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Parties that do badly at elections should always reflect on why that was the case. It’s not an easy question to ask because almost certainly there’ll be tough answers, if the question’s answered honestly.
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don't forget Corby as well
I guess the libdems found out the hard way out pacts. Maybe the LibLab pact should have reminded them but all in all I thought they didn't do too bad a job in 2010 -15 . They will be cautious again though.
This place has not seen much from labour people today for some reason, perhaps this will stoke them into action.
Thank you David
Nick Cohen in the Observer:
"After Paris, Europe may never feel as free again
The horrific events in Paris sound the death knell for European liberalism"
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/14/after-paris-attacks-europe-never-same-terrorism
LOL
Ahahhahahahahha HAHAHAHAHA
Can we get our resident UKIP leaning supporters' opinions on this.
Pretty please !
And if it is known who funds them, why not cut off relations with them?
Is about giving some PBers and Dave a history lesson.
Then probably Kuwait and the UAE.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/19/-sp-islamic-state-oil-empire-iraq-isis
They even have a banking system:
http://uk.businessinsider.com/heres-how-isis-keeps-up-its-access-to-the-global-financial-system-2015-3
Additionally, countries do well when governments don't deliver policies. The longer there is no policy enacting government the better, so it;s a full 6 months with no government (effectively) which can only help everyone.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/19/world/middleeast/isis-finances.html?_r=0
Some people have been saying there's potential to squeeze countries they're selling oil to and countries that are covertly funding them, but it sounds a bit marginal.
Probably fraud and wealthy sunni donors.
My belief is that these terrorist outrages form no part of a serious strategy for anything, they do it because they can do it. If they had to stop doing it they would have to stop and think about what else to do. But if the perpetrators were capable of stopping and thinking they would realise how absurd they are. Where it leads is hardly a consideration.
It makes no sense to me.
You have to remove the oil (which usually requires skilled personnel almost entirely from Europe and America. You then have to deliver the oil to those who are buying it.
The only rational explanation would be if they are Laundering the oil through Saudi Arabia (which they don't have a border with), Jordan or Iran. Whichever of these it is, then surely the Security Services of the West must know who and how,
http://ig.ft.com/sites/2015/isis-oil/
TSE giving history lessons?
LOL
I suspected that he took the view that there would always be an anti Tory majority under PR and that it would effectively block the Tories from power forever more. After 2010 I did wonder if the Tories would ever win a majority again, but how different do things look in 2015? I suspect my old tutor wouldn't be so keen on PR with Ukip - who, unlike the Lib Dems, don't have an inflated vote share due to tactical voting - winning 3.9 million votes.
http://www.markpack.org.uk/135590/lib-dem-special-conference-called-in-showdown-over-chris-rennard-but-will-it-happen/
"More than the necessary 200 signatures have been gathered and the party’s Federal Conference Committee (FCC) has started planning for holding the special conference."
"If the conference does go ahead, it is likely to debate a motion to remove the Lib Dem Lords group’s representatives on the party’s federal committees."
I get the impression that you prefer supranationalism to intergovernmentalism.
King of Poland, John II Sobieski came to the rescue.
I say 'administer', but what this means for instance is that each family must produce one conscript for fighting on pain of 80 lashes or worse.
Wealthy individual sunni donors will give them money as well. They will have access to banks in the areas they control and other cash generating businesses. They will have access to donations and arms passed over to other rebels who have been themselves overrun or absorbed under their branding.
The Saudis have very helpfully popped up and said they warned several European countries that an attack was imminent. If thats as specific as the warning got it was in chocolate teapot territory.
I see the French police have lifted the father and brother of one of the attackers.
As it stands FPTP is indefensible, all those Greens, Kippers and Lib Dems with so few MPs
I thought when Corbyn got the job you were happy?
* proceeds from the occupation of territory (including control of banks, oil and gas reservoirs, taxation, extortion, and robbery of economic assets);
* kidnapping for ransom;
* donations from Saudi Arabia and Gulf states, often disguised as meant for "humanitarian charity";
* material support provided by foreign fighters;
* fundraising through modern communication networks.[682]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
I suspect that will have changed.
But it is true that isam has been a bit fixated on TSE for a while now.
I have a very lefty friend, who is pointing out that France has a nuclear deterrent but that hasn't stopped them been attacked twice this year.
How do I rebut his argument? (Is there a rebuttal?)
Since the Labour Party is now a spent force (supposedly), this threat no longer prevails, and people can once again vote safely for the Lib Dems.
I like TSE.
Is he still a moderator?
Blighty had nukes at the time of 7/7
Russia had nukes at the time of Beslan
The US had nukes at the time of 9/11"
Something like that?
Did not know Truss was a Republican, but there have always been a few in the Tories, normally ardent free marketeers and libertarians
Tory vote also dropped 7% in the same period. Minor parties UKIP and SNP did well. Labour up a bit.
A better solution to my mind is PR for the Lords. That gives the two Houses different mandates - one geographic, one popular vote - which should act as a check on each other. Obviously, the power of the Lords / Senate would yave to be increased a bit too.
The response to these attack should be to keep up the current squeeze on ISIS in its 'Caliphate'. It has the structure of a country and when it declares war it should be attacked as a country. We can do that with air power, economic power and political will power. Cameron should not bother with parliamentary votes, we should revert to a government getting on with the extension its necessary power and lever all the wittering to numpties like David Davis and Corbyn.
I would have thought with a proper 'mobilisation' it ought to be possible to surround the ISIS extension in places like Libya. However just like with Al Qaeda, any old terrorist (or more accurately perhaps, paramafia) group will ally itself to the flavour of the month.
Leanne Poxon, 28, a warehouse worker, from Bilborough, sends her four children to the school.
She added: 'I think it's disgusting that my children haven't been given the option.
'Muslim children would never be forced to eat non-Halal meat, so why are my children being forced to eat halal meat?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3318511/Parents-disgust-children-s-primary-school-started-feeding-youngsters-halal-meat.html#ixzz3rVbLLBwc
The security guard at the stadium (who it doesn't seem to be reported anywhere if he is still alive or not) has saved potentially 100's or even 1000's of lives.
They just need to get their head out of this own backsides and start thinking about the electorate.