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Discussion in 'Southampton' started by ChilcoSaint, Feb 23, 2016.

  1. San Tejón

    San Tejón Well-Known Member

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    When you follow what is really happening in Gaza by ignoring mainstream media and listening to other outlets it becomes increasingly clear that this is all about Israel wanting to destroy the Palestinians and lay claim to the land.
    I’m beginning to wonder if Iran getting a nuclear weapon might actually calm Israel the **** down.
    And if it didn’t and the two countries decided to mutually destroy each other then we would see the end of two evil regimes.
     
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  2. San Tejón

    San Tejón Well-Known Member

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    Farage would need to be re-elected to become PM and for that to happen he will have to start acting as an MP.
    One year on from being elected he has had zero surgeries with his constituents. In one case he has ignored several emails from a mother of two, who became homeless. She contacted the local Labour Party to see if they could help and she has since been housed. If this sort of thing is repeated for the next 4 years and Starmer stops kicking the ball into his own goal, Farage could well lose his seat.
     
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  3. garysfc

    garysfc Well-Known Member

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    100% on your first para
     
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  4. Libby

    Libby Derby County, we're coming for you

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    Think the problem with this is that most the people who'll for him won't care about this sort of stuff.
     
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  5. Ian Thumwood

    Ian Thumwood Well-Known Member

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    I do not agree. The constituents can petition to have Farage removed and there are formal measures to allow this to happen. More likely that the constituents remove Farage than be becomes PM.
     
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  6. Libby

    Libby Derby County, we're coming for you

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    But the people who vote for him largely won't care about what he's doing locally. They just think he'll 'stop the boats' and start a 'war on woke'.
     
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  7. Ian Thumwood

    Ian Thumwood Well-Known Member

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    Reform MP Jabes McMurrock has whip removed following investigations into his business affairs. Follows Reform councillors losing control of councils yesterday.
     
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  8. shoot_spiderman

    shoot_spiderman Power to the People

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    1st para is highly possible
    2nd, be careful what you wish for
    3rd, remember, this is largely the extremist leaders propagating this conflict and it’s millions of relative innocents that would perish
     
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  9. thereisonlyoneno7

    thereisonlyoneno7 Well-Known Member

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    I am not a Reform apologist, but he has asked for the whip to be removed whilst an external investigation is carried out.

    A slight distinction, and I though the evidence looks on the surface damning, I do believe in innocent until proven guilty...even if it is a Reform MP.
     
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  10. Ian Thumwood

    Ian Thumwood Well-Known Member

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    Noted but this is so typical of Reform. They always get caught out like this. Just feel that they will continue to have the issues until the election when they will become more under the microscope. I do not feel Reform are robust enough to overcome these problems.
     
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