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  1. skybluetony176

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Pippa Crerar of the Guardian now claiming that Sunak is going to announce the scrapping of phase two in his conference speech.
  2. skybluetony176

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    The answer is do it right. Like other countries. I accept no two countries are the same for a broad range of reasons but for some reason we obviously pay over the odds. Just on the tunnelling excuse alone if we’d subcontracted the building out to the Japanese government they could tunnelled the...
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    It may be one reason but it isn’t the reason. Take just one of the main contractors Skanska for instance. Its turnover has grown by 25% due to HS2, which is fine, it’s a major infrastructure project, it would be naive to not expect that. But why has their profit increased by 60% in the same...
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    The tunnelling thing doesn’t really run true. Japan has just built a new line for the bullet train. Most of which is tunnelled and the cost per mile is £51M per mile which is just less than a third of what it’s costing in the UK to build HS2. One thing that doesn’t get talked about is...
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    USSR invades Ukraine.

    Surely it’s the situation that has no grey area. Russia invaded under a false pretext and Ukraine is willing to stand against that. It really is no more complicated than that.
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    USSR invades Ukraine.

    Yeah, I mean if you discount the foiled invasion that was going to be a 3 day walkover then yeah, aside from that no progress. I think in the first days even the most ardent supporters of Ukraine were not expecting Ukraine to be able to resist. All Russia has achieved is about 17% of the...
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    USSR invades Ukraine.

    There’s plenty of evidence that Ukraine is close to cutting off Crimea. Most notably the recent attacks on the Naval base. If Russia can’t resupply its troops there it’s only a matter of time before they capitulate. Russias military is in disarray. They’re struggling for ammunition, they’re...
  8. skybluetony176

    USSR invades Ukraine.

    I never said that they had made huge gains this summer. That ain’t the gotcha you think it is. The key point is that Russia hasn’t made any gains and is in danger of losing the land bridge to Crimea. They’re dug in hoping for a “draw” that isn’t going to happen and could lose Crimea before Xmas.
  9. skybluetony176

    USSR invades Ukraine.

    Who on numerous occasions has said that the war will be over in 24 hours with a Russian “victory”. His record on this conflict has been so wrong at every turn he’s made his previous credibility irrelevant. He’s clearly out of touch.
  10. skybluetony176

    USSR invades Ukraine.

    Well. That’s just a detachment from reality. Ukraine made huge gains last summer. Russia used winter to dig in defensive positions and turn the front line into the most mined country in the world. Anyone who thought that Ukraine would make the gains this summer that they did last summer is...
  11. skybluetony176

    USSR invades Ukraine.

    Still can’t believe that people ignore their own eyes and feel Putin can be negotiated with in good faith.
  12. skybluetony176

    DIY Thread

    Fine tooth handsaw then. Cut from the side you want to look best. Take long sweeping cuts applying just enough pressure, if you try to force it you’ll be more likely to damage the laminate and not keep the straight cut both sides.
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    DIY Thread

    Circular saw with a fine toothed blade. Cut it from the opposite side that you want to look best. Additionally you could use some wide masking tape and have the cut line down the middle of the tape, some people say it makes a neater cut but personally I’ve never noticed the difference.
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    Racism

    In which case can you explain why there’s racism? Because what you’re describing is the 20 years (and beyond) of the education system until very recently.
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    Happy birthday Adi

    Hopefully you get 3 points for your birthday.
  16. skybluetony176

    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    WHITCH HUNT! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66968025 Oh no… wait. This is in favour of Trump. Just the system working as it is supposed to then.
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    Micky Flanagan

    I think he absolutely despises touring and always has. Probably turns it up to eleven when the show is being recorded for TV etc as that’s his bank but just goes through the motions for the rest of the tour. Who was his support act out of interest?
  18. skybluetony176

    USSR invades Ukraine.

    Looking more into this Macgregor character he seems to be cropping up every 2 weeks or so on various outlets proclaiming that Ukraine are going to capitulate in the next 24 hours. He’s clearly a crank. Not sure why you take him seriously Fatso.
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    2Pac

    Such a wasted talent. Biggest mistake he ever made was cosying up too close to Suge Knight pretending he was a gangster. Changed his whole personality. Died too young because I’m sure he would have come through that period, especially once Suge went to jail.
  20. skybluetony176

    USSR invades Ukraine.

    Didn’t he say it would be over in 24 hours? How did that expert advice work out? (edit) I just checked, he did. He’s also claimed several times since that that it would be over within 24 hours. Honestly, if that’s your go to it explains a lot.
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