@CO_AFC Any comment on recent photos of squaddies happily posing for pics with “Tommy Robinson” of the EDL? Or is diversity in the Army just a buzzword?
@RedEra@BlkHistStudies I think the question is misplaced. It’s not about UN involvement it’s about the involvement of the country whose troops were operating this vehicle. Unfortunately some contingents engage in malpractice while the majority don’t. Question is better addressed to the country involved
Populists hate the EU precisely because it stands for the things they hate: the complexity of reality, respect for the interests of others, the inevitability of compromise and the importance of diversity.
@afneil Russian backing for “environmental” and “anti-fracking” groups in the Czech Republic was clearly part of a Russian strategy to limit any challenge to Russian gas exports to the EU.
@piersmorgan@GaryLineker Do you try hard to be a massive prick or does it come naturally? Or do you actually revel in being the name that turns people’s stomachs when they hear it?
@DanielKorski Ironic this was liked by a Tory MP who happily shares the benches with a growing number of increasingly confident no-longer-scared-to-be-extremist colleagues.
@TomTugendhat@FT@CommonsForeign Again I’ll ask: does your new found interest in weeding out Russian money include an internal Conservative Party inquiry into the financial ties between the party and Russian oligarchs? Asking for a concerned friend
@TomTugendhat@CommonsForeign@OliverBullough Will the Conservative Party be looking at funding of campaigns and candidates with money directly or indirectly from Russian sources? Just wondering whether the new found zealousness will also include confronting partisan truths.
Leavers are liars. They lied to get their foot in your door, and now they're lying about that lie too, as if they never told it. They are nothing but charlatans, Arthur Daley salesmen on the make. And if
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@paulmasonnews@t0nyyates This is why I asked Paul several weeks ago whether his broad church stance was genuine having just watched a video clip of him telling Progress members to leave if they don’t like it. I love Paul’s writings and lectures but I have this uncomfortable feeling he’s an ideologue