Switzerland manged a 1-2-3 at the Austria vs. Switzerland #Alpenquiz last weekend, taking home the very first Andreas Kröll trophy! Well done to everyone and a massive thanks to hosts the Österreichischer Quiz-Verbands #Quizzing#InternationalQuiz
Some of responses to the UK govt's decision on Israel arms licences are fevered.
1) The previous government made clear licences were always under review. There has been a review and clear legal advice. The new government is acting accordingly. If HMG ignored it that would be tantamount to the UK saying it was unconcerned about potential IHL breaches and potentially break the law itself.
2) The idea that this is a great insult to the people of Israel is questionable, at best. It ignores the actual politics of Israel right now, including the substantial number of people in Israel who want a ceasefire/hostage agreement (and have just had a general strike to that effect) and/or disagree with the Netanyahu position. That includes the hostage families. To argue that somehow this makes the UK opposed to Israel itself, or is abandoning Israel given UK's wider strategic support is absurd.
3) The argument about timing is understandable. But there is a bloody war going in Gaza. The timing would never be ideal. Palestinians/Israeli soldiers are dying every day. Again, suggesting it shouldn't happen because it was the day of the hostages' funerals is to elide those families with the Israeli's government, to suggest they are one and the same. That is especially darkly ironic when we remember it is those families who have spearheaded the opposition to BN.
So there I was- after helping cause the death of over 50 kids in Samoa by measles I thought what else could I do to hurt more innocent people? So I endorsed a convicted felon for President.
Still can't quite believe that when a boat carrying people seeking a better life sinks and kills 90, it registers as barely a blip on the news cycle
Yet when a yacht carrying billionaires sinks, it's 3-day front page, rolling live ticker news https://t.co/zx60NfSUSn
Goodnight everyone I hope you all have an awesome night
Sometimes we sit there if we had a shit day or having a shit time and think
It’s hopeless
It’s not tomorrow is another day
Fucking get back up and start again
You can do it
U have before
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Agreed, truth shouldn’t be suppressed. Which is why it’s best not to dump it in a landfill site, pour over it a slurry of half-truths, misinformation, insults, blatant lies, random speculation and conspiracy, and then above that stinking mess type the word ‘True.’
@hautecommetrois@PhysicsBear Some random etymology for you - the original meaning of gruntled was sulky/disappointed and disgruntled just meant you were extremely gruntled. Then gruntled meaning happy was a back formation as everyone thought the dis- was a negation. So it can mean pretty much whatever!
Admittedly everything I know about football is from old video games but all England needs is a well timed bicycle kick to pop the ball. It’s unstoppable. #ENGvSLO
EXCL 🚨 Tory student group held black-tie dinner two weeks ago where members sang German marching song used by the Nazis in WW2
Warwick Uni Conservative Association sorry after dancing to “Erika” — used by SS and Wermacht and today white supremacists https://t.co/ZdQvhgFvBd