Phil Pascoe
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100%, except the Balfour Declaration was 1917.As it happens I think plonking Isreal in the middle of a bunch of Arab territories in order to re-settle he Jews after WWII genocide, was a really stupid idea ...
100%, except the Balfour Declaration was 1917.As it happens I think plonking Isreal in the middle of a bunch of Arab territories in order to re-settle he Jews after WWII genocide, was a really stupid idea ...
David Starkey made the point - people think the Russians and Chinese think like we do - they don't.The Russian mentality is not at all similar to a western one and many commentators fail to allow for this.
It depends what you mean by good and bad. A mind that's been twisted can see bad as good. The clearest modern example is Germany in the 30s.If Trump was so bad then why did he wipe the floor with Harris and even win the popular vote?
Surely votes for the presidency were hers to lose not Trump's to win if he was remotely as bad as the left leaners of the UK claim? It really shows just how bad she must have been to lose to Trump.
Realistically both Dems and Reps always cared more about Russia than Ukraine. Russia is I think the worlds 2nd largest oil and gas producer, has vast natural resources and sizeable array of ICBMs. It has global political influence in strategically important places.One has to wonder why the new GOP administration cares more about Russia than Ukraine. That's certainly a departure from previous GOP. The answer, I suspect, lies in their apparent desire to run down NATO. Again, why I dunno. I'm sure it's not just because they have a bag on about other NATO countries not paying their own way - that's just an excuse. What's going on? No tin foil hats either.
So, communism worked for them.Surprisingly from the conversations I had with them, as this was after the breakup of the FSU, the older people looked back with fondness to the days when it was still fully communist. They said that although they didn't have that much, they at least knew they would be looked after and kept warm during the harsh Siberian winters and they knew they could afford basic essentials. In other words, communism made them feel secur.
Trumps interests are not the same as Ukraines.they've said that US interests are not the same as Ukraine's
To be fair, I thought the World Series was named after something (a newspaper or publication in the US?). I don't recall; but I understood the naming didn't imply it was an international competition.A lot of Americans probably don't know, or care, who Starmer is. Like their baseball they have this 'World Series' mentality where the world stops at the east and west coasts and the rest is a fog where there be dragons.
Because Democrats were victims of post covid inflation.If Trump was so bad then why did he wipe the floor with Harris and even win the popular vote?
Man-child is a fair assessment of Trump though; he throws huge toddler tantrums at the slightest provocation.Media bias is affecting this though. Calling an elderly man a "man-child" doesn't achieve much and his side would argue that the felony aspects were deeply politically motivated using a rigged judiciary. It's not dead straightforward and Biden is no saint, even less so his kids. Anyway, Trump is the man now.
Trump won because he's a demagogue and a populist, and they thrive on pain and fear. Decades of falling living standards and shifting of money up to the mega rich have resulted in people desperate for change.If Trump was so bad then why did he wipe the floor with Harris and even win the popular vote?
Surely votes for the presidency were hers to lose not Trump's to win if he was remotely as bad as the left leaners of the UK claim? It really shows just how bad she must have been to lose to Trump. Embarrassing and cringeworthy doesn't aptly describe the drumming the Democrats got from Trump.
I have a vague recollection of this also.To be fair, I thought the World Series was named after something (a newspaper or publication in the US?). I don't recall; but I understood the naming didn't imply it was an international competition.
4.8 million people in UK suffer food poverty.....I guess going hungry is only left wing poverty.not the left wing idea of poverty that we have in this country
So the people desperate for change have voted for shifting more money to the mega rich and even worst living stds.Decades of falling living standards and shifting of money up to the mega rich have resulted in people desperate for change
Again, see Brexit. Most of those pushing it came from wealth and privilege but were skilled in getting people to vote to make themselves poorer; by making promises of riches in the case of victory.So the people desperate for change have voted for shifting more money to the mega rich and even worst living stds.
Trump the populist is very skilled at selling himself as a fighting for the people against the establishment....despite the fact Trump is the billionaire establishment. Go figure
Where and when Tony raises a real issue it happens. A large percentage of his posts (excepting the recent interesting Russian piece) are just Daily Mail reader whinges about "the left".Be nice to debate the actual issues rather than slag off Tony every time he posts.
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