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« on: January 22, 2017, 03:30:31 PM »
Well, we can all sleep safe in the knowledge that there's a good chance that, were we ever to use the damn thing, one of the missiles might hit 'the Donald'......... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38711200
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« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2017, 03:45:04 PM »
Quote from: Anchorman on January 22, 2017, 03:30:31 PM
Well, we can all sleep safe in the knowledge that there's a good chance that, were we ever to use the damn thing, one of the missiles might hit 'the Donald'......... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38711200

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« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2017, 04:03:48 PM »



I honestly think we should give the chap a chance. After all, he is representing millions of Americans and their hopes.

Maybe he is messing up all the things that most people think of as 'correct' and 'proper'. Stirring things up a bit!

But that's the way cultures evolve.... through dynamic change. Not through status quo.  :)
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« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2017, 04:17:30 PM »
Quote from: Sriram on January 22, 2017, 04:03:48 PM
I honestly think we should give the chap a chance. After all, he is representing millions of Americans and their hopes.
That's not a recommendation. Never, as they say, underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
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« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2017, 04:34:05 PM »
You'd think that, at 17 million a go, the bloomin things would go where they're supposed to, though......
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« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2017, 04:43:31 PM »

A chance to do what? His whole speech was a blast to fuel hatred and conflict.

Anyway ... those voters don't want anything to "evolve" - they are trying to grasp illusions from their childhoods that they think they want to go back to. It's a kind of dementia and will end in tears.

At least the arms industry will get a huge boost, people will demand more missiles as he drives up uncertainty and fear -
it doesn't really matter if they actually work or not as long as people think they are safer with them.
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« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2017, 04:48:17 PM »
Quote from: Anchorman on January 22, 2017, 04:34:05 PM
You'd think that, at 17 million a go, the bloomin things would go where they're supposed to, though......
Nah... you need more for that... surely a new bunch of consultants at least?
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« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2017, 02:41:50 PM »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38714047

So .. what was refusing to answer whether she knew prior to the Trident debate about?
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« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2017, 02:45:08 PM »
T'was about being a typical Westminster Tory politician.
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« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2017, 07:19:14 PM »
Quote from: Anchorman on January 22, 2017, 04:34:05 PM
You'd think that, at 17 million a go, the bloomin things would go where they're supposed to, though......

But it was an American missile. It wanted to go home.
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« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2017, 07:48:40 PM »
Quote from: Harrowby Hall on January 23, 2017, 07:19:14 PM
But it was an American missile. It wanted to go home.
I can't begin to imagine why.
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