I could enjoy with Lyse. Something just hit me: maybe we have
different tastes because our metabolisms are different, so she
likes garlic and I don't, and I love avocado but she rarely eats it
if I serve it. A younger person needs glycemic control, and I'm dried out...
More generally, this no doubt explains why we often find all those
health advice purveyors on the net a little 'off-center'. And one can take
pleasure in seeing beleaguered fitness buffs consume ridiculous amounts
of fast foods on a refeed day. 'One of those might be okay, not six!' Giggle!
Kudos to Erik the Electric on one million subscribers. And to those bad
decisions.
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Below, a background piece from Le Figaro on the UK Labour Party Conference.
source: Le Figaro
author: Arnaud de La Grange Updated on 20/09/2019 at 19:28
translation: GoogleTranslate/doxa-louise
Brexit: a Labor Congress to get out of uncertainty ?
This week, the leader of the Labor Party said he would hold a new referendum on Brexit if he came to power, while refraining from indicating what his position would be.
If only the sea air of Brighton could incite one to talk about anything, except Brexit ... Jeremy Corbyn no doubt dream that the Labor Congress which opens this weekend in the seaside city concentrates on a thousand other, more important subjects. Any diversion, however, will be difficult. The leader of the Labor Party continues to show a more than ambiguous position on the issue of divorce from the EU. This week, he said he would hold a new referendum on Brexit if he came to power, while not stating what his position would be.
For a party leader, in effect the figurehead of the opposition, this lack of opinion on a non-trivial matter is baffling. Scotland's Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon has not spared her partner in opposition. "Staying neutral on Brexit is a shameful abdication of leadership," said the leader of the Scottish independence party SNP, fiercely hostile to Brexit. Certainly, Jeremy Corbyn can be praised for his wish to "give power to the people", but the explanation is not entirely ...
If he comes to power, because Boris Johnson has thrown in the towel or through early elections, the Labor leader has promised to obtain a new exit agreement with Brussels, including a continuation of the customs union . Then he will submit it to a vote of the Britishpeople. "Only a Labor government will give power to the people. Let's stop a Brexit without agreement, and let people decide, "Jeremy Corbyn wrote in the Guardian. It will come down to a question of giving a choice between a "credible offer to go out or staying in the EU". But "without taking sides for one option or the other".
Despite this democratic profession of faith, Jeremy Corbyn is going to be under a lot of pressure during the great Brighton event. He runs the risk of leaving Labor without any line on the question of the moment which, whatever he says, is most preoccupying the country ... and its voters. A whole section of the party will therefore try to force a move to make a clear commitment to staying in the EU. Exchanges could be heated. If no compromise emerges, these "remainers" activists could ask for a vote. "His stance is hard to defend," says Sara Hobolt of the London School of Economics, "when you head a party, you have to take a stand. It is hard to argue that you are a "neutral politician" "... The leader of Labor should do anything he can to get out of the woods.
Despite the declarationss of Mr Corbyn, a large majority of Labor activists are in favor of a stay in the EU. Clive Lewis, Member of Parliament for Norwich South, told the Times: "Labor is a democratic party, but 90% of our members, people who go door-to-door and allow us to be elected, do not want Brexit. It's a democratic issue: the machine has to support the base. "
Jeremy Corbyn would prefer that the Party address "real subjects", discusse social issues and climate change, for example. At the Congress, he might promise to create hundreds of social worker positions for marginalized communities. According to the Guardian, as part of the "green revolution," he also wants to plant a million trees in British hospitals. In Brighton, the Party will also consider a proposal paving the way for a vast nationalization program. This would cancelling a provision introduced by Tony Blair in 1995 and changing clause IV of the Party's charter. This clause, which dated from 1917, committed the party to the principle of "common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange." Mr Blair replaced it by a formulation that put more emphasis on the role of free market forces and competition in the economy. This had sparked strong debate. Today, some want to walk back this stroke of penance on the part of socialism ...
http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/brexit-un-congres-du-labour-pour-sortir-de-l-ambiguite-20190920
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