BrexitPirates - Shadow Secretary of the Lost Property Office

UK to allow US to use British bases for defensive strikes against Iran Keir Starmer says decision was taken amid increasingly reckless Iranian actions, as Liberal Democrats demand parliamentary vote

That was the situation this morning. The U.S. were allowed to refuel at bases in the UK, but to not to launch flights for direct attacks.
This changed in the last couple of hours.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I'm sure Cock Lane is in the village of Little Groyne.

Except... there's a whole school of children who will never know freedom, democracy or anything else, ever again.
Iran unchained is vital not just for Iranians, but for the whole Middle East.
But an illegal war is not the way to do that.

No, it doesn't.
It has everything to do with the perilous state in which Europe finds itself.
And let's not forget that Russia and Iran are strategic partners with very close military and arms trade ties.

Lebanon hasn't forgotten about Israel, though...

A seminal (ahem) work from Bluesky's leading geographist, displaying just some of the world's completely innocent place and street names.
This has got to be worth a Turner Prize.

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I think it's too late for that.
It will be interesting to see how the EU views this (also Turkey, given the status of parts of Cyprus).
I am just so fucking angry that three old white men in Tel-Aviv, Washington and Moscow can potentially set Europe (and maybe the world) on fire for their own gain.

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I think I remember that. Or at least, something like it.
I think we need a refresher.

Dear America,
You are led by a clan of cowards and bullies.

There's a president in the White House with the same name...

It's rather quick to be a reaction, I guess.

In the space of two days, Trump has brought war into EU territory.
And with Starmer already having given permission for the U.S. to use airbases in the UK, this is going to be very difficult to roll back.

Georgia is a wonderful place to visit!

Names are important. Ages, too.
We do it for lost combatants (the Menin Gate, for example), for civilians in peacetime (the Covid Memorial Wall), for victims of crime (Jess Phillips' femicide list), and more.
It's a powerful way to humanise what can feel terribly abstract.

You're not going to get away with describing it cubits, you know.
Or furlongs.

A whole school was lost on the very first day.
The estimated number killed in that one strike is now 165.
To really grasp that we have to multiply it by countless parents, siblings, friends, grandparents...
The shockwaves of grief (which must surely also translate in part to anger) are incalculable.

If you face the same judge in both, say you want to treat them as a cup fixture over two legs.
To be settled on fixed penalty notices if it's a draw.

But it couldn't happen without his agreement.

In that case, you may as well be dead.

More to the point, why did they decide to express it in binary?

What are you talking about, "sedate"?
You're retired, not dead!

Roald was pretty good too...

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There was a judging panel?

Otter porridge?

The Angel Gabriel did not "visit" an entire cabin crew and 400 fucking passengers!
The pilots were too scared to unlock the cockpit door until a week after landing!

Not unless you wanted a spotted dick.

Oh yes we fucking well are.

All of the above.
Would recommend.
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