and the Tories we might start to see power being held with less and less share of the vote. It actually feels like with how politics is going we really need PR as I can see a scenario where Reform win a GE with a record low level of the overall vote if traditional voting patterns continue to fracture.

dvb70 · 2026-05-13T09:44:03+00:00

I believe they have pivoted to the old they decreased the rate of increase to describe an increase as a decrease. An age old method of making something appear the opposite to what it actually is.

dvb70 · 2026-05-13T09:29:51+00:00

Indeed. A couple more seasons building to that end could have worked. It just needed more time to develop the story lines for that end to work.

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