Nic Abbott

I think it just needs to be an actual federal government to achieve that, which is very controversial, I know, but I don't see it working as a cooperative. Unfortunately, the veto is always the issue, imho.

*€90b

I'm very pleased to hear that the EU is not broken and look forward to Ukraine receiving the €90 loan as early as last September, when it was first mooted and so desperately needed /s

I agree, Martin, but I think it's flawed. Things like CSDP, I don't trust it, precisely because the EU is slow to make decisions, take action, if ever. Another example, GDPR. I work with several charities and it's costly to work with GDPR. We had DPA before that, which worked better, imho.

You are certainly qualified to speak on the issue 🫡

Ad Hominem.

Exactly correct. A separate alliance is required.

That's a fair point. However, I believe that it is also dangerous to assume that the EU is anything other than a cooperative open market. The assumption that the EU can act as a federalist oversearer is the flaw, imho. Is it even better still to form defensive alliances outside of it?

The EU is a broken concept that cannot be fixed. We need to start over.

*Éire -Eire is Anglicised.
Is that a useful comparison? British oppression drove Irish emigration fir years. Hence, as you state, "claimed ancestry" is the point. Yet Royal family tourism dwarfs ROI tourism (approx £50b vs £12b). Arguing about tourism is always in favour of a Royal Family 🤷‍♂️

Maybe he heard "a week is a long time in politics" and tries to exploit that to his advantage 🙄

We don't have the French Riviera, the Italian Amalfi Coast, Rome, Venice etc or the Greek Islands, Pathenon etc. Definitely there are strong arguments for a Republic, but to present a false equivalence fallacy just undermines the case, my friend.

Eugenie has severed contact with him and works for an Anti-Slavery Collective. Beatrice has self-described herself as offering her father support.

The Gates Foundation has done incredible work on improving health outcomes around the world, especially their work on Polio eradication. Without their support we would be nowhere near completing this. What is your point?

Maybe, or maybe not.

There is a difference between justice in the UK and in the USA.

President of Peace(ful) Sleep

Brave person. More must stand up to this terror and speak for peace.

Membership list. Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, El Salvador, Hungary, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Mongolia, Pakistan, Paraguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.

Is it 5 from the USA, witkoff, vance, rubio, krusner, and rapist himself. Trying to swell the picture, I guess.

Starmer turned him down.

I know right🤣

Twenty-nine percent said they do not believe he is attempting to conceal those crimes, the rest were not sure.

No. They are Russian soldiers who just got out of the Bahunka, that van that looks like a loaf of bread. The drone is flying fast (video is slowed down) and diverts in the last seconds away from target - the van - to hit the largest available target of already disembarked enemy, with great skill.

“Just a magical…” is idiomatic, not used in Canada, perhaps?
- It’s especially common in sports commentary, theatre/arts chat, or everyday praise.
- It carries that classic British understatement: “magical” but delivered as if it’s the most normal thing in the world.

It means "showing great skill".

"Torygraph writes anti-Starmer BS" isn't news.

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Why aren't you on strike?

It only it were so easy. It took 4 years for Brexit to get complete, to unwind the vast and complex integration, when both parties were working on it.