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What are you talking about with the CAP? The agreement was 20% reduction as long as the reduction didn't go into the CAP. The money didn't go into the CAP. The CAP stayed the same in value and reduced in proportion to the full budget. You are no better than Johnson with his snide anti EU rubbish that he pedals.Philip_Thompson said:
You mean like the EU agreeing to renegotiate CAP if we get rid of half of our rebate, only to then refuse to renegotiate CAP after we do so?Daveyboy1961 said:
I's not easy negotiating with a liar and someone who won't stick to the rules.Philip_Thompson said:
Brexit is done.Mexicanpete said:
No!CorrectHorseBattery said:If you want to improve the Brexit deal then that's fine.
But then Brexit isn't done - and you claiming it was in 2019 was a lie. And you claiming that the deal would resolve Brexit was also a lie.
The deal has not done either, NI remains completely unresolved and pretending that a deal you said was great is now needing to be changed less than a year later suggests total dishonesty when you say the old deal wasn't rubbish. You implied it was above.
Johnson has got Brexit done, he said so. The deal was oven ready for the microwave, he said so. If Brexit needs renegotiation he must be a massive liar because he said it was done, and "done" doesn't mean Brexit needs renogiation.
If Brexit isn't infact "done", the RedWall must be told!
Done does require renegotiation because politics never ends. But that's post-Brexit now.
You're right, it burns bridges. The EU's acted like that for years though and I don't see it changing any time soon, so them getting a taste of their own medicine is karmic justice.4 -
Sam Mendes?rottenborough said:
Ridley Scott?CorrectHorseBattery said:
Nah, Nolan isrottenborough said:
Is he even Britain's greatest living film maker?Foxy said:
Ken Loach left Labour in the mid nineties, and only rejoined in 2016 as I understand, and in the meantime campaigned for a number of hard left and Trotskyist factions including Socialist Resistance and the Scargillite Socialist Labour Party.rottenborough said:Owen Jones Rose
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Labour have kicked out Ken Loach, Britain's greatest living film maker, whose films have moved and inspired millions, while readmitting Trevor Phillips.
That tells you all you need to know about the state of the current Labour party.
The idea that he is some cuddly heart and soul of Labour old member doesn't match his story arc very well. He looks more like a Trotskyite entryist.0 -
Gove being in an influential but not particularly visible role seems to be a better fit than anything else, given he genuinely does have ideas (unlike many Ministers) but is disruptive and publicly unpopular.0
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Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.1
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Acording to Wikipedia (which I accept is not exactly perfect, so I'd be happy if you could post a source which contradicts this), it was 20%, and "on condition that the funds did not contribute to CAP payments, were matched by contributions from other countries and were only for the new member states. Spending on the CAP remained fixed, as had previously been agreed. Overall, this reduced the proportion of the budget spent on the CAP"Philip_Thompson said:
You mean like the EU agreeing to renegotiate CAP if we get rid of half of our rebate, only to then refuse to renegotiate CAP after we do so?Daveyboy1961 said:
I's not easy negotiating with a liar and someone who won't stick to the rules.Philip_Thompson said:
Brexit is done.Mexicanpete said:
No!CorrectHorseBattery said:If you want to improve the Brexit deal then that's fine.
But then Brexit isn't done - and you claiming it was in 2019 was a lie. And you claiming that the deal would resolve Brexit was also a lie.
The deal has not done either, NI remains completely unresolved and pretending that a deal you said was great is now needing to be changed less than a year later suggests total dishonesty when you say the old deal wasn't rubbish. You implied it was above.
Johnson has got Brexit done, he said so. The deal was oven ready for the microwave, he said so. If Brexit needs renegotiation he must be a massive liar because he said it was done, and "done" doesn't mean Brexit needs renogiation.
If Brexit isn't infact "done", the RedWall must be told!
Done does require renegotiation because politics never ends. But that's post-Brexit now.
You're right, it burns bridges. The EU's acted like that for years though and I don't see it changing any time soon, so them getting a taste of their own medicine is karmic justice.1 -
Danny Boyle?Aslan said:
Sam Mendes?rottenborough said:
Ridley Scott?CorrectHorseBattery said:
Nah, Nolan isrottenborough said:
Is he even Britain's greatest living film maker?Foxy said:
Ken Loach left Labour in the mid nineties, and only rejoined in 2016 as I understand, and in the meantime campaigned for a number of hard left and Trotskyist factions including Socialist Resistance and the Scargillite Socialist Labour Party.rottenborough said:Owen Jones Rose
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Labour have kicked out Ken Loach, Britain's greatest living film maker, whose films have moved and inspired millions, while readmitting Trevor Phillips.
That tells you all you need to know about the state of the current Labour party.
The idea that he is some cuddly heart and soul of Labour old member doesn't match his story arc very well. He looks more like a Trotskyite entryist.2 -
At the risk of wading into a long running debate, rather than talking about winning or losing it's more helpful to talk about whether a combatant achieved it's strategic objectives or not. The Western forces in the Korean War undoubtedly did, they prevented the Korean peninsula from being overrun by communist forces. Equally the Americans didn't achieve their strategic objective in Vietnam, the country was immediately united under the North Koreans. The question of whether America achieved it's strategic objective in Afghanistan is trickier. On the one hand it does seem to have knocked it out as an asylum for international terrorists but on the other it has failed to leave a friendly government that will reliably ensure that it doesn't become one again.Benpointer said:
Do yo seriously think there was any other possible outcome of WW2 than either total defeat of Nazi Germany or British subjugation?HYUFD said:
In Dominion Britain surrendered to the NazisBenpointer said:
If in the second world war we had stopped Hitler invading britain and left it at that we would very quickly have become a subject state of the Third Reich.Leon said:Pagan2 said:
If in the second world war we had stopped hitler invading britain and left it at that would you claim britain won?Leon said:
The West very definitely won the Korean War. Look at South Korea and North Korea now. The latter is disowned even by the Chinese. The former is an economic powerhouse and cultural superpower. Western values prevailed. And yayydoethur said:
I don’t think anyone can claim they ‘won’ the Korean War, although that didn’t stop Mao, Syngman and Kim from trying to.Pagan2 said:
Ah sorry thought you were supporting the they won argumentydoethur said:
That was my point.Pagan2 said:
Not defeated is not the same as won thoughydoethur said:
That’s an extremely one-sided interpretation of the Korean War. It would be more accurate to say the UN (not the US, forces from 16 nations were involved) was not defeated.HYUFD said:
The US won the Korean War, North Korea was forced back out of South Korea after the North Korean invasion of the South and South Korea remains independent todayPagan2 said:
This always amuses merottenborough said:
It should be noted that in Vietnam the US military machine was beaten effectively by a load of peasants on 1/2 bowl of rice a day and cheap rifles.Omnium said:
He chose to step aside. I rate him very highly. His specialist subject is Afghanistan, and I'd just let him try. Anything he wants in terms of funding. I'd guess not more than a 30% chance of success, but that's better than the current 0%.BlancheLivermore said:
He is unusually and impressively, genuinely connected with the region. He's also extremely articulate. It's such a shame that he was tossed aside..Omnium said:
I think we should just pay him a few billion and get him to sort it out. My guess is that he would mostly.rottenborough said:"With all its might and hi-tech sophistication, the US has allowed itself to be beaten by medieval dogmatists on horseback."
Rory Stewart
This is obviously true that the advanced us military has been defeated by insurgents armed with fairly ancient weapons in vietnam, korea and in afghanistan. Yet people say the american second amendment is wrong because having guns in the hands of citizens of the us wont enable them to stand up to the us governement. I suggest they would do as well as the vietnames, koreans or afghani's
The most succinct summary of the outcome I ever came across was John Farnham. ‘It cost 2 million [actually more like 3 million] lives to get exactly nowhere.’
The West lost the Vietnam war. Tho Vietnam is now virulently capitalist in all but name, and Ho Chi Minh City now calls itself Saigon, once again, and looks more to Tokyo, Seoul and Singapore than Beijing
Tough question. Also irrelevant
C.J. Samson's alt-history novel Dominion paints a convincing picture of what that would have looked like.0 -
Athens is empty. There are no queuesWhisperingOracle said:
Go early or late to avoid the crowds and heat, I would recommend.Leon said:
Indeed. If there is one upside to a deadly global plague, it is this: learn to live in the moment. Tomorrow might not arrive.Benpointer said:
I think you'll find that's Jupiter but don't let that spoil your lovely day - sounds divine either way.Leon said:I had an absolutely brilliant day today. I woke in my deeply soothing hotel at 10.30am. The perfect time to wake, as Burlington Bertie well knew
I am staying here
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/greece/athens/hotels/the-modernist-athens-hotel/
£100 a night. Insanely good value
I had two strong coffees then set to some flint knapping. When the bulk was done I let the maids clean my room by retiring to the sun lashed roof terrace, where I had a prawn saganaki brunch, with some fine cold beers. With a view of the Acropolis.
Then - thanks to the great advice of PB - I took a €4 Uber (which arrived in 2 minutes) from my hotel to the National Archaeological Museum. Took 6 minutes. Athens is empty. No queues.
There I saw the Antikythera Mechanism, the most startling and provoking scientific artifact I have ever encountered in my life. No exaggeration. And I also saw the great hoards of Mycenaean gold unearthed by Schliemann. So I learned that noble Mycenaens would bury their dead babies in clothes of pure gold. Exquisitely sad yet somehow enriching
Then I had a fucking big jug of ouzo in the museum gardens. Got another Uber home (4 minutes). I worked out on a weird wooden modernist peloton. Showered. Went to buy fine Cretan wine. Had a chat with locals.
Then I ate ‘freakfish with seasonal greens’ in a streetside solonaki taverna under the plane trees - no idea what it was. But yummy. Also ‘soft Arcadian feta’. And then I argued with you guys about Vietnam.
Now I lie abed, with Venus conspicuous overhead. Of such days is happiness made
A very fine day here in Dorset too, plenty of sunshine. Topped the wild flower meadow then watched Man U wallop Leeds. Caprese salad (inspired by @Leon) followed by fish pie washed down with a nice white Rioja. Happy days.
I’ve always tried to live by this sensible rule but of late I take it much more seriously. We aren’t here forever. In fact, we’re only here for 80 summers or so, and of those we’re only capable, mobile, sentient and adult for about 50. It’s absolutely nothing. It’s a blink. I know this is all cliche but sometimes we ignore truths because they sound cliched.
Covid-19 has made me appreciate al fresco ‘freak fish with boiled seasonal greens’ in a mildly boring but pleasant Athenian Neighborhood like never before
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Indeed. It will be very hard to deny any Afghan claim to asylum, and impossible to deport them if they are turned down.CorrectHorseBattery said:https://twitter.com/trillingual/status/1426631700231168007
And this is where the rhetoric against refugees ends, with people dying. Bravo BoJo0 -
To the extent I was ever aware of him it was in the context of his politics, and the impression that anything he made would very much be about pushing that politics (which is ok, not all art is meant to be subtle, or have mass appeal), though I don't know if that is the case with his films in reality (he's made quite a few, so I presume not).Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
I recall I, Daniel Blake seemed to be positively received by critics and got attention, but I couldn't name any others.0 -
as i said earlier...CatMan said:
Acording to Wikipedia (which I accept is not exactly perfect, so I'd be happy if you could post a source which contradicts this), it was 20%, and "on condition that the funds did not contribute to CAP payments, were matched by contributions from other countries and were only for the new member states. Spending on the CAP remained fixed, as had previously been agreed. Overall, this reduced the proportion of the budget spent on the CAP"Philip_Thompson said:
You mean like the EU agreeing to renegotiate CAP if we get rid of half of our rebate, only to then refuse to renegotiate CAP after we do so?Daveyboy1961 said:
I's not easy negotiating with a liar and someone who won't stick to the rules.Philip_Thompson said:
Brexit is done.Mexicanpete said:
No!CorrectHorseBattery said:If you want to improve the Brexit deal then that's fine.
But then Brexit isn't done - and you claiming it was in 2019 was a lie. And you claiming that the deal would resolve Brexit was also a lie.
The deal has not done either, NI remains completely unresolved and pretending that a deal you said was great is now needing to be changed less than a year later suggests total dishonesty when you say the old deal wasn't rubbish. You implied it was above.
Johnson has got Brexit done, he said so. The deal was oven ready for the microwave, he said so. If Brexit needs renegotiation he must be a massive liar because he said it was done, and "done" doesn't mean Brexit needs renogiation.
If Brexit isn't infact "done", the RedWall must be told!
Done does require renegotiation because politics never ends. But that's post-Brexit now.
You're right, it burns bridges. The EU's acted like that for years though and I don't see it changing any time soon, so them getting a taste of their own medicine is karmic justice.
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Kes is a minor masterpieceBenpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
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Did you also think that before 2016, or is it just since he threw his toys out the pram and started attacking his own party on an issue where you happen to agree with him?CorrectHorseBattery said:https://twitter.com/JohnCassidy/status/1426649661599850501
One of our finest MPs, now gone1 -
Aware of it of course... just never got around to watching it.Leon said:
Kes is a minor masterpieceBenpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
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So much for the honourable Conservative government!!CorrectHorseBattery said:https://twitter.com/trillingual/status/1426631700231168007
And this is where the rhetoric against refugees ends, with people dying. Bravo BoJo0 -
Kes is very good.Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
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His prodigious intellect may have been better employed than making himself feel better with arcane procedural tactics which did nothing but cause delay. He's not responsible for the choices other MPs made in response to his cohort, but he certainly contributed to the situation which others were then able to exploit.CorrectHorseBattery said:https://twitter.com/JohnCassidy/status/1426649661599850501
One of our finest MPs, now gone1 -
I did. Whilst I didn't agree with his positions, he had a consistent ideology that I respected and understood. Same for Rory Stewart.Endillion said:
Did you also think that before 2016, or is it just since he threw his toys out the pram and started attacking his own party on an issue where you happen to agree with him?CorrectHorseBattery said:https://twitter.com/JohnCassidy/status/1426649661599850501
One of our finest MPs, now gone
I even greatly respect Thatcher, despite disagreeing with much of what she did.
That Tory Party is dead now, ideology has gone
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I very much agree, in hindsight. But I still feel it a great loss that he has gonekle4 said:
His prodigious intellect may have been better employed than making himself feel better with arcane procedural tactics which did nothing but cause delay. He's not responsible for the choices other MPs made in response to his cohort, but he certainly contributed to the situation which others were then able to exploit.CorrectHorseBattery said:https://twitter.com/JohnCassidy/status/1426649661599850501
One of our finest MPs, now gone0 -
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Poll of major parties accepting funds from the public purse, that is:
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Ken Loach's Star Wars will give you a flavour of it.Benpointer said:
Aware of it of course... just never got around to watching it.Leon said:
Kes is a minor masterpieceBenpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
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I think the forest fires may have put off another tranche of people after Covid. Bad news for the economy.Leon said:
Athens is empty. There are no queuesWhisperingOracle said:
Go early or late to avoid the crowds and heat, I would recommend.Leon said:
Indeed. If there is one upside to a deadly global plague, it is this: learn to live in the moment. Tomorrow might not arrive.Benpointer said:
I think you'll find that's Jupiter but don't let that spoil your lovely day - sounds divine either way.Leon said:I had an absolutely brilliant day today. I woke in my deeply soothing hotel at 10.30am. The perfect time to wake, as Burlington Bertie well knew
I am staying here
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/greece/athens/hotels/the-modernist-athens-hotel/
£100 a night. Insanely good value
I had two strong coffees then set to some flint knapping. When the bulk was done I let the maids clean my room by retiring to the sun lashed roof terrace, where I had a prawn saganaki brunch, with some fine cold beers. With a view of the Acropolis.
Then - thanks to the great advice of PB - I took a €4 Uber (which arrived in 2 minutes) from my hotel to the National Archaeological Museum. Took 6 minutes. Athens is empty. No queues.
There I saw the Antikythera Mechanism, the most startling and provoking scientific artifact I have ever encountered in my life. No exaggeration. And I also saw the great hoards of Mycenaean gold unearthed by Schliemann. So I learned that noble Mycenaens would bury their dead babies in clothes of pure gold. Exquisitely sad yet somehow enriching
Then I had a fucking big jug of ouzo in the museum gardens. Got another Uber home (4 minutes). I worked out on a weird wooden modernist peloton. Showered. Went to buy fine Cretan wine. Had a chat with locals.
Then I ate ‘freakfish with seasonal greens’ in a streetside solonaki taverna under the plane trees - no idea what it was. But yummy. Also ‘soft Arcadian feta’. And then I argued with you guys about Vietnam.
Now I lie abed, with Venus conspicuous overhead. Of such days is happiness made
A very fine day here in Dorset too, plenty of sunshine. Topped the wild flower meadow then watched Man U wallop Leeds. Caprese salad (inspired by @Leon) followed by fish pie washed down with a nice white Rioja. Happy days.
I’ve always tried to live by this sensible rule but of late I take it much more seriously. We aren’t here forever. In fact, we’re only here for 80 summers or so, and of those we’re only capable, mobile, sentient and adult for about 50. It’s absolutely nothing. It’s a blink. I know this is all cliche but sometimes we ignore truths because they sound cliched.
Covid-19 has made me appreciate al fresco ‘freak fish with boiled seasonal greens’ in a mildly boring but pleasant Athenian Neighborhood like never before
Tomorrow, the Parthenon
On the Parthenon, it's best to avoid the heat, all the same. Athens has a heat-dome effect that can make the Parthenon at midday a punishing experience. It can be a much gentler experience in the morning and evening, if my past trips are anything to go by, and you sometimes get a beautiful interplay of shadows and light on the columns, too.0 -
Speaking of the Electoral Commission, I see the Northern Independence Party is now registered, having been unable to list their candidate as such in the Hartlepool by-election due to a lack of such registration at the time. Their leader is a Philip Proudfoot, which I am positive is a Hobbit name.CarlottaVance said:SNP TOPS POLL!
Poll of major parties accepting funds from the public purse, that is:
https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media-centre/political-party-donations-and-loans-published-q1-2021
Other recent additions are the 'Our Precious World Party' and 'Keep Equality Safe Party' (sorry everyone, both England only), and the 'Scottish Eco-Devolutionist Party'. I'm not sure what 'Eco-Devolution' might be, since the hyphen suggests it is a specific kind of devolution, not merely that they are interested in Ecological issues.0 -
Cathy come home changed uk policy and started Shelter charity.Foxy said:
Kes is very good.Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
But the issue for Starmer isn't whether he makes good or even important films.1 -
Oh, come off it. He's an independently wealthy, privately-educated member of the British upper classes with a degree from Oxbridge. He abstained on gay marriage and has had repeated pops at minority migrant communities over the years. He's everything that even moderate Labour supporters detest about Conservative governments.CorrectHorseBattery said:
I did. Whilst I didn't agree with his positions, he had a consistent ideology that I respected and understood. Same for Rory Stewart.Endillion said:
Did you also think that before 2016, or is it just since he threw his toys out the pram and started attacking his own party on an issue where you happen to agree with him?CorrectHorseBattery said:https://twitter.com/JohnCassidy/status/1426649661599850501
One of our finest MPs, now gone
I even greatly respect Thatcher, despite disagreeing with much of what she did.
That Tory Party is dead now, ideology has gone
Based on your general posting history, I can just about believe you knew who he was before a few years ago, but I absolutely do not buy you had any particular admiration for him.2 -
You should.Benpointer said:
Aware of it of course... just never got around to watching it.Leon said:
Kes is a minor masterpieceBenpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
Here's a couple of tasters:
The caning scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZB0i0NzOe0
and the LOL football match:
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Alrighty, each to their own my friend.Endillion said:
Oh, come off it. He's an independently wealthy, privately-educated member of the British upper classes with a degree from Oxbridge. He abstained on gay marriage and has had repeated pops at minority migrant communities over the years. He's everything that even moderate Labour supporters detest about Conservative governments.CorrectHorseBattery said:
I did. Whilst I didn't agree with his positions, he had a consistent ideology that I respected and understood. Same for Rory Stewart.Endillion said:
Did you also think that before 2016, or is it just since he threw his toys out the pram and started attacking his own party on an issue where you happen to agree with him?CorrectHorseBattery said:https://twitter.com/JohnCassidy/status/1426649661599850501
One of our finest MPs, now gone
I even greatly respect Thatcher, despite disagreeing with much of what she did.
That Tory Party is dead now, ideology has gone
Based on your general posting history, I can just about believe you knew who he was before a few years ago, but I absolutely do not buy you had any particular admiration for him.0 -
Cheaper than the Kings Cross Travelodge.Leon said:I had an absolutely brilliant day today. I woke in my deeply soothing hotel at 10.30am. The perfect time to wake, as Burlington Bertie well knew
I am staying here
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/greece/athens/hotels/the-modernist-athens-hotel/
£100 a night. Insanely good value
I had two strong coffees then set to some flint knapping. When the bulk was done I let the maids clean my room by retiring to the sun lashed roof terrace, where I had a prawn saganaki brunch, with some fine cold beers. With a view of the Acropolis.
Then - thanks to the great advice of PB - I took a €4 Uber (which arrived in 2 minutes) from my hotel to the National Archaeological Museum. Took 6 minutes. Athens is empty. No queues.
There I saw the Antikythera Mechanism, the most startling and provoking scientific artifact I have ever encountered in my life. No exaggeration. And I also saw the great hoards of Mycenaean gold unearthed by Schliemann. So I learned that noble Mycenaens would bury their dead babies in clothes of pure gold. Exquisitely sad yet somehow enriching
Then I had a fucking big jug of ouzo in the museum gardens. Got another Uber home (4 minutes). I worked out on a weird wooden modernist peloton. Showered. Went to buy fine Cretan wine. Had a chat with locals.
Then I ate ‘freakfish with seasonal greens’ in a streetside solonaki taverna under the plane trees - no idea what it was. But yummy. Also ‘soft Arcadian feta’. And then I argued with you guys about Vietnam.
Now I lie abed, with Venus conspicuous overhead. Of such days is happiness made0 -
Afghanistan is turning into a proper mess but I am afraid it is not an issue I am well versed on, can one of the experts tell me what we should be doing1
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So is I, Daniel Blake. None of this lets Loach off for his Corbynista tomfoolery though.Foxy said:
Kes is very good.Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
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Just call him what he is Pete, an anti-SemiteMexicanpete said:
So is I, Daniel Blake. None of this lets Loach off for his Corbynista tomfoolery though.Foxy said:
Kes is very good.Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
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No expert here, but I don't think that will help. 'Expert' opinion seems to range from occuping the place permanently with large numbers of troops, retain a moderate force permanently to ensure the government could keep a grip on things at least, or accept it as a lost cause and make disapproving noises at the Taliban, with the occasional drone in the mix.CorrectHorseBattery said:Afghanistan is turning into a proper mess but I am afraid it is not an issue I am well versed on, can one of the experts tell me what we should be doing
At least two of those would now seemingly require re-invasion, so look like reaching the last of the 4 stage strategy (ie Nothing is going to happen, It will happen but we should do nothing, It will happen but we can do nothing, We might have done something but it is too late now)
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Acording to theyworkforyou.com he mostly voted for Gay Marriage (altough was absent for some votes, I'm not sure if that's the same as Abstaining)Endillion said:
Oh, come off it. He's an independently wealthy, privately-educated member of the British upper classes with a degree from Oxbridge. He abstained on gay marriage and has had repeated pops at minority migrant communities over the years. He's everything that even moderate Labour supporters detest about Conservative governments.CorrectHorseBattery said:
I did. Whilst I didn't agree with his positions, he had a consistent ideology that I respected and understood. Same for Rory Stewart.Endillion said:
Did you also think that before 2016, or is it just since he threw his toys out the pram and started attacking his own party on an issue where you happen to agree with him?CorrectHorseBattery said:https://twitter.com/JohnCassidy/status/1426649661599850501
One of our finest MPs, now gone
I even greatly respect Thatcher, despite disagreeing with much of what she did.
That Tory Party is dead now, ideology has gone
Based on your general posting history, I can just about believe you knew who he was before a few years ago, but I absolutely do not buy you had any particular admiration for him.
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/24964/rory_stewart/penrith_and_the_border/divisions?policy=66860 -
That is how all UK political funding should be applied.CarlottaVance said:SNP TOPS POLL!
Poll of major parties accepting funds from the public purse, that is:
https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media-centre/political-party-donations-and-loans-published-q1-2021
There is no such thing as a free lunch. No cash for favours from Nippy!0 -
Just ferries. Which have yet to sail......Mexicanpete said:
That is how all UK political funding should be applied.CarlottaVance said:SNP TOPS POLL!
Poll of major parties accepting funds from the public purse, that is:
https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media-centre/political-party-donations-and-loans-published-q1-2021
There is no such thing as a free lunch. No cash for favours from Nippy!0 -
Loach could always rejoin the most hilariously mistitled of all the fringe left parties - Left Unity*
* The wiki has a rather hilarious quote from the Communist Party of GB PCC [not to be confused with the Communist Part of Britain, the former Communist Party of Great Britain or the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist Leninist)] criticising Left Unity and that it had 'condemned itself to permanent irrelevance'.1 -
https://images.app.goo.gl/nZ9usoVHLV2r38kbACorrectHorseBattery said:
Just call him what he is Pete, an anti-SemiteMexicanpete said:
So is I, Daniel Blake. None of this lets Loach off for his Corbynista tomfoolery though.Foxy said:
Kes is very good.Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
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Wow, that Sunday Times article on the WHO is quite damning.
Even for me as someone who has been highly sceptical over the whole China/WHO agenda it's quite shocking to see all of China's malign influence laid out on paper.
Anyone who still denies the lab leak theory needs to get some perspective. China has engaged in a decade long coverup of how it handles infectious diseases.
Western nations need to act now and take back control(!) of the WHO. Boot China out of it if necessary.2 -
The missing column is the one with donations converted from Rubles.Mexicanpete said:
That is how all UK political funding should be applied.CarlottaVance said:SNP TOPS POLL!
Poll of major parties accepting funds from the public purse, that is:
https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media-centre/political-party-donations-and-loans-published-q1-2021
There is no such thing as a free lunch. No cash for favours from Nippy!1 -
So you don't think he's anti-Semitic? Do you know much about his work, including when he said the Holocaust is up for debate?bigjohnowls said:
https://images.app.goo.gl/nZ9usoVHLV2r38kbACorrectHorseBattery said:
Just call him what he is Pete, an anti-SemiteMexicanpete said:
So is I, Daniel Blake. None of this lets Loach off for his Corbynista tomfoolery though.Foxy said:
Kes is very good.Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
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Plenty of traditional working class Labour voters opposed gay marriage, especially Catholic ones.Endillion said:
Oh, come off it. He's an independently wealthy, privately-educated member of the British upper classes with a degree from Oxbridge. He abstained on gay marriage and has had repeated pops at minority migrant communities over the years. He's everything that even moderate Labour supporters detest about Conservative governments.CorrectHorseBattery said:
I did. Whilst I didn't agree with his positions, he had a consistent ideology that I respected and understood. Same for Rory Stewart.Endillion said:
Did you also think that before 2016, or is it just since he threw his toys out the pram and started attacking his own party on an issue where you happen to agree with him?CorrectHorseBattery said:https://twitter.com/JohnCassidy/status/1426649661599850501
One of our finest MPs, now gone
I even greatly respect Thatcher, despite disagreeing with much of what she did.
That Tory Party is dead now, ideology has gone
Based on your general posting history, I can just about believe you knew who he was before a few years ago, but I absolutely do not buy you had any particular admiration for him.
Just many of them are now voting for Boris0 -
Not withdrawing in a pathetic fashion like Biden and Harris and abandoning the country to the Taliban and Al Qaeda again.CorrectHorseBattery said:Afghanistan is turning into a proper mess but I am afraid it is not an issue I am well versed on, can one of the experts tell me what we should be doing
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It's amazing how bitter the debate about covid is becoming now that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Prof Francois Balloux is being accused of "amplifying a key rightwing talking point" for stating that we need to learn to live with the virus:
@BallouxFrancois
The fact that for some the primary objective doesn't seem to be to deal with the pandemic the best we can, but to ensure we may not be considered 'right-wing', 'left-wing' or whatnot, is a recipe for disaster. Performative activism and infectious disease epidemiology don't mesh.
https://twitter.com/BallouxFrancois/status/14266546817832304694 -
Well, I personally don't buy Grieve and co's claim to be the custodians of sensible government. To me, it is all a load of nonsense. Grieve was part of a philistine gang who in a period of 6 years ruined large parts of the British state. Every day I am astounded as to how many otherwise thoughtful and intelligent people continue to endorse Cameron's government. The posh boy veneer is all window dressing and people still fall for it. These people basically ruined Britain. Boris is OK in comparison.Endillion said:
Oh, come off it. He's an independently wealthy, privately-educated member of the British upper classes with a degree from Oxbridge. He abstained on gay marriage and has had repeated pops at minority migrant communities over the years. He's everything that even moderate Labour supporters detest about Conservative governments.CorrectHorseBattery said:
I did. Whilst I didn't agree with his positions, he had a consistent ideology that I respected and understood. Same for Rory Stewart.Endillion said:
Did you also think that before 2016, or is it just since he threw his toys out the pram and started attacking his own party on an issue where you happen to agree with him?CorrectHorseBattery said:https://twitter.com/JohnCassidy/status/1426649661599850501
One of our finest MPs, now gone
I even greatly respect Thatcher, despite disagreeing with much of what she did.
That Tory Party is dead now, ideology has gone
Based on your general posting history, I can just about believe you knew who he was before a few years ago, but I absolutely do not buy you had any particular admiration for him.1 -
That sounds like Brexit Ground Hog Day,.An oven-ready Brexit "done" deal everyday, ad infinitum.Philip_Thompson said:
Its not my analogy it was @CorrectHorseBattery that chose to bring up dinner as an analogy.Mexicanpete said:
What a stupid analogy.Philip_Thompson said:
Explain that to @CorrectHorseBatteryBenpointer said:
Nothing is forever.Leon said:
An interesting point, not without merit. Just keep fighting until everyone gets so bored and weary they say Oh fuck it, here you go. Yes that happens, for sure. ‘The best lack all conviction’Foxy said:
Think of the American/Vietnam War as a PB argument. As long as you continue the fight, no amount of logical defeat matters, if you still participate, while your opponent gives up and goes home, you are the victor.HYUFD said:
No it is what constitutes losing a PR war and withdrawing your troops from the fight, not being defeated in battleFoxy said:
Your support of the US right wing "Noble Cause" narrative of being undefeated on the battlefield is simply not true.HYUFD said:
Just because war can be brutal does not mean the US were defeated on the battlefield. Again they went to war to prevent North Vietnam and the Vietcong taking over South Vietnam. That only occurred after the US forces had withdrawnFoxy said:
South Korea was a dictatorship too until the mid Eighties, and North Korea had a higher GDP per capita into the late 1960s.Leon said:
The West very definitely won the Korean War. Look at South Korea and North Korea now. The latter is disowned even by the Chinese. The former is an economic powerhouse and cultural superpower. Western values prevailed. And yayydoethur said:
I don’t think anyone can claim they ‘won’ the Korean War, although that didn’t stop Mao, Syngman and Kim from trying to.Pagan2 said:
Ah sorry thought you were supporting the they won argumentydoethur said:
That was my point.Pagan2 said:
Not defeated is not the same as won thoughydoethur said:
That’s an extremely one-sided interpretation of the Korean War. It would be more accurate to say the UN (not the US, forces from 16 nations were involved) was not defeated.HYUFD said:
The US won the Korean War, North Korea was forced back out of South Korea after the North Korean invasion of the South and South Korea remains independent todayPagan2 said:
This always amuses merottenborough said:
It should be noted that in Vietnam the US military machine was beaten effectively by a load of peasants on 1/2 bowl of rice a day and cheap rifles.Omnium said:
He chose to step aside. I rate him very highly. His specialist subject is Afghanistan, and I'd just let him try. Anything he wants in terms of funding. I'd guess not more than a 30% chance of success, but that's better than the current 0%.BlancheLivermore said:
He is unusually and impressively, genuinely connected with the region. He's also extremely articulate. It's such a shame that he was tossed aside..Omnium said:
I think we should just pay him a few billion and get him to sort it out. My guess is that he would mostly.rottenborough said:"With all its might and hi-tech sophistication, the US has allowed itself to be beaten by medieval dogmatists on horseback."
Rory Stewart
This is obviously true that the advanced us military has been defeated by insurgents armed with fairly ancient weapons in vietnam, korea and in afghanistan. Yet people say the american second amendment is wrong because having guns in the hands of citizens of the us wont enable them to stand up to the us governement. I suggest they would do as well as the vietnames, koreans or afghani's
The most succinct summary of the outcome I ever came across was John Farnham. ‘It cost 2 million [actually more like 3 million] lives to get exactly nowhere.’
The West lost the Vietnam war. Tho Vietnam is now virulently capitalist in all but name, and Ho Chi Minh City now calls itself Saigon, once again, and looks more to Tokyo, Seoul and Singapore than Beijing
The Korean War ended almost exactly where it began, with the Chinese having pushed the UN forces back to the start line from the Yalu River. It was a costly stalemate.
Obviously the Vietcong and NLF won the Vietnam war. Americans like to pretend they were not defeated in the field, just by a stab in the back at home, with more than a whiff of a1920s Germany blame game. It is the new Noble Cause narrative, and in popular culture the American forces treated like martyred victims. The reality is that they routinely killed civilians, destroyed villages, made people destitute and homeless. Is it any wonder that they didn't win over the locals?
My father's cousin was a Colonel there with the Australian Army. He was appalled at the conduct of the war, and quit the army in 1970 very disillusioned. He later developed a painful neuropathy that made his life a misery, thought to be due to exposure to Agent Orange.
America retreated from South Vietnam and Cambodia because the Vietnamese were inflicting too many casualties on them. That is what constitutes a defeat.
The simplist, albeit extremely costly in terms of casualties, way to win a war is to keep fighting despite defeat. The Soviets did this in 1941-42, Mao did it on his long march, the Vietcong did it and so has the Taliban.
However I point you to the recent counter-example of the Remoaners. Such as our own Scott. Their extreme mulish stupidity and endless feuding grievance is not just pointless, it is counter-productive. They have already kicked away the chance of a compromise they might have tolerated, they are tarnishing their brand forever
Rejoin = Nutters
He thinks that if your dinner today is done, then you can't have dinner tomorrow. He doesn't understand that tomorrow's dinner will be a new dinner and not today's dinner.
You have to wonder why @CorrectHorseBattery bothered eating dinner today, was he not done with his dinner back in 2019?
Or maybe just maybe its possible to have a new dinner every day, even though prior dinners were done? Just as its possible for new political discussions to be occuring today even though Brexit was done.
Maybe on one of those days Boris can get a deal without a border in the Irish Sea. But I suppose by the nature of Ground Hog Day, the border will be back in the Irish Sea the following day.1 -
Boris is also withdrawing his troops.HYUFD said:
Not withdrawing in a pathetic fashion like Biden and Harris and abandoning the country to the Taliban and Al Qaeda again.CorrectHorseBattery said:Afghanistan is turning into a proper mess but I am afraid it is not an issue I am well versed on, can one of the experts tell me what we should be doing
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What drivel. The political easy thing would be to continue to punt the issue to the next president.HYUFD said:
Not withdrawing in a pathetic fashion like Biden and Harris and abandoning the country to the Taliban and Al Qaeda again.CorrectHorseBattery said:Afghanistan is turning into a proper mess but I am afraid it is not an issue I am well versed on, can one of the experts tell me what we should be doing
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I suspect he needs them for HYUFD's assault on Scotland.Sunil_Prasannan said:
Boris is also withdrawing his troops.HYUFD said:
Not withdrawing in a pathetic fashion like Biden and Harris and abandoning the country to the Taliban and Al Qaeda again.CorrectHorseBattery said:Afghanistan is turning into a proper mess but I am afraid it is not an issue I am well versed on, can one of the experts tell me what we should be doing
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Starmer seemed to imply we should be putting troops back in Afghanistan (?)0
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Show me where he said that.CorrectHorseBattery said:
So you don't think he's anti-Semitic? Do you know much about his work, including when he said the Holocaust is up for debate?bigjohnowls said:
https://images.app.goo.gl/nZ9usoVHLV2r38kbACorrectHorseBattery said:
Just call him what he is Pete, an anti-SemiteMexicanpete said:
So is I, Daniel Blake. None of this lets Loach off for his Corbynista tomfoolery though.Foxy said:
Kes is very good.Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
I do not think he is antisemitic.
I think he is a fierce critic of Israel policy on Palestine though.
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He is right. if soCorrectHorseBattery said:Starmer seemed to imply we should be putting troops back in Afghanistan (?)
Great words from Senator Mitt Romney tonight 'I understand but disagree with those who felt we should leave Afghanistan; I cannot understand why it has been done with such tragic human cost; without an effective strategy to defend our partners; and with inestimable shock to our nation’s credibility, reliability, and honor.'
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On topic. Punters make it a 56% chance that the Tories will lose the next election. That has cheered me up.
Well, actually I didn't need cheering up. I had a pleasant day visiting an art and craft fair. Mind, it was like a cattle market. No, it WAS a cattle market - Skipton auction market to be precise. There are a lot of very talented people.
Very low levels of mask wearing. Slightly higher in the shops in Skipton, but I think levels are declining week by week.0 -
That ship has sailedCorrectHorseBattery said:Starmer seemed to imply we should be putting troops back in Afghanistan (?)
I would question Biden's moral compass for the withdrawal, but I suspect it will play well in the medium term in the US.
Likewise I can't see Johnson's lead over Labour collapsing as Kabul falls.0 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anRhI2xezgAbigjohnowls said:
Show me where he said that.CorrectHorseBattery said:
So you don't think he's anti-Semitic? Do you know much about his work, including when he said the Holocaust is up for debate?bigjohnowls said:
https://images.app.goo.gl/nZ9usoVHLV2r38kbACorrectHorseBattery said:
Just call him what he is Pete, an anti-SemiteMexicanpete said:
So is I, Daniel Blake. None of this lets Loach off for his Corbynista tomfoolery though.Foxy said:
Kes is very good.Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
I do not think he is antisemitic.
I think he is a fierce critic of Israel policy on Palestine though.
Here you are.0 -
No, the politically easy decision is to cut and run as Biden is doing, not stay the course.Aslan said:
What drivel. The political easy thing would be to continue to punt the issue to the next president.HYUFD said:
Not withdrawing in a pathetic fashion like Biden and Harris and abandoning the country to the Taliban and Al Qaeda again.CorrectHorseBattery said:Afghanistan is turning into a proper mess but I am afraid it is not an issue I am well versed on, can one of the experts tell me what we should be doing
Biden is undoubtedly the weakest US President of my lifetime
The actions of this administration over Afghanistan are pathetic and if it leads to 9/11 2 he and Harris deserve to be trounced in 20240 -
https://youtu.be/anRhI2xezgA?t=72
I have the timecode here. Loach is undoubtedly anti-Semitic and he should have been kicked out after this was on0 -
From 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4537912.stmCatMan said:
Acording to Wikipedia (which I accept is not exactly perfect, so I'd be happy if you could post a source which contradicts this), it was 20%, and "on condition that the funds did not contribute to CAP payments, were matched by contributions from other countries and were only for the new member states. Spending on the CAP remained fixed, as had previously been agreed. Overall, this reduced the proportion of the budget spent on the CAP"Philip_Thompson said:
You mean like the EU agreeing to renegotiate CAP if we get rid of half of our rebate, only to then refuse to renegotiate CAP after we do so?Daveyboy1961 said:
I's not easy negotiating with a liar and someone who won't stick to the rules.Philip_Thompson said:
Brexit is done.Mexicanpete said:
No!CorrectHorseBattery said:If you want to improve the Brexit deal then that's fine.
But then Brexit isn't done - and you claiming it was in 2019 was a lie. And you claiming that the deal would resolve Brexit was also a lie.
The deal has not done either, NI remains completely unresolved and pretending that a deal you said was great is now needing to be changed less than a year later suggests total dishonesty when you say the old deal wasn't rubbish. You implied it was above.
Johnson has got Brexit done, he said so. The deal was oven ready for the microwave, he said so. If Brexit needs renegotiation he must be a massive liar because he said it was done, and "done" doesn't mean Brexit needs renogiation.
If Brexit isn't infact "done", the RedWall must be told!
Done does require renegotiation because politics never ends. But that's post-Brexit now.
You're right, it burns bridges. The EU's acted like that for years though and I don't see it changing any time soon, so them getting a taste of their own medicine is karmic justice.
"The European Commission is asked to hold a "full and wide-ranging" review of all EU spending, including the Common Agricultural Policy and the British rebate, and to draw up a report in 2008/9. "
This promised review of the CAP to the best of my knowledge never happened.0 -
Lights out in Kabul
Bit late for that. Power out in Kabul, Taliban in the suburbs and air strikes on the Taliban convoys.CorrectHorseBattery said:Starmer seemed to imply we should be putting troops back in Afghanistan (?)
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If we manage to get all of our people out and then Kabul falls then Johnson is probably alright. OTOH, if Kabul collapses far faster than we can withdraw and it turns into bloody rout with lots of dead embassy staff and troops then he's got a problem.Mexicanpete said:
That ship has sailedCorrectHorseBattery said:Starmer seemed to imply we should be putting troops back in Afghanistan (?)
I would question Biden's moral compass for the withdrawal, but I suspect it will play well in the medium term in the US.
Likewise I can't see Johnson's lead over Labour collapsing as Kabul falls.0 -
But that isn't how it played out.bigjohnowls said:
Show me where he said that.CorrectHorseBattery said:
So you don't think he's anti-Semitic? Do you know much about his work, including when he said the Holocaust is up for debate?bigjohnowls said:
https://images.app.goo.gl/nZ9usoVHLV2r38kbACorrectHorseBattery said:
Just call him what he is Pete, an anti-SemiteMexicanpete said:
So is I, Daniel Blake. None of this lets Loach off for his Corbynista tomfoolery though.Foxy said:
Kes is very good.Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
I do not think he is antisemitic.
I think he is a fierce critic of Israel policy on Palestine though.
Calling out Netanyahu's hawkish treatment of the Palestinians in the occupied territories is one thing, but he conflated that with Luciana Berger being of the Jewish faith. Corbyn sat on his hands when she was attacked by his acolytes.0 -
"Ruined Britain" is a bit much, but it basically boils down to this: do you believe that leaving the EU is a catastrophic decision that will result in material lasting damage to Britain? If Grieve is sincere in his belief that the answer is yes, then his actions make sense. The bit I have never been able to fully understand - and which Cameron et al significantly failed to answer during the referendum campaign - is why that should be the case.darkage said:
Well, I personally don't buy Grieve and co's claim to be the custodians of sensible government. To me, it is all a load of nonsense. Grieve was part of a philistine gang who in a period of 6 years ruined large parts of the British state. Every day I am astounded as to how many otherwise thoughtful and intelligent people continue to endorse Cameron's government. The posh boy veneer is all window dressing and people still fall for it. These people basically ruined Britain. Boris is OK in comparison.Endillion said:
Oh, come off it. He's an independently wealthy, privately-educated member of the British upper classes with a degree from Oxbridge. He abstained on gay marriage and has had repeated pops at minority migrant communities over the years. He's everything that even moderate Labour supporters detest about Conservative governments.CorrectHorseBattery said:
I did. Whilst I didn't agree with his positions, he had a consistent ideology that I respected and understood. Same for Rory Stewart.Endillion said:
Did you also think that before 2016, or is it just since he threw his toys out the pram and started attacking his own party on an issue where you happen to agree with him?CorrectHorseBattery said:https://twitter.com/JohnCassidy/status/1426649661599850501
One of our finest MPs, now gone
I even greatly respect Thatcher, despite disagreeing with much of what she did.
That Tory Party is dead now, ideology has gone
Based on your general posting history, I can just about believe you knew who he was before a few years ago, but I absolutely do not buy you had any particular admiration for him.0 -
Apparently his defense per the link below seems to be that he was confused by the question and that question and answers overlapped. I know when I'm asked about the holocaust (and the questioner repeats it to make sure I get the premise of the question) it slips right past me and I continue an answer that has nothing to do with that, even though I said 'History is for all of us to discuss, even...' then abruptly changed the subject mid sentence to the foundation of Israel instead in what a cynical person might call a distraction.CorrectHorseBattery said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anRhI2xezgAbigjohnowls said:
Show me where he said that.CorrectHorseBattery said:
So you don't think he's anti-Semitic? Do you know much about his work, including when he said the Holocaust is up for debate?bigjohnowls said:
https://images.app.goo.gl/nZ9usoVHLV2r38kbACorrectHorseBattery said:
Just call him what he is Pete, an anti-SemiteMexicanpete said:
So is I, Daniel Blake. None of this lets Loach off for his Corbynista tomfoolery though.Foxy said:
Kes is very good.Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
I do not think he is antisemitic.
I think he is a fierce critic of Israel policy on Palestine though.
Here you are.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/ken-loach-clarifies-comments-on-holocaust-denial-507502
It seems like another of those examples where someone complains sinister forces twist their words, when their response to a very simple question (which was made hypothetical in this case) was unnecessarily convoluted in the first place, for reasons that are hard to fathom.
In other words, it's a 'I'm a fool, not malicious' defence, which many politicians also use (not on this issue alone), since it is hard to credit an intelligent filmmaker found a simple question which was repeated to him hard to understand.0 -
I also suspect that the greatest fear the Western Governments have isn't a last-helicoper-out-of-Saigon-type event but something like the Iranian Hostage Crisis.0
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Mitt Romney the draft dodger.HYUFD said:
He is right. if soCorrectHorseBattery said:Starmer seemed to imply we should be putting troops back in Afghanistan (?)
Great words from Senator Mitt Romney tonight 'I understand but disagree with those who felt we should leave Afghanistan; I cannot understand why it has been done with such tragic human cost; without an effective strategy to defend our partners; and with inestimable shock to our nation’s credibility, reliability, and honor.'
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No, it is another 9/11 on a major western city which sadly is getting more likely by the day now thanks to this hapless US adminstration effectively handing over the keys of Kabul to the Taliban and miltant jihadis again.Foss said:I also suspect that the greatest fear the Western Governments have isn't a last-helicoper-out-of-Saigon-type event but something like the Iranian Hostage Crisis.
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No not here you are.CorrectHorseBattery said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anRhI2xezgAbigjohnowls said:
Show me where he said that.CorrectHorseBattery said:
So you don't think he's anti-Semitic? Do you know much about his work, including when he said the Holocaust is up for debate?bigjohnowls said:
https://images.app.goo.gl/nZ9usoVHLV2r38kbACorrectHorseBattery said:
Just call him what he is Pete, an anti-SemiteMexicanpete said:
So is I, Daniel Blake. None of this lets Loach off for his Corbynista tomfoolery though.Foxy said:
Kes is very good.Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
I do not think he is antisemitic.
I think he is a fierce critic of Israel policy on Palestine though.
Here you are.
You said he said the holocaust is up for debate. He said nothing of the sort in that clip.0 -
If that comes to pass Biden has a much bigger problemFoss said:
If we manage to get all of our people out and then Kabul falls then Johnson is probably alright. OTOH, if Kabul collapses far faster than we can withdraw and it turns into bloody rout with lots of dead embassy staff and troops then he's got a problem.Mexicanpete said:
That ship has sailedCorrectHorseBattery said:Starmer seemed to imply we should be putting troops back in Afghanistan (?)
I would question Biden's moral compass for the withdrawal, but I suspect it will play well in the medium term in the US.
Likewise I can't see Johnson's lead over Labour collapsing as Kabul falls.1 -
No, he was serving as a Mormon missionary in France at the time and did not come out unscathed himself, he was badly injured in a car accidentanother_richard said:
Mitt Romney the draft dodger.HYUFD said:
He is right. if soCorrectHorseBattery said:Starmer seemed to imply we should be putting troops back in Afghanistan (?)
Great words from Senator Mitt Romney tonight 'I understand but disagree with those who felt we should leave Afghanistan; I cannot understand why it has been done with such tragic human cost; without an effective strategy to defend our partners; and with inestimable shock to our nation’s credibility, reliability, and honor.'
https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/1426658988091973633?s=20
https://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/27/the-making-of-mitt-romney-a-look-at-his-faith-journey/comment-page-10/0 -
This is a tragedy wrought by successive American errors, but finessed by Bidenanother_richard said:
Mitt Romney the draft dodger.HYUFD said:
He is right. if soCorrectHorseBattery said:Starmer seemed to imply we should be putting troops back in Afghanistan (?)
Great words from Senator Mitt Romney tonight 'I understand but disagree with those who felt we should leave Afghanistan; I cannot understand why it has been done with such tragic human cost; without an effective strategy to defend our partners; and with inestimable shock to our nation’s credibility, reliability, and honor.'
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Leaving the EU is, in the end, a side issue. It matters to Grieve, but he was part of the government that turned this whole issue in to a political gamble - and one which they ended up on the wrong side of and to the benefit of Boris Johnson - a frankenstein of their own creation.Endillion said:
"Ruined Britain" is a bit much, but it basically boils down to this: do you believe that leaving the EU is a catastrophic decision that will result in material lasting damage to Britain? If Grieve is sincere in his belief that the answer is yes, then his actions make sense. The bit I have never been able to fully understand - and which Cameron et al significantly failed to answer during the referendum campaign - is why that should be the case.darkage said:
Well, I personally don't buy Grieve and co's claim to be the custodians of sensible government. To me, it is all a load of nonsense. Grieve was part of a philistine gang who in a period of 6 years ruined large parts of the British state. Every day I am astounded as to how many otherwise thoughtful and intelligent people continue to endorse Cameron's government. The posh boy veneer is all window dressing and people still fall for it. These people basically ruined Britain. Boris is OK in comparison.Endillion said:
Oh, come off it. He's an independently wealthy, privately-educated member of the British upper classes with a degree from Oxbridge. He abstained on gay marriage and has had repeated pops at minority migrant communities over the years. He's everything that even moderate Labour supporters detest about Conservative governments.CorrectHorseBattery said:
I did. Whilst I didn't agree with his positions, he had a consistent ideology that I respected and understood. Same for Rory Stewart.Endillion said:
Did you also think that before 2016, or is it just since he threw his toys out the pram and started attacking his own party on an issue where you happen to agree with him?CorrectHorseBattery said:https://twitter.com/JohnCassidy/status/1426649661599850501
One of our finest MPs, now gone
I even greatly respect Thatcher, despite disagreeing with much of what she did.
That Tory Party is dead now, ideology has gone
Based on your general posting history, I can just about believe you knew who he was before a few years ago, but I absolutely do not buy you had any particular admiration for him.
It is the all other stuff they were doing. The state as business etc.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2021/04/david-cameron-and-great-sell-out0 -
I'm not sure what the fall of Kabul has to do with the likelihood of five lads with Stanley knives getting on board a B767.HYUFD said:
No, it is another 9/11 on a major western city which sadly is getting more likely by the day now thanks to this hapless US adminstration effectively handing over the keys of Kabul to the Taliban and miltant jihadis again.Foss said:I also suspect that the greatest fear the Western Governments have isn't a last-helicoper-out-of-Saigon-type event but something like the Iranian Hostage Crisis.
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You have nothing of the sort.CorrectHorseBattery said:https://youtu.be/anRhI2xezgA?t=72
I have the timecode here. Loach is undoubtedly anti-Semitic and he should have been kicked out after this was on
I hope he sues your ass.
History will see Loach as a defender of the poor and weak and his superb body of work will be remembered for decades to come.
SKS more along the lines of
Who?0 -
"The Holocaust was discussed in a meeting"
"History is for us all to discuss."
You are defending an anti-Semite.0 -
Boris is also withdrawing his troops.Leon said:
This is a tragedy wrought by successive American errors, but finessed by Bidenanother_richard said:
Mitt Romney the draft dodger.HYUFD said:
He is right. if soCorrectHorseBattery said:Starmer seemed to imply we should be putting troops back in Afghanistan (?)
Great words from Senator Mitt Romney tonight 'I understand but disagree with those who felt we should leave Afghanistan; I cannot understand why it has been done with such tragic human cost; without an effective strategy to defend our partners; and with inestimable shock to our nation’s credibility, reliability, and honor.'
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Who are those quotes from?CorrectHorseBattery said:"The Holocaust was discussed in a meeting"
"History is for us all to discuss."
You are defending an anti-Semite.0 -
Loach denied he's a Holocaust denier.
Can I at least make one thing clear? In a BBC interview, where speech overlapped, my words have been twisted to suggest that I think it is acceptable to question the reality of the Holocaust. I do not. The Holocaust is as real a historical event as the second world war itself and not to be challenged. In Primo Levi’s words: “Those who deny Auschwitz would be ready to remake it.” The terrible pictures I first saw as a nine-year-old are ingrained on my memory, as they are for all my generation.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/05/ken-loach-i-give-no-legitimacy-to-holocaust-denial0 -
You have selective hearing.CorrectHorseBattery said:"The Holocaust was discussed in a meeting"
"History is for us all to discuss."
You are defending an anti-Semite.
He said "I don't think it was discussed actually" in response to the interviewer saying it was discussed in a meeting.
You are accusing him of being an anti semite. Labour has not done that. Some lobby groups who don't like his stance on Palestine certainly have.
You are wrong IMO
Don't come on here saying he has said x if you then post him saying y as pròof0 -
Thank you CHB is a complete moron.Stark_Dawning said:Loach denied he's a Holocaust denier.
Can I at least make one thing clear? In a BBC interview, where speech overlapped, my words have been twisted to suggest that I think it is acceptable to question the reality of the Holocaust. I do not. The Holocaust is as real a historical event as the second world war itself and not to be challenged. In Primo Levi’s words: “Those who deny Auschwitz would be ready to remake it.” The terrible pictures I first saw as a nine-year-old are ingrained on my memory, as they are for all my generation.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/05/ken-loach-i-give-no-legitimacy-to-holocaust-denial0 -
Ha! You might at least credit me - https://twitter.com/cyclefree2/status/1426499430707081218?s=21.Leon said:
That Gavin Williamson has a cabinet position, and Rory Stewart doesn’t, is indeed a source of quiet despairBlancheLivermore said:
Oh yes, so I'm now reminded by you and a quick look at his history.. I think it's most unfortunate that Boris hasn't managed to entice him back to the party, or even into that kind of job.Omnium said:
He chose to step aside. I rate him very highly. His specialist subject is Afghanistan, and I'd just let him try. Anything he wants in terms of funding. I'd guess not more than a 30% chance of success, but that's better than the current 0%.BlancheLivermore said:
He is unusually and impressively, genuinely connected with the region. He's also extremely articulate. It's such a shame that he was tossed aside..Omnium said:
I think we should just pay him a few billion and get him to sort it out. My guess is that he would mostly.rottenborough said:"With all its might and hi-tech sophistication, the US has allowed itself to be beaten by medieval dogmatists on horseback."
Rory Stewart0 -
I have Loach's The Spirit of '45 on dvd. He must be one of those gammons that hark back to the war (or just after it).kle4 said:
To the extent I was ever aware of him it was in the context of his politics, and the impression that anything he made would very much be about pushing that politics (which is ok, not all art is meant to be subtle, or have mass appeal), though I don't know if that is the case with his films in reality (he's made quite a few, so I presume not).Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
I recall I, Daniel Blake seemed to be positively received by critics and got attention, but I couldn't name any others.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2332801/0 -
Is Kes about the war?DecrepiterJohnL said:
I have Loach's The Spirit of '45 on dvd. He must be one of those gammons that hark back to the war (or just after it).kle4 said:
To the extent I was ever aware of him it was in the context of his politics, and the impression that anything he made would very much be about pushing that politics (which is ok, not all art is meant to be subtle, or have mass appeal), though I don't know if that is the case with his films in reality (he's made quite a few, so I presume not).Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
I recall I, Daniel Blake seemed to be positively received by critics and got attention, but I couldn't name any others.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2332801/0 -
Latest Zambian election results. The current president is trailing heavily to the opposition candidate.
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Your hearing also seems to be selective given the interviewer followed up from that with the question of whether it would have been acceptable, which he did then answer rather than simply avoiding it as a hypothetical.bigjohnowls said:
You have selective hearing.CorrectHorseBattery said:"The Holocaust was discussed in a meeting"
"History is for us all to discuss."
You are defending an anti-Semite.
He said "I don't think it was discussed actually" in response to the interviewer saying it was discussed in a meeting.
Surely if you wish to defend his response as non anti-semitic you also have to present the question and answer in its context, not just CHB?
How does Loach's own explanation prove that? It only does that if one accepts his words as unvarnished truth, and I am sure you would agree that we don't automatically accept someone's word. Would you accept Boris's explanations of why he is not a racist? Keir's explainations of why he is not out to get the Left of the party?bigjohnowls said:
Thank you CHB is a complete moron.Stark_Dawning said:Loach denied he's a Holocaust denier.
Can I at least make one thing clear? In a BBC interview, where speech overlapped, my words have been twisted to suggest that I think it is acceptable to question the reality of the Holocaust. I do not. The Holocaust is as real a historical event as the second world war itself and not to be challenged. In Primo Levi’s words: “Those who deny Auschwitz would be ready to remake it.” The terrible pictures I first saw as a nine-year-old are ingrained on my memory, as they are for all my generation.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/05/ken-loach-i-give-no-legitimacy-to-holocaust-denial
For a start his explanation is simply not credible, since we've seen the clip and the question was clarified by the interviewer, so his suggestion his speech overlapped is simply untrue. He answered the question put to him and he knew what the question was about. He should have just denied that answer was anti-semitic rather than invent a conspiracy about his words being twisted because of speech overlapping, since there was nothing overt in his response, and inventing sinister forces makes him look paranoid.
For someone who is a talented communicator in film he seems to be pretty bad both at making himself clear, and clarifying himself. And whether he is an anti-semite or not I don't see why it is other peoples' fault that he gives misleading answers to things.
It's like all those people who say it is hard to criticise Israeli policy, when it in fact it is really quite easy to do so without indulging in unreasonable tropes - the question was not a hard one to answer, he made it more complicated, and then complained about it.
Night night - Loach and his fellows are always fun, people go nuts about him.0 -
It's about a Kestrel! Memory hey? No wonder you recall that Corbyn won GE2017.bigjohnowls said:
Is Kes about the war?DecrepiterJohnL said:
I have Loach's The Spirit of '45 on dvd. He must be one of those gammons that hark back to the war (or just after it).kle4 said:
To the extent I was ever aware of him it was in the context of his politics, and the impression that anything he made would very much be about pushing that politics (which is ok, not all art is meant to be subtle, or have mass appeal), though I don't know if that is the case with his films in reality (he's made quite a few, so I presume not).Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
I recall I, Daniel Blake seemed to be positively received by critics and got attention, but I couldn't name any others.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2332801/0 -
Did Ken Loach make Kes? Maybe I should arrange my DVD collection by directors. And Kes is about a football match.Mexicanpete said:
It's about a Kestrel! Memory hey? No wonder you think Corbyn won GE2017.bigjohnowls said:
Is Kes about the war?DecrepiterJohnL said:
I have Loach's The Spirit of '45 on dvd. He must be one of those gammons that hark back to the war (or just after it).kle4 said:
To the extent I was ever aware of him it was in the context of his politics, and the impression that anything he made would very much be about pushing that politics (which is ok, not all art is meant to be subtle, or have mass appeal), though I don't know if that is the case with his films in reality (he's made quite a few, so I presume not).Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
I recall I, Daniel Blake seemed to be positively received by critics and got attention, but I couldn't name any others.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2332801/0 -
Someone has already quoted the brilliant Brian Glover line about Bobby Charlton. It is a fantastic film.DecrepiterJohnL said:
Did Ken Loach make Kes? Maybe I should arrange my DVD collection by directors. And Kes is about a football match.Mexicanpete said:
It's about a Kestrel! Memory hey? No wonder you think Corbyn won GE2017.bigjohnowls said:
Is Kes about the war?DecrepiterJohnL said:
I have Loach's The Spirit of '45 on dvd. He must be one of those gammons that hark back to the war (or just after it).kle4 said:
To the extent I was ever aware of him it was in the context of his politics, and the impression that anything he made would very much be about pushing that politics (which is ok, not all art is meant to be subtle, or have mass appeal), though I don't know if that is the case with his films in reality (he's made quite a few, so I presume not).Benpointer said:Confession time: I honestly don't think I have ever seen a single film by Ken Loach.
I recall I, Daniel Blake seemed to be positively received by critics and got attention, but I couldn't name any others.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2332801/
I remember seeing it as a seven year old and being quite animated when the boy running the errand to the Headmaster's office mistakenly gets caned. The injustice!0 -
I disagreed with him frequently, but felt he had a consistent respect for principles as he saw them. How he dealt with Brexit confirmed that opinion.CatMan said:
Acording to theyworkforyou.com he mostly voted for Gay Marriage (altough was absent for some votes, I'm not sure if that's the same as Abstaining)Endillion said:
Oh, come off it. He's an independently wealthy, privately-educated member of the British upper classes with a degree from Oxbridge. He abstained on gay marriage and has had repeated pops at minority migrant communities over the years. He's everything that even moderate Labour supporters detest about Conservative governments.CorrectHorseBattery said:
I did. Whilst I didn't agree with his positions, he had a consistent ideology that I respected and understood. Same for Rory Stewart.Endillion said:
Did you also think that before 2016, or is it just since he threw his toys out the pram and started attacking his own party on an issue where you happen to agree with him?CorrectHorseBattery said:https://twitter.com/JohnCassidy/status/1426649661599850501
One of our finest MPs, now gone
I even greatly respect Thatcher, despite disagreeing with much of what she did.
That Tory Party is dead now, ideology has gone
Based on your general posting history, I can just about believe you knew who he was before a few years ago, but I absolutely do not buy you had any particular admiration for him.
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/24964/rory_stewart/penrith_and_the_border/divisions?policy=66860 -
It's difficult to believe the Afghan army has only lasted a matter of days after American withdrawal, after nearly 20 years of training by Western forces.1
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I quite like Rory Stewart but how on Earth have "the Brexiters" brought on millions of Afghan refugees? What utter derangement. It's also bonkers to say that we in the West have handed the country over to the Taliban. They were in charge when we got there! We deposed them, held them at bay for 20 years, spent a trillion dollars and thousands of Western lives to build up the Afghan army, and then they collapsed the moment we left. The responsibility here lies with Afghans themselves.Cyclefree said:
Ha! You might at least credit me - https://twitter.com/cyclefree2/status/1426499430707081218?s=21.Leon said:
That Gavin Williamson has a cabinet position, and Rory Stewart doesn’t, is indeed a source of quiet despairBlancheLivermore said:
Oh yes, so I'm now reminded by you and a quick look at his history.. I think it's most unfortunate that Boris hasn't managed to entice him back to the party, or even into that kind of job.Omnium said:
He chose to step aside. I rate him very highly. His specialist subject is Afghanistan, and I'd just let him try. Anything he wants in terms of funding. I'd guess not more than a 30% chance of success, but that's better than the current 0%.BlancheLivermore said:
He is unusually and impressively, genuinely connected with the region. He's also extremely articulate. It's such a shame that he was tossed aside..Omnium said:
I think we should just pay him a few billion and get him to sort it out. My guess is that he would mostly.rottenborough said:"With all its might and hi-tech sophistication, the US has allowed itself to be beaten by medieval dogmatists on horseback."
Rory Stewart
This desire to always scapegoat the West for much of the world not being able to get their shite together is just pathological self hatred. Singapore and Taiwan have shown what is possible. Others just collectively refuse to take their chance.3 -
So we should have just stayed there forever?Leon said:
This is a tragedy wrought by successive American errors, but finessed by Bidenanother_richard said:
Mitt Romney the draft dodger.HYUFD said:
He is right. if soCorrectHorseBattery said:Starmer seemed to imply we should be putting troops back in Afghanistan (?)
Great words from Senator Mitt Romney tonight 'I understand but disagree with those who felt we should leave Afghanistan; I cannot understand why it has been done with such tragic human cost; without an effective strategy to defend our partners; and with inestimable shock to our nation’s credibility, reliability, and honor.'
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The review was started and reported by 2010!! The changes then started to roll out from there.Philip_Thompson said:
From 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4537912.stmCatMan said:
Acording to Wikipedia (which I accept is not exactly perfect, so I'd be happy if you could post a source which contradicts this), it was 20%, and "on condition that the funds did not contribute to CAP payments, were matched by contributions from other countries and were only for the new member states. Spending on the CAP remained fixed, as had previously been agreed. Overall, this reduced the proportion of the budget spent on the CAP"Philip_Thompson said:
You mean like the EU agreeing to renegotiate CAP if we get rid of half of our rebate, only to then refuse to renegotiate CAP after we do so?Daveyboy1961 said:
I's not easy negotiating with a liar and someone who won't stick to the rules.Philip_Thompson said:
Brexit is done.Mexicanpete said:
No!CorrectHorseBattery said:If you want to improve the Brexit deal then that's fine.
But then Brexit isn't done - and you claiming it was in 2019 was a lie. And you claiming that the deal would resolve Brexit was also a lie.
The deal has not done either, NI remains completely unresolved and pretending that a deal you said was great is now needing to be changed less than a year later suggests total dishonesty when you say the old deal wasn't rubbish. You implied it was above.
Johnson has got Brexit done, he said so. The deal was oven ready for the microwave, he said so. If Brexit needs renegotiation he must be a massive liar because he said it was done, and "done" doesn't mean Brexit needs renogiation.
If Brexit isn't infact "done", the RedWall must be told!
Done does require renegotiation because politics never ends. But that's post-Brexit now.
You're right, it burns bridges. The EU's acted like that for years though and I don't see it changing any time soon, so them getting a taste of their own medicine is karmic justice.
"The European Commission is asked to hold a "full and wide-ranging" review of all EU spending, including the Common Agricultural Policy and the British rebate, and to draw up a report in 2008/9. "
This promised review of the CAP to the best of my knowledge never happened.0 -
You are beyond parody.HYUFD said:
No, he was serving as a Mormon missionary in France at the time and did not come out unscathed himself, he was badly injured in a car accidentanother_richard said:
Mitt Romney the draft dodger.HYUFD said:
He is right. if soCorrectHorseBattery said:Starmer seemed to imply we should be putting troops back in Afghanistan (?)
Great words from Senator Mitt Romney tonight 'I understand but disagree with those who felt we should leave Afghanistan; I cannot understand why it has been done with such tragic human cost; without an effective strategy to defend our partners; and with inestimable shock to our nation’s credibility, reliability, and honor.'
https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/1426658988091973633?s=20
https://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/27/the-making-of-mitt-romney-a-look-at-his-faith-journey/comment-page-10/0
