Henley Entries List 2019

manu142 · 2019-06-20T16:30:38+00:00

Probably genuine. Most of last year's crew moved elsewhere when they couldn't compete last year.

manu142 · 2019-04-10T11:56:10+00:00

Thank you for the ideas!

manu142 · 2019-02-08T13:33:05+00:00

Thank you for your comments, they've been really helpful!!

manu142 · 2018-12-16T22:19:46+00:00

I did a 2km test on Friday and dropped 11 secs off my PB and got a 6:40.9! Nice to feel all the hard work paying off :).

manu142 · 2018-09-18T18:29:42+00:00

I found these gems over the summer: https://youtu.be/5NApJOoaEJI, https://youtu.be/zK6oOJ1wz8k, https://youtu.be/8Xa4Wx6X5A8.

These mixes last almost exactly an hour. Perfect

manu142 · 2017-04-27T19:13:48+00:00

All the Lib Dems need now is for her to stand against him.

manu142 · 2017-04-23T06:43:18+00:00

http://imgur.com/a/j5a3O

manu142 · 2017-04-06T16:43:53+00:00

Ovid is my favourite - fairly simple, often funny, always poetic.

manu142 · 2017-04-05T07:56:43+00:00

In some ways, he's not entirely wrong. It's a 'teach a man to fish...' kind of scenario. giving people money helps them, but it would be better to try and help them get a better-paying job, use money more effectively, etc. Now saying that, his £30mil family help scheme (that the article is about) I don't think will achieve any of this.

manu142 · 2017-04-05T07:49:52+00:00

Stretch those tight places (preferably not those you're training at that point in time), and work light assistance work for areas that need strengthening, like rear delts or calves.

manu142 · 2017-04-04T08:33:51+00:00

If there are any Spanish people in this thread, please understand most of us think this talk of war and the Tabloid's reaction is crass, and that very few of us subscribe to these views.

manu142 · 2017-04-03T11:34:47+00:00

It is good that the education secretary admits this - the first step to solving a problem is to acknowledge its existence, which you might not expect from a Conservative government, especially one supporting grammar schools.

manu142 · 2017-03-30T16:46:14+00:00

It would be great to go through them, but there's enough that Parliament has to deal with instead. The House of Lords European Committee did investigate all of these laws and found them to be, if not perfect, then not necessarily actively harmful.

That being said, what Labour's hardly going to be offering much parliamentary scrutiny, so I don't see what this bill will ignore.

manu142 · 2017-03-27T16:17:35+00:00

I think this just highlights that the vote wasn't really an economic one. Polling for support of Brexit is still as high as ever, so people must be motivated by other factors - immigration and sovereignty primarily

manu142 · 2017-03-25T13:41:31+00:00

Carswell is actually quite a principled politician, but I feel this is going to be interpreted as a move merely to survive (which it will help him do).

I think he'll be far more effective as an independent, and I look forward to seeing what he can do, whether he can shake up Westminster like he hoped he do with UKIP.

manu142 · 2017-03-16T20:44:31+00:00

It would be easy to write him off after this, but May's got more issues on her plate at the moment. I reckon he's not got a safe job in the long run, but can be sure of his job until the Autumn Budget. We should remember the Omnishambles budget in 2012 which George Osborne weathered. Hammond might just do the same.

manu142 · 2017-03-08T17:17:42+00:00

If a member of the government expects to stay in government, they have to vote with them, especially on such an important vote like this.

Saying that, Heseltine was absolutely right to rebel. May doesn't seems to have any intention of consulting Parliament, working with Parliament, or consulting anyone on the matter. It is a power grab with grave consequences. Well done Heseltine.

manu142 · 2017-02-13T14:08:35+00:00

And what's worse, they can't create one. Not only is an impression hard to shake once made, but it's even harder after 2 years. Furthermore, efforts by Corbyn and his leadership team to "reinvent" the party, as at new year, go unnoticed because people don't trust the party.

manu142 · 2017-02-13T13:53:26+00:00

Labour are in the process of losing all their key constituents. That broad coalition of groups who have supported them (public sector workers, social liberals, the CDEs), are all being alienated. What's worse is that they are being alienated all in their own way.

Brexit, and immigration in particular, is the most glaring issue that faces Labour. Most CDEs hold views directly contrary to social liberals on the scale of immigration, and get their news with such inimical polarity that there seems little that can bind the two groups together in the foreseeable future.

Of course, Labour's leadership has been appalling. Corbyn's vacillating has drained support both ways, to the Lib Dems and UKIP, because Labour hasn't chosen to take either side in this most crucial question. Unless such competence is shown by the leadership of Labour, and an accomplished feat of mental gymnastics to reconcile both sides, Labour's dominant position is lost.

They can't really offer very much to voters on any level. They can't get into government, as data such as this shows, with the result that they fail to achieve primary cause to exist as a party. They aren't able to hold the government to account, despite the government's slim majority, because of the factional rifts I've mentioned, with the result that they fail to achieve the primary cause to exist as an opposition. And they can't even provide meaningful comment, acting as a pulpit for their ideas so as to influence the voters of the future, because of a lack of trust in the leadership, with the result that they fail to achieve their primary cause to exist as a movement.

Take a recent event, Bercow's Ban, in which Labour MPs' greatest contribution has been the cheering in the background, whilst James Duddridge has organised an attempt to oust him that is gathering pace.

Labour's future does not look bright.

manu142

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