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<t>spot;1526093 wrote: No, the Kurdish armed volunteer militia hired by America to fight their proxy war do not total 30 million. With their camp-followers they might amount to a quarter of a million. There are other Kurds in the world beside this mercenary force. The pre-war Syrian Kurd population ...

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<t>spot;1526086 wrote: If it persuades future foreign mercenaries from acting as America's cannon fodder whenever the White House of the day decides it wants to interfere in the internal affairs of yet another sovereign nation, then I'm all in favor of abandoning the previous gullible militia that s...

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<t>This is the third time the kurds have been shafted by the US. The turks want to exterminate them. Turkey has one of the most powerful militaries in the region and fundamentalist muslims have taken control over what was once a secular state. In fairness to trump I don't think he can gr...

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Did see a brief mention on sky new review. apparntly it was nowehere near a 100,000.

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<t>I'm becoming increasingly disenchanted with the bbc. Reports on the tory conference lack any semblamnce of impartiality, they are going to take on 20,00 more police how comeno interviewer points out that theresa may got rid of 20,000 and told the police federation that didn't know what they are t...

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<r><URL url="https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/queen-could-sack-boris-johnson-1-6298592"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-st ... -1-6298592">https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/queen-could-sack-boris-johnson-1-6298592</LINK_TEXT></URL> The Queen wi...

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<r><URL url="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/30/judge-rejects-anonymity-appeal-of-strip-club-performers-filmed-by-investigators"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... estigators">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/30/judge-rejects-anonymity-appeal-of-str...

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<r>The tories are definitely running scared now <URL url="https://www.thenational.scot/news/17936020.boris-johnson-want-union-flags-not-sturgeon-summit/"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.thenational.scot/news/17936 ... on-summit/">https://www.thenational.scot/news/17936020.boris-johnson-want-...

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To paraphrase bruce lee my approach to style is to have no style at all thus relieving me of the burden of having to care what anybody thinks.

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Glad you said that I would be accused of being anti-english

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What I find puzzling, annoying --- is the number of reasonably intelligent people who support johnson in his battle against parliament. and see him as a defender of democracy.

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<r>SNP MP <YOUTUBE id="rDOh2G_1NKU"><URL url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=rDOh2G_1NKU"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... DOh2G_1NKU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=rDOh2G_1NKU</LINK_TEXT></URL></YOUTUBE> I'...

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<r>Boris is truly beyond the pale. <URL url="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/25/pm-branded-a-disgrace-after-saying-best-way-to-honour-jo-cox-is-to-deliver-brexit"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ver-brexit">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20...

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<r>Unbelieveable <URL url="https://www.thenational.scot/news/17924691.bbc-defends-decision-exclude-snp-politics-special/"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.thenational.scot/news/17924 ... s-special/">https://www.thenational.scot/news/17924691.bbc-defends-decision-exclude-snp-politics-special/<...

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<t>FourPart;1525455 wrote: MEPs are elected on a PR basis. Look at the mess that's in. It's still better than first past the post and the mess is a reflection of the method chosen and the indifference people with which people view the european elections. So what is your s...

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<t>spot;1525424 wrote: As I said, it cannot be done, it is an impossible thing to do, once you have party lists in any form of election you will have some preferred party candidates guaranteed to win regardless of the electorate not wanting them. Whether it is regional or national makes no differenc...

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<t>spot;1525369 wrote: You seem not to see that the system you have described does not allow the electorate to dismiss the party fat cats who put themselves at the top of the party list. That is my sole and complete objection to the process and wherever there is a regional or national party list, th...

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<r>spot;1525377 wrote: What is the world coming to when a bull can't spend a little time with his mum. I take it we're talking about the bull's mum, not the farmer's. I think officialdom just invented an entire new class of laws to criminalize yet more people. The must be a half million p...

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<r>That's a fault of the version used not the idea itself. Scotland uses the Additional Member System, you vote for a constituemcy MP and a list mp. <URL url="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additional_member_system"><LINK_TEXT text="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additio ... ber_system...

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<r>We really need proportional representation for westminster elections but neither tory or labour support it as the first past the post system works in their favour, The next tgeneral election if the remain support is spread out the tory and brexit leavsre will win the majority of seats despite ove...

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<r>So it looks like the english may soon be independent - or to be more accurate that part of thye country governed by westminster <URL url="https://www.thenational.scot/news/17739039.johnson-we-have-an-england-only-parliament-its-westminster/"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.thenational.sc...

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<r>Bit more on the court case a. This is an SNP MP one of those who brought the court action. <TWITTER id="1174260771850768387"><URL url="https://twitter.com/lumi_1984/status/1174260771850768387"><LINK_TEXT text="https://twitter.com/lumi_1984/status/11 ... 1850768387">https:/...

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<r>The sun version (spin) of the same events is interesting <YOUTUBE id="8pEL2C0DEiw"><URL url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pEL2C0DEiw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pEL2C0DEiw</URL></YOUTUBE> Boris Johnson â€™empty chairedâ€™ by EU boss who refused to stop anti-Brexit...

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<r><URL url="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49663001">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49663001</URL> Bigger issue is perhaps which legal system will take presedence. I can't see it being anything other than the english one and the english courts said the prorogation was not juticable i.e. th...

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<r>The lib dems are also saying they would reject a request for a second scottish referendum even if pro-independence parties were to win a majority of seats in Scotland, which by the way they already have. Jo swinson is in a scottsah seat there is every possibilty she will lose it at the next elect...

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<r>The tories still doing their bit to aid the case for scottish independence. <URL url="https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/daily-mail-on-judges-ruling-over-prorogation-case-1-6265357"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-st ... -1-6265357">https://www.theneweur...

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<t>tude dog;1525077 wrote: [QUOTE=gmc;1524882]"Chrch or not, doesn't matter to me." It wasn't a place of worship else this would probably not have been an issue. OK so you do not wish to marry someone of a different colour or race I never said that. <br/...

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<t>spot;1524896 wrote: God won't let you mix things. Seethe not your kid in its mother's milk and such, it's a perversion. God created the races. They're part of the Divine Plan. Allowing our womenfolk to become impregnated by those who carry the curse of the Lord is unbiblical. Consider ...

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<t>magentaflame;1524885 wrote: thanks dad . It's my brain that is the problem. It races as soon as I try to relax. add tiredness t the mix and youv'e got yourself a cocktail of restless feet etc. It's a logic loop your brain goes in to. You can't get to sleep so you worry about not ...

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<r><URL url="https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/nigel-convention-planned-1-6257940"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-st ... -1-6257940">https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/nigel-convention-planned-1-6257940</LINK_TEXT></URL> Convention of Nigels pla...

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<t>"Chrch or not, doesn't matter to me." It wasn't a place of worship else this would probably not have been an issue. tude dog;1524869 wrote: It is illegal to deny service to somebody because of race, gender, sexual orientation and so forth. Mississippi law or not...

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<t>Forget the alcohol, you think it helps you sleep if you fall in to a stupor but it actually doesn't and you don't sleep properly so you end up even more tired in the morning. Don't drink anything with caffeine in it like tea or coffee in the evening it just spins up your metabolism. Don't have an...

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<r>LarsMac;1524859 wrote: Here in Colorado, a health provider fired a doctor for wanting to assist a dying cancer patient in choosing his death. They claim the law which permits terminally ill patients to choose to die instead of waiting for death goes against the corporate Christian phi...

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<t>FourPart;1524802 wrote: Gotta laugh that in the morning Corbyn was challenging Boris to a General Election. Then when Boris put the motion forward to call one he opposed it. Boris was right. Corbyn is the first Leader of the Opposition in history to have Opposed a General Election.<br/...

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<t>tude dog;1524807 wrote: Explain to me why a non-believer expects a right to be married in my place of worship or even a right to enter??? I don't know whether the venue in this particular case was a church it seems simply to have been a a venue lent out for such events. Don't qui...

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<t>tude dog;1524795 wrote: What does any Mississippi law have to do with religious practices? As long as it does not run afoul of our natural, rights as spelled out in our Bill of Rights. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibi...

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Religious bigotry at it's vibrant best.

All is well in this the best of all possible worlds. Ever wish you were reading about all this in a history book?

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<t>Jacob rees mogg has voted against the tory government over 100 times, incliuding against theresa may's deal. They're ****es the lot of them. "He is a gambler. He will claim without evidence that he practically had the perfect deal in his hand, that he can still get it, he wi...

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<r><URL url="https://www.thenational.scot/news/17878716.boris-johnson-39-s-brexit-tactics-block-parliament-caught-scottish-court/"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.thenational.scot/news/17878 ... ish-court/">https://www.thenational.scot/news/17878716.boris-johnson-39-s-brexit-tactics-block-parliament-ca...

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<t>spot;1524759 wrote: Here we go - hearing today, verdict tomorrow. I do not quite understand how they hope to demonstrate that the prorogation is peculiar, it's conventional and prior to Theresa May it was annual at this time of year. What they may be trying to demonstrate is that the t...

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<t>spot;1524740 wrote: Well yes, that's what they went to the court to adjudicate, but you might have noticed the court dismissed the application. Ne he didn't what he did was reject granting the interim interdict (in english law that would be a temporary injunction) but brought for...

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<r><URL url="https://www.thenational.scot/news/17873147.support-scottish-independence-surges-will-say/"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.thenational.scot/news/17873 ... -will-say/">https://www.thenational.scot/news/17873147.support-scottish-independence-surges-will-say/</LINK_TEXT></URL> " Th...

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I've got two dogs a dalmatian and a border collie, the dalmatian is 13 now and has bronchitis so no walks in the rain even if he wants to, The collie on the other hand will break ice to go swimming in the loch.

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Listening to tne rain bouncing off the grassit occurs to me that unless you own a dog you never come to really appreciate the jiys of walking in the rain.

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<r>spot;1524674 wrote: I'm not happy with being the Defender of Boris but I would point out that if, as Mr Farage seems to believe, Boris is going to try to make a last-minute deal which retains Britain's place in the European economic treaty area, then alternatives from the House would indeed preve...

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<t>spot;1524668 wrote: The problem with "It's a blatant attempt" is that whether it is or whether it isn't, what is physically performed is identical. What has happened is the same, whether the reason is that this is his first chance to bring forward fresh legislation or that it's a blata...

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<t>spot;1524664 wrote: Today's fury at the government being prorogued for five weeks across September and into October is all a bit postured. The government conventionally prorogues at this time of year in order to introduce a new set of legislative proposals, that's how it works. That's why the par...

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<t>spot;1524642 wrote: I'm not sure the future beyond crashing out and making a trade deal with America matters, the restraints will be firmly in place. The price of a trade deal with America will be exchanging high standards for low in every area of our economy, and the certainty that Br...

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<r><URL url="https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/no-deal-brexit-meeting-between-opposition-parties-including-labour-and-lib-dems-1-6235457"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-st ... -1-6235457">https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/no-deal-brexit-meeting-between-op...

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