Flashman's Ghost

Geek, romantic cynic, knows a little about lots and lots about very little.

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@mehdirhasan Equally only a few members of the IDF have committed war crimes...

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@ZoeJardiniere They're far-right fascists who support Hamas genocidal views.

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@Sam_Dumitriu @AaronBastani @PaulJSweeney It is typical Burnham though, a hot air announcement of something already in place.

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@AaronBastani Has he ever done a Govt procurement? Because this is already in most of them...

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@AaronBastani Most of it is completely compatible with all but the last 10 of the last 45 years... [apart from food sovereignty which has increased in last few years, after being significantly damaged by CAP]

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@SeaSpitfires Though wasn't he a motorbike rider so it could have been that he'd travelled that distance...

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@AaronBastani It's always been the case that Judges have been able to take that it's political violence into account - they should do more of it and treat these nasty violent thugs, who smash police with sledgehammers, as we treat the other nasty violent thugs burning police cars

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@johnmcdonnellMP Violent thugs who should be treated in the same way as the rioters

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@WorldOBarry @Johnmcternan We managed without one before 2010 - a lot of the root of the UK's problems is that political decision making is transferred to process and people feel powerless because no-one can make or overturn decisions.

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@Mr_Andrew_Fox @Clainy6 There's also something important, in a democratic society, to both emphasise civilian control of the armed forces and make sure there is a clear split between operational and military decisions and policy ones, which having soldiers as political heads blurs...

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@Cox_A_R @NickCohen4 And because in a democracy people weren't willing to fund it or have voters die in large numbers defending it...

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@NotThatBigIan I follow Aaron, not because I agree with him, but because he doesn't totally follow the (left) party-line and does have individual takes on things

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@John_ForemanCBE Yep, skill sets very different, good ex-military seldom make good politicians - at best they're indifferent in role (Lord West, Alexander of Tunis) at worse they're pretty bad (Wellington as PM)

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@residentadviser What about 'we'll work with Reform to support their good policies and scuppering their bad'

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@WorldOBarry @Johnmcternan My view would be that it should be an annual decision Ministers make, depending on state of economy, public finances, inflation and where pensioners income is compared to general population

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@kingbowski @robbiem218 @Choyaa13 @IrishTimesOpEd How long do you have to live somewhere to be a native? Asking for my black neighbours

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@GavinBarwell Is it too much to ask that politicians watch the video they are commenting on before they post things they have to delete?

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@residentadviser Not if he doesn't have the budget he can't...

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@NicholasOShaug1 Of the two toffs, one died a few years later and the other had major mental health issues and spent time in asylum. The three toughs all seem to have pretty fulfilling and succesful lives, with good jobs and happy families.