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Let's go 'nipper' should probably cover most of the squad.

I have a sneaky suspicion this is how you like your Christmas presents on Xmas day - absolutely no surprises.

Is it still 'monitoring' if your nose is pressed against the window peeking through the curtains?

Lol

Not at all - but it may take something away from the 'simplicity' I was aiming for

Boris Becker won Wimbledon aged 17. Like I said, if you're good enough, you're old enough. Being older doesn't always make you 'better' (Shane Long).

Why do people have a fixation on age? If you're good enough, you're old enough surely? Verstappen was 18 when he won his first Grands Prix.

Since covid where it became the acceptable 'norm'. No appetite to change it back because that costs money and it's been proven that mugs will wait if they have to.

America was right wing and moving further right under Trump. America is now adopting left wing policies and moving further left under Biden. Hopefully that sums it up for you?

Jesus wept. The 'detterent' is against the use of nuclear weapons. It's not a deterrent against other forms of warfare, in the same way that it isn't a detterent against kids stealing sweets from the local shop. As a detterent against the use of nuclear weapons in anger, it's been the most effective strategy since 1945. So yes, it is.

They are modern politicians, so I agree there is no hope of that actually happening. Would still be nice though!

To be fair, it seems to be Sir Kier's M.O. at the moment. It's almost as if his only tactic against one of the most inept PMs in history is to hope he can win the next election on the "anyone but Boris" ticket. No surprise then that the Tory press have a simple job on their hands throwing as much mud as possible that they can then take up during the election campaign. Would be nice if either of them actually came out and said what their principles are and then stood by them!

You've managed to grasp the wrong end of the stick once again, no surprise there. I've never said that people don't vote to help out others, merely that that is a by product of their voting choice. I've clearly stated that I don't believe there is such a thing as 'true altruism' or 'reciprocal altruism' when it comes to voting, something that has so far not been dispelled - apart from some platitudes about helping others, but that just shows you haven't understood the context.

In case we make him worse?

My argument was very simple. Everyone votes for their own benefit. You've agreed that you too have voted selfishly to achieve a 'want' of your own. You've already made your mind up about my voting preferences, so there really isn't anything I can say that will change your mind!

Soggy must have missed the bit about the EU funding the scheme to the tune of over £10million. As for the EU, that would mean 26 countries...

You stated very specifically that in your opinion I voted like a consumer. Your previous post stated that consumers are aligned with Tory, ergo your assumption is that I voted Tory! In your example above, you state you voted for the party that you felt would provide a better city for you to live in. Surely that is voting for your own personal benefit (it's incidental that your vote will potentially improve the lives of others, but first and foremost it is a 'selfish' vote as you chose yourself as the main beneficiary).

That's a huge assumption you've made about who I vote for and why!

Surely you mean 'he' (him, them, they, ze zir)?

Absolute nonsense! Are you really trying to claim that someone who is unemployed would only vote for Labour for the good of the collective if they promised to increase benefits and make them easier to claim and would in no way be voting selfishly? Likewise, pensioners would only vote lib dem if they promised a 20% rise in state pensions, purely for the good of everyone else? Voters vote for the party that they think will benefit THEM the most. It's really that simple.

Even the greatest driver in the world would struggle in a race driving a 1980's Mini against a field of modern day Audis. Hamilton has been consistently good for many years, beating some very good team mates in the same car. Realistically, the only way to decide who is the 'greatest' would be to put them all in a race in identical cars.

Must be. No way Soggy will believe that the EU or UN already do the same thing....

Fake news?

So you agree that people don't vote to make their own lives worse. Excellent.

40 to one! That's incredible! Seems weird then that Russia has been carrying out this 'special military operation' for over a third of a year and have achieved the square root of fuck all!