Off Topic Politics Thread

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I think the issue with Burnham is that he is not only the mayor of Greater Manchester but also of other cities in that area. The problem is that he is New Labour and a Blairite.

I will be interested to see if anyone moves against Starmer after May. I would prefer Richard Burgon as leader but was considering joining Your Party albeit I am not convinced how long they will be around.
 
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One thing I wanted to post about was the fact that 3nr boats carrying drugs from Venezuela have now been destroyed in America missile attacks.

At first I was quite shocked by this but on reflection I think it is just a more open policy of what has been happening since Reagan. What surprised me was that I thought most drugs entered the US from Columbia and have not heard of any boats from that country being destroyed. The cynic in me is saying this is more to do with sending a message to Maduro than preventing drug imports. Just cannot see this action as being straightforward.
 
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Ian Thumwood said:
One thing I wanted to post about was the fact that 3nr boats carrying drugs from Venezuela have now been destroyed in America missile attacks.

At first I was quite shocked by this but on reflection I think it is just a more open policy of what has been happening since Reagan. What surprised me was that I thought most drugs entered the US from Columbia and have not heard of any boats from that country being destroyed. The cynic in me is saying this is more to do with sending a message to Maduro than preventing drug imports. Just cannot see this action as being straightforward.
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I suspect that "boats from Venezuela" doesn't necessarily mean the drugs are from Venezuela. When one avenue has focus on it other routes are developed!
 
Ian Thumwood said:
I think the issue with Burnham is that he is not only the mayor of Greater Manchester but also of other cities in that area. The problem is that he is New Labour and a Blairite.

I will be interested to see if anyone moves against Starmer after May. I would prefer Richard Burgon as leader but was considering joining Your Party albeit I am not convinced how long they will be around.
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I know you are full on left-left but Burgeon would be a death knell. Burnham is a Blairite like I said but he has convinced the bubble he is appealing to normal folks and they are happy to present him as "King of the North" as if he is completely different to what went before or Starmer. The only difference between him and Starmer is he would be more convincing of being on the side of normal folks while still managing to get the money up the tree like Blair did.
 
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StJabbo1 said:
So Russia's Eurovision rival Intervision was won by the Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc. I wonder how that's pronounced?
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cvg998q0557o
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:D Knowing how Chinese pronunciations (yes extrapolating lazily to surrounding Asian languages here) sound nothing like we English speakers would naturally think they are it probably doesn't sound rude at all :D

EDIT. They don't pronounce the c hardly at all so it sounds more like f-urr without sounding the rr at te end f-u

Like Roger Daltry :)
 
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:D Knowing how Chinese pronunciations (yes extrapolating lazily to surrounding Asian languages here) sound nothing like we English speakers would naturally think they are it probably doesn't sound rude at all :D

EDIT. They don't pronounce the c hardly at all so it sounds more like f-urr without sounding the rr at te end f-u

Like Roger Daltry :)
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Who is Roger Daltry?
 
Trump, a man who claims he stopped a war between Aberbaijan and its ‘neighbour’ Albania, asserts over and over again that 99.99% of the world’s greatest scientific minds are committing a con job on the world when it comes to climate change. The world is getting so thick that if it was a razor blade I could use it to hammer in nails.
 
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Trump, a man who claims he stopped a war between Aberbaijan and its ‘neighbour’ Albania, asserts over and over again that 99.99% of the world’s greatest scientific minds are committing a con job on the world when it comes to climate change. The world is getting so thick that if it was a razor blade I could use it to hammer in nails.
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The speech today was quite staggering. Not only is ge a narcissist but he is flying in the face of science.

I keep on hearing about the wars he has stopped but am totally bemused by this. Where are they ? Just wondered if he was referring to the conflict between Saints and Pompey fans. He had no role in that as both sets of supporters had fallen asleep.

Looks like he got his info from Osvaldorama regarding Sharia law in London. Just wondered how embarrassed countries like Qatar were by Trump's comments. I stand in solidarity with all non Christian Londoners.
 
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