@BucketsOf_Rain Amongst other things, our Armed Forces are bloated by too many senior staff. eg The Royal Navy has more Admirals than it does ships etc.
@LeslieMilnes The usual nonsense. We need the right policies to address the issues of today. I think most people in this country want to see certain things taken back into state control. The metrics are all there.
You can condemn excesses by the Israeli government without excusing Hamas.
You can acknowledge Palestinian suffering without minimising October 7.
You can support Israel’s right to exist without supporting everything its government does.
Nuance isn’t cowardice. It’s thinking.
@CharlieWalsham_ Exactly Charlie, well said, and my personal opinion is that the majority of British people would agree. Terrorism is to be condemned, whether it be individual, group or indeed state.
@JossSheldon The issue Joss is that Muslims are clear that Islamic law should be above all other. Clearly at present it cannot be, because we have a constitution that holds English law as the absolute.
@TheGhostSleepi1 Israel was founded on the back of acts of Jewish terrorism against the British, in what was then British Palestine. That may well have set a precedent.
@ThatAlexWoman Oh, they did more - so much more than that in damaging the country, Alex. Some of the main protagonists are now the core of Reform UK. Yikes!!.
@JBerkeleyClarke@GoodwinMJ In which case, most of the previous Tory government -some of them who now form the front line of Reform UK - should all be serving very long sentences.
@GoodwinMJ I don't think much of Starmer either, Matt. BUT, boat arrivals are well down in previous years. The ex-tories that form the core of Reform UK however, allowed record numbers of immigrants into the country. It is what it is, as they say.
@SDPhq Having the courage to sometimes sacrifice ideological preference in favour of what is best for the nation, is a sign of political maturity, not a betrayal of one's own principles.