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Or even non wartime. Look at our own country and the behaviour of the government towards “unfriendly” media, the pressure they put on the BBC, the client press, who they invite on photo ops, who they talk too (especially evident during the pandemic) etc etc. It’s all about shaping the narrative...

And what do the people of Ukraine think? What Putin thinks is irrelevant. And how you’re gauging what the Russian public thinks god only knows. Tucker Carlsons word? Margery Taylor Greens word? You’ve certainly swallowed some propaganda from somewhere.

They wasn’t banned for being on the left though they were banned for being in collusion with Russia. They were also minority parties. IIRC only one had seats in parliament and even then not enough to influence anything and even then were predicted to lose those seats when a GE can be held...

Stating facts makes you an idiot. Interesting. Unfortunately for you pretty much every trade union has spent the last few years pointing out those facts. What has Starmer actually promised on this? I can see they’ve done a paper on workers rights but I can’t see that they’ve actually announced...

In the interest of balance there’s no suggestion in the article that they intend to not increase workers rights just some aspects will be in consultation with industry. Fact is Labour are still going to improve workers rights and apparently in the first 100 days. What you personally won’t admit...

I changed to O2 from EE last year as a cost saving exercise. Already feels like a false economy O2 coverage is so shit. I think it’s a case of you get what you pay for. I sometimes have to work in places that I wouldn’t necessarily consider remote and basically have no service. Never had an...

The shocking thing about that sentence is how many MP’s that could apply too. The two previous PM’s for starters.

It didn’t go to court on a clerical error, that’s not how the CPS works. It went to court on the strength of evidence that the police presented to the CPS. The only effect the clerical error had was ensuring that the case wasn’t heard in court. It was a gift to numb nuts and his legal team, they...

You’re not being patronising, you’re being irrational. Human error is part of the human condition, you’re not immune from it just because you have a good education and specialised in a particular field. Even in the medical profession there’s a train of thought that you’re not a doctor until...

So you think whoever dealt with it at the CPS is a Robinson fan boy who knew he could hand him a win in court on a technicality and a free grift? That’s the corruption?

So you’re suggesting that the CPS deliberately sent it to court knowing that the checks and balances at court would dismiss it? No possibility that it was as simple as human error? Maybe whoever dealt with it at the CPS is a Robinson fan boy who knew he could hand him a win in court on a...

The MET presented documents incorrectly (a date recorded incorrectly from what I read). The court picked that up and dismissed the case on the technicality that the paperwork wasn’t filled correctly. Where’s the corruption exactly? Seems to me that the courts acted impeccably and to the latter...

There will be no downside, only considerable upsides https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/18/uk-to-delay-start-of-health-and-safety-checks-on-eu-imports-report?CMP=share_btn_url So long as we don’t implement what we conned you into voting for #takingbackcontrol.

Wasn’t it Mark Menzies who got caught with a Brazilian rent boy? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68841840

If he’s intending to go to war with Iran I’m not sure that the world can wait for him to lose the election. He needs kicking into touch now before he starts WW3 and that is going to require strength from our government. Also I can’t help but feel he’d welcome a war as he can use it as an excuse...

Fine. If he wants to do it on his own do it on his own. Arms embargo including spares and technical support and if he does go to war with Iran we don’t intervene by intercepting drones and missiles like the weekend. He’s as dangerous as Putin and should be treated as such.

The problem I have with the cigarette ban is where do we go from there and is there really any proof that it will work. Personally I think there’s a bigger case for legalising cannabis and licensing the sale of it. And cannabis is the perfect example of something being banned and that ban not...

Soap bar. There’s a blast from the past. Squidgy Black anyone.

Not sure why it was shutdown but apparently it was Bill Gates again. Funny thing is it was organised by the Edmund Burke Foundation who apparently is a think tank funded by large corporations including Microsoft. Still, don’t let facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory.

Difficult one. The one thing that did shock me though were the statistics. Two thirds of long term smokers will die from the effects of long term smoking.