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I, ll bet those Bayrakter drones have tested that friendship.. It's a crazy situation and reflects badly on EU when 2 of its members could quite easily go to war. (Greece and Turkey with Cyprus trying to keep peace between them) Looks to me as though both countries are looking for things to...

Looking like a great day for Lady Bower and emtb..!!

That's why you should plan for the worst.??But you are correct Europe's hope of a benign Russia was misguided,as events have proven. And just out of blue, why has nothing ever been done about Turkey seizing a third of Cyprus? Has lots of parallels with Russia/Ukraine but no sanctions at all. In...

Hope for the best, plan for the worst??

Amazingly the recurrent theme from Labour. Announce plans, policies that they might do, which are pretty much lightweight anyway, and never mention the stuff voters are, and will be come next election, bothered about. Does Brown actually speak to real people outside his entourage. Out of touch...

So given choice Flecc which regime would you live under. I think its easy to criticise our system (we are allowed) and USA but then accept all the freedoms we now enjoy? Are you so convinced idealogy of USSR was so benign we (the west) should have not taken stance we did. (and continue to take)...

I, m sort of between the 2 of you on this. Totally agree with your assessment of Russia /China and would include North Korea. However, I do think USA, and to a lesser extent West in general, need strategic enemies to keep defence spending and hence the massive production of arms going. Without...

Yep, agreed to a point. But that cheap labour we once took advantage of with slavery originally, then underpaid immigrants is simply replaced with us taking advantage of Chinese poor wages but with added advantage of assuming we are no longer morally responsible for the situation. We pass that...

Again, I agree with that but as in all things there is a compromise. No countries could possibly be totally self reliant, probably on any front. However, looking throughout Europe as a whole it probably represents the least self reliant group on the planet. Norway is the least self reliant in...

Agreed, there are benefits to globalisation, and yes we, ve all benefited, with all sorts of things from cheap goods to expensive holidays. Not sure isolation policies would mean cooperation and alliances would have to decline. UK being food or power independant wouldn't mean we would no longer...

Don't think its fair to assume isolationism and nationalism are one of same. Europe is becoming much more isolated, and perhaps should do to avoid dependance on China, but that shouldn't mean an automatic resurgence of Nationalism. UK, probably all countries, should steer towards isolation, ie...

I agree, isolationism is the assumed way forward. It used to be thought that a countries' wealth and standing was based on what it could dig up in its own backyard, make more valuable and use or sell on. It fostered our industrial revolution, trouble is we dug up other folks back yards. The...

To distance him self from current fiasco and to give it plenty of time for "party gate" be a distant memory. He will come back like a breath of stale air, all rejuvenated and with full support off 1922 mafiosa.. He won't go away no matter how many wishes you make Woosh. That 87 seat majority...

I didn't say I would vote for him. But I will say without massive changes in Labour Party I will not be voting for Starmer or whoever is leader of Party next GE. But I still hold opinion it will be BJ leading Tories next GE and they will win, even without my vote. (or yours) As for Starmer being...

The trouble is though Flecc, KL was kicked out for suggesting Hitler may have supported Zionism. Which factually is a possibility. (Germany supported establishment of Israel between 1933 and 1939, Haavara agreement) But Labour expel him for saying it.??? He is a good bloke.

Sounds like perfect PM material. Eminently qualified to lead a building full of like minded. Wasn't Ken Livingstone kicked out of Labour party 2016 ish.. He sort of encapsulates exactly what I, ve been saying for months. He, s a good bloke, probably sincere and competent. (He is one of few I...

Yep, it's nice we can all have opinions and express them. I hope you aren't pinning your hopes on Starmer... At best in the slim hope he gets power he, d be a short term place holder, keeping no10 warm until Tories win 2 years later. We look on Tories as incompetent, wait til Starmer and Rayner...

Exactly. Globalisation is certainly not way forward. Caused more problems than it solved. Suspect its actually in decline...

Agreed, but Churchill was speaking about democracy in general and not our faulty version of it.. (but then again all versions are faulty one way or another) The point was, and is, bad as BJ is he is better than rest. The whole lot of them, not just Tories, and the system itself are corrupted. I...

If we only voted on merits of individuals nobody would be PM.. Boris reminds me of Churchill's view of democracy. Basically both are shite but best we have. Still rather have him than Chunt, Shitnak, Harmer, LizBust.... I, d probably vote for Ben Wallace, well more for his ancestor. But we hung...