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It doesn't quite 'sit right' with you? Is that entirely rational, it's just it sounds a lot like an emotional hot-take based on an incomplete understanding. Are you 16-18 by any chance? 😁 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyeed67895zo

Grow up mate, seriously, that's a really weak insult - do you think I've not heard it before? You're not very good at the cheap shots, so I'd give it a rest, it's just a bit... awkward. And at least I tried for a bit of fun and self-deprecation with my username, yours seems to reflect a...

Bit early for Panto season, but what the hell... 😁

You sign at 16, you're in until you're 22, and "frontline" at first or not, you're committing to risk your life for your country at a point in the near future. Seems like we're happy to trust them to do that. As for the 13 year old thing, no one is asking for them to get the vote, the amount of...

Just on the higher taxation thing, this is the usual Laffer curve argument, oft-used to justify gross inequality of income and wealth and argue against redistributive taxation. Like most gross over-simplifications, it's basically false to claim that higher taxes will inevitably either lead to...

Ah, so you're not big on democracy then. I'd say if you're old enough to die for your country, or work and pay tax to it, you're old enough to vote. As for FPTP, I'd like to live in a country where every vote counts. Just because your opinion is rigid, doesn't mean it's correct, of course...

If you're old enough to leave school, work, and pay tax, or join the armed forces and serve the country, then surely you're entitled to a vote. The fact that it doesn't serve the Tories well is just a bonus, regardless of that, it seems only fair to me.

Just don't pull his ears...

From the Guardian... "While far-right gains triggered a political earthquake in France and made major gains elsewhere, their progress was not universal and mainstream parties looked set to keep a majority in the 27-member bloc’s parliament." So I'm not sure we've got a far right EU to worry...

I was there too. I've got a memory of their keeper coming out and having a massive flap at a cross, missing it by miles, and a defender stood right behind him, clearing it off the line. I remember thinking that the only reason the defender was there, was because he knew how dodgy his goalie...

Doesn't look like Vegas to me, looks like the desert near Vegas. Probably retrieving one of Doug's barrels of cash, like on Breaking Bad. 😁

Well if they do, they're proving themselves rather lacking in critical faculties I'd say. Again, where was the claimed failure to follow due process in this case?

Disappointing, I know. Just a jury full of radical crypto-Communists dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism I'm afraid. New York is full of them. 😄

Yes, but luckily only in a very small way.

In what way, precisely, was due process subverted? The prosecution produced their evidence and witnesses, and the defence were free to challenge them in open court. The jury was selected according to the usual legal process, again with both prosecution and defence having the same number of...

Anyway, enjoyable as it is discussing all this with you, I've got to get on for a bit. Have a good day all. I'll pop back later to pick through the blood and fur of today's banter...

It's the actual truth. Starmer's dad was not working class in the traditional sense of the word. If Starmer doesn't claim it, no one challenges it. Why does it upset people so when it's picked up?

Ah, the ironic laughing emoji, the clearest identifier hereabouts of someone who just lost an argument but can't think of what to say. At least I've got the grace to admit that I might be wrong on stuff. Some people here are like crying babbies when they get picked up on things. If all you've...

And Starmer made it a talking point, for fuck's sake. He's the one who bangs on about it. Why is that?

It's not a Tory attack line, so don't start that rubbish mate. It's the truth. Are you so precious about Starmer that you can't bear some simple facts mate?