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I'm not bothered in the slightest. Watching players like Pelle and Mane is great.

Definitely would not bother replacing Trident, will be a bigger white elephant than those two **** off big aircraft carriers. I think the days are gone where major civilised nations want to blow the sh!t out of each other, wars now tend to be of the guerrilla civil type.

Not sure what point you are trying to make. Religion has caused countless wars throughout history but it doesn't make Islamic extremism any less of a problem, or any less Islamic. Fact is Christian extremism is not the same sort of problem today. The Anders Brevik example is a good one, that is someone, who like IS, has used a religion for their own twisted aims. You can't blame other Christians for what he did just like you can't blame peaceful Muslims. BUT, if Brevik type incidents were happening as widespread and as regularly as Muslim incidents are nowadays and thousands of Christians supported them then questions would be asked why.

A bit over the top but it's a good anthem so I'm in. Plus, the fact that it is so over the top will send a big 'f*ck you' message to muslim extremists everywhere which has to be a good thing.

Can't really blame the farmers - they just have to compete within the market. Like climate change this is a problem amplified by the capitalist system we live in.

I'm in full support of attacking IS in Syria as long as it is part of long term plan to wipe them out that is going to be implemented in full. Just throwing bombs around in retaliation just to keep the public happy could just make the chances of a Paris style attack even greater.

What don't they feel safe from, terrorist attacks?

The bloke is an idiot. I agree with many of his policies but at times like this people are scared and angry, just say something that makes you and your party look serious about fighting IS. It's not rocket science, just avoid saying anything that makes you look like a pussy, save the rational talk about your actual policies until a time when people are not ****ting themselves.

10% is a ****ing lot of people who think it's OK to attack cartoonists for drawing a picture.

To be fair, the age of that picture probably illustrates quite well how backward Islam is. Christians were doing the same **** - but centuries ago. Forcing women to cover up - yep, that used to be normal here ages ago as well.

Not when you are a politician who knows every single word you write will be picked up by the national media.

It's the condensed version of the Independent. Guess they didn't have much sport to write about.

Broadcasting something over the world wide web is hardly being silent.

Not sure that is true. What stats are you using?

This. The Police need these extra powers to stand any chance of keeping the public safe. Anyone who thinks this will turn is into a police state is deluded. There are plenty of safeguards that can and would be put in place to stop the powers being abused even if the Police had the time and resources - which they don't.

Probably the bit where you said he's been silent when he hasn't been silent. Just a guess.

This quote was printed in the 'i' on Saturday.

We could always just stop meddling in that part of the world and still buy their oil. Plenty of other countries manage it.

The problem is that large parts of Iraq prefer to have IS in charge than the Shia government. Unless that is sorted out any military action will just be pointless bloodshed. I don't think a full on ground war is the solution, any western troops on the ground will just inflame the situation and make targets of themselves. We need to somehow work with the local forces to wipe out IS, then get people talking. The problem is, thanks to Blair and Bush the whole area is a complete ****ing mess. The Peshmerga seem to be the most effective force but arming them properly won't go down well with Turkey. The Iraqi military is useless but you don't really want to start arming the shia militia. I doubt there is little hope of getting the Free Syria Army and Assad to come to any sort of agreement but they will probably need to to have chance of sorting IS out in Syria. The ideal solution would be to have Iraq and Syria governed by heavy handed dictators, but the UK and US saw to that.

No one is suggesting that all Muslims are to blame. But it is a Muslim problem. If it was Christians of some type massacring people all over the place in the name of Christianity then it would be a Christian problem. Ignoring the religious element is just sweeping the issue under the carpet.

Still very much to do with a certain type of Islam though. So is clearly an Islamic problem.

If we start wars an bomb people in the Middle East it is naive not to expect this sort of thing in return. Especially considering the refugee situation. The war against IS needs to be stepped up, a serious effort needs to be made, not just air strikes and a few agents on the ground.

You still have said how he has disrespected our armed forces. Was it the angle of his head that upset you? I agree about Labour's actions between 1997 and 2010 which the Conservatives backed. At least Corbyn seems to be one of our few politicians that shows some sort of respect for the value of our armed forces lives and was against it.

How is sending our young men and women to die in far flung places like the middle east, for oil or political reasons, showing them respect?