TJ - Scottish football addict

Last time the UK went into Iran for 'national interests' it was Operation Boot to reinstate the Shah over a democratically elected prime minister to preserve the raping of their oil reserves. The overthrow of that installed Ayatollah Khomeini. It's like they never learn from past clusterfucks

My brother lives in New Jersey the last 20 years or so, so I do have some understanding

Id also say there is far more cultural differences (language, legal, fiscal, social, etc but also long histories of war between each other) between European nations than US States but they can largely agree rules to abide by these days

I think you are getting toward what I was really asking... the government would prosecute you. Most other nations that decision is not a political one as the Court is independent. I mean this from Le Pen v France isnt much different but was considered 'hate speech' which isnt protected

I think most other advanced countries would recognise that saying or typing something is acting and can be acting in a way that can cause persecution on protected grounds. Words have consequences. The depth of libel and defamation lawsuits Trump has launched shows its recognised in civil law

That's a good answer but its only one layer deep. The UN and EU and many other international human rights regimes recognise the conflict between freedom of expression and hate speech/harassment. Only the US seems to take a 'true threats' rather than 'definition of limits' approach. Why?

He said he'd save the Gramgemouth jobs when he wanted votes too. There isnt a principle he's committed to that he wouldn't be prepared to break without electoral consent

Isnt that exactly what Israel has now done repeatedly?

Why isn't this being prosecuted as religious hatred? Genuine question from a non -American. You have such a civil litigious society but actual crimes seem to be at the choice of politicians rather than law being independent. It just seems to indemnify the incumbents to break the law with impunity

My parents live in Grangemouth.... know all too well what their promises are worth

The only one they had enough incriminating evidence on too most likely

Well put. I note the article also glosses over the fact that the rail link was an SNP proposal that it wanted to do but could not fund. While in the many decades Labour held sway they did diddly-squat about it despite it being a clear infrastructure problem.

Aye. Her brother and some other family lives in Cyprus so still getting updates. Just hope he gets through this spell and the wider stuff doesn't escalate. Cyprus has some pretty wild neighbours

bsky.app/profile/momm... This is what Starmer is facilitating. The sex pest oompa-loompa thinks he calls the shots in any country regardless of law because they have a monstrous debt driven military budget. Russia and USA have both gone law of the jungle and we are helping

He went into hospital to get a tracheotomy (hope spelled right) as he couldn't breathe. Not in a great spot right now

The rate at which medical technology is progressing and at which it is likely to progress given rate of machine learning and quantum processing means that real breakthroughs might not be too far off

Really sorry to hear that. I have another pal who has been fighting an aggressive and persistent one for about 3 or 4 years too. It's honestly been a plague on my family and it seems my wife's too (its her dad's brother in Cyprus, and the dad died 2 years ago from prostate cancer). Hang in there!

Cheers PJ. It is cancer (throat but spread)

1) It is not defensive;
2) Their actions are clearly illegal; and
3) You stood on a platform of 'no more illegal wars' you hypocritical arsehole

Starmer must withdraw permission for the US to use UK bases to launch airstrikes on Iran and parliament must be given a vote on any UK involvement.

If you want to know what happened, he was allowed leave to visit his brother whose appendix had burst and was in a bad way. While he was gone his whole company was ambushed. Our men should never have been there in the first place. Our bases should also not be used for illegal wars

Mind that time the other pseudo-tory labour PM, Blair, didnt stand up to the USA and got us fully dragged into an illegal war? Learn some lessons about staying on the right side of history. My cousin came back from Iraq with survivors guilt and a shell of the man he was. It's not a game

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I was planning to go to Cyprus. Terminally ill family member there. I'm now not, as my families safety is at risk because the airbase was being used for illegal military operations by other nations. Ones that Starmer refuses to condemn even while condemning the retaliation. Take responsibility clown

The man has a knack for projecting his own warped megalomania on to others

Yon president oompa loompa really has a thing for wrecking schoolgirls lives, eh?

"Decades-long feud" is a funny way to spell "Epstein files and tanking popularity"

Some riddy for FIFA, gieing the Peace Prize to a guy that turns around and invades one country to nab its president then bombs the buggery out of another. Aye good call lads! We still on for holding it over there, aye?

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See yon Randy Andy is being held at his his brothers pleasure then

I've never felt British in my fairly long life. I'm scotttish albeit from Irish roots. I've always felt like an 'other' in what I saw, what I experienced and what I felt in my dealings with others all over the islands. I'm not sure Britishness is really a thing other than mock Englishness outside it

Great result for Scotland there in the egg chasing. Proper dug it out with good fast play against a stronger and more fancied team