History Scientist

Shush. You don't want to let the Chinese know they have a free hand in Taiwan.

My ideal would be for the UK not to get involved at all. But I suppose if our bases in Cyprus have the ability to intercept missiles aimed at civilians in Israel or Lebanon, then to save lives maybe they should.

I've no idea if this is true. But it's pretty bad if it is.

Carpet bombing Tehran wouldn't be justifiable morally under any circumstances. But leaving that aside, historically bombing civilians doesn't help win wars. London, Dresden, Hanoi, Kyev etc

A purely missile based war doesn't have the narrative flow of one where one side is trying to contact the other. All you get is a list of things that have blown up. Unless the sides can gradually increase the size or significance of the strikes it's going to get very dull.

Watching Trump live. He's got boring.

I'm old enough to be bifocal curious.

A foreign policy success to distract from domestic failures is a tried and trusted political tactic. It does need to be a success though.

It's not very woke to mock people just because they are stupid and do stupid things.

If you ladies leave from platform 3, you will be a weapon.

Good reference. I hadn't thought of that.

That's the idea.

This is Barnham near Bognor Regis, which is where you often need to change for places like Southampton and Horsham. I'm trying to make it more edgy by abbreviating it to 'nam.

Whenever the Middle East comes up as an issue on the news, I always find I really don't understand how that bit of the world works.

Okay it's a long shot. But I am sure if it could be arranged, all sides would accept ajudication by Dolly Parton.

YouTube video by toewad1 Stingray opening song, anything can happen in the next half hour

I was trying to think what the footage from the middle east was reminding me of. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3qf...

The Yemenis are sitting this one out?

It took more than missiles to get rid of Saddam Hussein. I think the Iranian regime is a tougher one to remove.

Do they change ends?

So if the Yanks and the Iranians fire missiles at each other for a few weeks, but it turns out that both sides can cope with the damage - what happens then?

This would be a great time for Kim Jong Un to publish his “ Guide On How To Avoid Being Overrun By Global Hegemons”

"The worldly hope men set their hearts upon turns ashes—or it prospers; and anon, Like snow upon the desert's dusty face, Lighting a little hour or two—is gone." - Omar Kayan

Given Trump is going to lie about how successful the war in Iran is, can we just go straight to the lies bit without actually having the war itself? It would save a lot of lives and money.

I've just seen a young woman in my local Co-op attempting to pay at the checkout by waving a £10 note across the card reader.

You’re making it sound a lot more plausible than it really is.

The now MP for Gorton and Denton revealed in her acceptance speech that she's just completed plastering training. That makes her a plumber, plasterer and parliamentarian. The country's first PPP.

That's a good point, but this story was going around before the result was even declared and is clearly a fictitious talking point designed to undermine the legitimacy of our system. The people making the accusations have probbably never set foot in the UK let alone the constituency.

Not in any one I know about.

Are they the guys that came up with it? Nice work.