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by thundril
October 27th, 2015, 6:25 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: GAME ON!
Replies: 68
Views: 16769

Re: GAME ON!

Much as I am relieved that somebody had the opportunity to stop Osberon's lunatic plan I would rather not leave our future defences in the hands of a bunch of bishops, millionaires and ex-celebs. We need some sort of second chamber, , but direct election would change the primacy of the commons, and ...
by thundril
October 27th, 2015, 5:52 pm
Forum: Social Club
Topic: The Speakeasy
Replies: 89
Views: 77152

Re: The Speakeasy

Lovely WEATHER we're having, innit?
by thundril
October 27th, 2015, 7:52 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: GAME ON!
Replies: 68
Views: 16769

Re: GAME ON!

David Davis has just been a big tad disloyal to Cam/borne on R4. The cracks are widening.
by thundril
October 27th, 2015, 4:38 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: Immigration
Replies: 8
Views: 3156

Re: Immigration

Hello, Iftikhar! I, like Alan, was agreeing with pretty much everything you said, about immigration, racism and the history of British Imperialism. Only when you started going on about religious segregation, you lost me. We need to learn to understand and respect each other. We can do that best if o...
by thundril
October 27th, 2015, 4:11 am
Forum: Social Club
Topic: The Speakeasy
Replies: 89
Views: 77152

Re: The Speakeasy

But how many other than are there?
None.
by thundril
October 27th, 2015, 4:07 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: Is God trying to us something?
Replies: 4
Views: 1977

Re: Is God trying to us something?

Scandal of the Particularity, Y'Lordship? Nothing to do with brown envelopes in the House o Commons tearooms, I trust? Speakeasy, you propose? Jolly fine idea. I'll get me clogs on.
by thundril
October 26th, 2015, 9:06 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: GAME ON!
Replies: 68
Views: 16769

Re: GAME ON!

Only saw a bit of it but not sure I understand why it a) wasn't defeated completely and b) why it was so close. The Tories have been doing a lot of threatening and arm-twisting around this. Threastening to flood the house with Tory life-peers to ensure a majority. Threatening to trigger a constitut...
by thundril
October 26th, 2015, 8:59 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: GAME ON!
Replies: 68
Views: 16769

Re: GAME ON!

People are tired of the kind of school-playground nonsense-politics we've been fed the last couple of decades, where every politician has to obey the Party's press enforcer, fearing that any disagreements will be met with breathless reports of 'revolt within the (name your party) ranks', and any (Go...
by thundril
October 26th, 2015, 8:00 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: GAME ON!
Replies: 68
Views: 16769

Re: GAME ON!

Nick wrote:Game on? Game over.
Game over, my arse! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34631156
by thundril
October 26th, 2015, 4:23 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: The future of Israel
Replies: 12
Views: 4501

Re: The future of Israel

Things may be changing a little less slowly now.
http://mondoweiss.net/2015/10/washingto ... le-societyOnce the majority of Jewish American Democrats start to speak out, it looks like the beginning of the end for AIPAC's assumption of invulnerability.
by thundril
October 23rd, 2015, 6:35 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: GAME ON!
Replies: 68
Views: 16769

Re: GAME ON!

Altfish wrote:Labour are a shambles and should be unelectable but the Tories are trying to change that
So is Labour. At last something they can work together on :laughter:
by thundril
October 23rd, 2015, 4:56 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: GAME ON!
Replies: 68
Views: 16769

Re: GAME ON!

Of course most Tory loyalists will not approve of popular opposition to the tax-credit cuts. But democracy is not just about loyalty to this or that power-seeking club. (= political party) Of course economic right-wingers are in general opposed to redistributive taxation. But there are limits, and t...
by thundril
October 22nd, 2015, 11:45 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: GAME ON!
Replies: 68
Views: 16769

Re: GAME ON!

The game's afoot. Whether Lib dem, Blairite, Plaid or SNP party grandees invoke this or that rule is interesting, but it's not really the point. The point is, the tax-credit clawback is shaping up to be Cameron's equivalent of St Maggie's Poll Tax. One nasty-party tax too far for the fair-minded peo...
by thundril
October 22nd, 2015, 10:24 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: The future of Israel
Replies: 12
Views: 4501

Re: The future of Israel

There are lots of small things one can and must do, to bring some help to the suffering people of that land, both Jew and Arab. There are lots of tactics our political masters might be exhorted to try. (But I don't think our current masters will do anything to annoy the US) The fact is, a genocide i...
by thundril
October 22nd, 2015, 1:40 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: The future of Israel
Replies: 12
Views: 4501

Re: The future of Israel

Bump. Just wrote a piece in reponse to someone who declared that 'There are no Palestinians'. He had seemed a decent, thoughtful fellow, with whom I was having a spirited but intelligent debate. Then he made that statement. I criticised. He justified. So I wrote a longish response. I don't want it t...
by thundril
October 20th, 2015, 1:55 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: The future of Government (if any)
Replies: 3234
Views: 373520

Re: The future of Government (if any)

Re proposed changes to human rights legislation, I have just written to my MP: Dear Rebecca Pow, Irrespective of political party (full disclosure; I have never voted Tory in my life, and am never likely to) all people with humane ethics and democratic values must recognise that human rights are of f...
by thundril
October 20th, 2015, 12:38 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: The Future of the 'The future of the..(if any)' title-meme
Replies: 46
Views: 12767

Re: The Future of the 'The future of the..(if any)' title-me

Why would they have to line 'em up first? There are plenty of huntin an shootin folks amongst the hangem an floggem brigade. Freestyle teacher-shootin. There's a sport for real men!