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  1. scaramanga

    American politics

    Don't pretend that's not how this one is "working" too. Not only are they not experts in their fields but they've spent so long out of power, they're brick at being a political party too.
  2. scaramanga

    Putin & Russia

    I think we should be doing everything we can to defend them - including NATO membership. But if it ends up as US Vs EU we should be on the US side.
  3. scaramanga

    Putin & Russia

    Fine, then make sure the UK is on the winning side. The French can spend the next decade tanning their armpits again.
  4. scaramanga

    American politics

    Isn't that how politics work? Our Chancellor knows nothing at all about running an economy. Wes Streeting is a career politician. If you took your best medical professionals to run the Health Ministry, you'd lose a good medical professional from the industry whilst gaining a thoroughly...
  5. scaramanga

    Putin & Russia

    Like get on the winning side?
  6. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Nobody in Ireland truly wants a united Ireland. NI is a financial basket case and would bankrupt the republic almost immediately. The economy there doesn't have the heft to take on such a drain.
  7. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    It would be fairly simple for a group of people to reduce the policing in their area by continually making baseless allegations if that were how it worked.
  8. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    You brought up NI as a comparison. I was simply pointing out that the terrorists only stopped because Blair gave them everything and took nothing.
  9. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    I did suggest giving them the opportunity to vote Hamas out, but I don't think it would happen. I think a one state solution would work, do you think all Palestinians would live peacefully under Israeli rule? After all, the security of Israeli civilians would have to be paramount
  10. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    No, I couldn't possibly understand that wish - it's ridiculous. But anyway, nobody is stopping them from travelling through Israel.
  11. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    You mean if the side with no need to give up anything gives up everything to the terrorists, we can have peace? I'd like to think the Israelis have learned from our mistakes.
  12. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Therefore it's not a state.
  13. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    That doesn't mean at one point it wasn't possible. There was a small window during discussions with the PLO, before Hamas took over, when it even seemed probable. But Hamas are there to stay and, as you say, they won't allow a 2 state solution so we need to find an alternative.
  14. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Of course some people were, you can't just leave the odd dwelling here and there and circle a country's boundary around it. But many of the people there were nomadic and so that area was never their home, just a place they travelled to and through. With all the advancements brought to the area...
  15. scaramanga

    Sick sick world what is wrong with people

    I really hope so. Assaulting a police officer is about as low as one can go - a female one, even more so. Unfortunately there's a significantly sized shoe scraping of society that believes the police are the enemy and lack the intelligence to learn otherwise.
  16. scaramanga

    Sick sick world what is wrong with people

    Their defence will be to point and shout "Racist" and they'll probably get away with it.
  17. scaramanga

    Sick sick world what is wrong with people

    Telegraph has more detail:
  18. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    If anything has been made clear since Oct 7th, it's that a 2 state solution will never be possible.
  19. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    That would have to be judged on a case by case basis. Mostly people travelled through the area, rather than being settled there. People can still travel through the area, although the barbaric treatment of Israeli civilians obviously makes that far more difficult. A political party.
  20. scaramanga

    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Have you been to Ireland or Australia? Outside of the cities I'd describe both as empty too. Israel was recognised as a state in 1948 (but I'm sure you knew that), Palestine self-declared as (but still isn't) one in 1988.
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