Britain - The Official Thread
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Now here's a headline you probably never thought you would ever see...
Alex Salmond is suing the Scottish Government...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-45287672
Alex Salmond is suing the Scottish Government...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-45287672
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https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1...it-Nelson-Mandela-apartheid-Margaret-Thatcher
Her attempts at question dodging are cringe worthy.
Her attempts at question dodging are cringe worthy.
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It was trying to compare to Corbyn who famously got himself arrested in the name of protesting against apartheid.
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Not really, she's the Prime Minister, she could have easily clarified her position. And should have.
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To what end? What is the relevance to her job today as PM? It's nothing more than a "gotcha" line of questioning to make someone look foolish based on what they did 30 or 40 years ago, well before they were on the national political scene.
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She was a member of the party serving in local government. Many people at the time protested against the South African government in one way or another, mostly by boycotting their goods. It seems reasonable to ask a party member if their views at the time were in line with the whip or if they protested in some way.
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To what end? If she went along party lines or went her own way, so what? It was 30 or 40 years ago. What possible relevance does it have today?
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It's very relevant in light of the Windrush scandal and her part in it both as Prime Minister and Home Secretary. It's also relevant for many British people to understand how their Prime Minister felt when they were a member of a party whose official line was that anti-segregationist parties were just terrorists.
I'm pretty sure that if Trudeau was accused of possibly being in the wrong many years ago you'd be on it like a tramp on chips.
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There's no mention of the Windrush scandal in the interview or the linked article. So she was being grilled over the Windrush scandal or because she happened to be visiting South Africa? Of course I'd be all over Trudeau if it were relevant to his position today, which is my point here. I don't see anything in this interview or the linked article that looks like anything but a gotcha question in an attempt to embarrass the PM.
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That's true but the current swing of the press is towards perceived racist/antisemitic attitudes on both Labour and Conservative benches. Furthermore, when a Prime Minister visits a site (such as her rarely-granted access to Mandela's cell) then it's right for journalists to question her about the visit. Perhaps if she hadn't stated that she was proud of what the Conservative government had done then she wouldn't have opened herself up to the obvious questions. In fact, given her party's history in those affairs, she probably shouldn't have made the visit at all.
I'm still not sure why you think the fact that it was the 1980s when the party took the stance they did excludes today's leader from questions about her own views about it, and her own actions at the time, particularly when she makes a visit to a site so steeped in that history?
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At least it doesn't run Vista.
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I wondered that myself. The apparent remaining glass appears to display the crazing that typically affects broken tempered glass, but it could just as easily be a reflection of the sky (odd that it appears to be blue and cheerful rather than the gloomy grey that I tend to associate with England*). It's low resolution though, so it's hard to say.
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Glad this hasn't resulted in anything horrific.
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Of all the colours to have a massive transit like that, they went with bright orange
It's far easier to commit daylight robbery (literally) if you're wearing high-viz jackets, this is presumably the van equivalent
And you'll have to pardon the fact that I'm having a very autistic day... it's actually a Mercedes Sprinter, not a Ford Transit. Ahem, I'll get my anorak.
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BBC News says the van only contained cardboard boxes and a motorbike.
It's been seen in the area quite often according to these local twitterati.
It's been seen in the area quite often according to these local twitterati.
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The Novichok story has picked up.
BBC - Two Russian nationals named as suspects
They currently are in Russia and cannot be extradited as Russia does not allow extradition of its citizens but the CPS says that there is sufficient evidence to charge them and that a case would be in the public interest.
If you want the circumstantial short story: they flew to London, went to Salisbury, then went to Moscow.
BBC - Two Russian nationals named as suspects
They currently are in Russia and cannot be extradited as Russia does not allow extradition of its citizens but the CPS says that there is sufficient evidence to charge them and that a case would be in the public interest.
If you want the circumstantial short story: they flew to London, went to Salisbury, then went to Moscow.
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The photos are fake.
Here are the originals.
Here are the originals.
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Glad you continue to find the murder of an innocent woman and the attempted murder of two others so amusing.
The British Prime Minister announced in the House of Commons today that the two suspects are officers from the Russian military intelligence service, the GRU. There's no chance of them being brought to justice, which probably explains how they could afford to be so brazen about it.
The consequences could (and probably will) be dire for Western-Russian relations.
The British Prime Minister announced in the House of Commons today that the two suspects are officers from the Russian military intelligence service, the GRU. There's no chance of them being brought to justice, which probably explains how they could afford to be so brazen about it.
The consequences could (and probably will) be dire for Western-Russian relations.
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I imagine it will be a small political squabble, a couple of harsh words and that's it. Europe needs Russia and Russia needs Europe.
