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Im confused. Why is it okay for Thatcher but not Corbyn? Is meeting with them better or worse than admiring them? Is is better or worse than pardoning them shortly after the Brighton bombing? Is hypocrisy for political point scoring better or worse than dishonesty? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11062418/Thatcher-granted-secret-pardon-to-IRA-terrorist.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/10010531/Margaret-Thatchers-secret-admiration-for-IRA-hunger-strikers.html

Before that. Elizabeth 1st was exercised about 'Blackamoors' in London. The Mayor ignored her.

Surprised but not astounded - although in retrospect the signs were there. May was a pretty useless Home Secretary and the fact that her two main communications people walked out shortly before the campaign launch speaks volumes. The cult of personality thing she tried was just plain North Korea weird. https://www.ft.com/content/b8761bc8-2688-11e7-a34a-538b4cb30025

I used to live on that street in Brighton where the picture was taken. Poor lad.

Par for the course. You made a claim without bothering to watch the video that is the subject of the claim. She's a loon who probably spent lunchtime in the pub. So what? How is it linked to Corbyn apart from her bag?

She was heckling the occupant of Downing Street, not the police, not the army. Facts huh? who needs em?

Factually proven? Thats a grand claim for the opinion of an American WASP. You talk about Jihadis as if they all agree. They don't. For example IS see Hamas as a bigger enemy than Britain. By all means read but read more than one opinion, ideally from people born and raised in the regions. Mona Siddiqui is good but there are many.

Should have bought Pompey

Guess you didnt read properly - again. Religion in NI is a marker for something else. The Protestants are seen by the Catholics and by themselves as the descendants of colonists - invading settlers who arrived in Ulster after the Nine Years War and the defeat of the indigenous Catholic Gaelic aristocracy. The Protestants see the Catholics as primitive bog trotters and rebels. As I said its often not about religion per se, but that the religious beliefs are a visible marker for cultural / racial / tribal divides Wiki yourself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Years%27_War_(Ireland)

They're killing because of their faction / interpretation of their religion, which - like NI - is often linked to ethnic or tribal origin.

Me too, and religious symbols at school.

They kind of are. Both outliers, not part the established party hierachy

Exactly this. If you have tight security at one place or time you dont stop the attack you just displace it to somewhere else. Increase security at football and you make shopping malls a target. Check all bags going into a mall (impossible) and you'll get bombs in Oxford Street at Christmas. A lot of our searching and scanning 'security' has more to do with PR than real difference. Good intelligence and people within local communities who feel confident enough in the security services to inform is what will stop this, just as the IRA became unable to act in the end.

Birth place, kindergarten, university and finishing school. If it wasn't for Saudi funded Wahabbi madrassas across the world much of the extremism wouldn't exist.

Would be no bad thing imo. None of them are really up to the job of leading so its better if we get a hung Parliament.

So the richest people will now get bailed out by the poorest. Amazing.

Not that watertight either http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39589083

Thats info too

There used to be private insurance policies for this kind of thing, but they seem to have disappeared. I guess its just too expensive. Personally I'd favour a scheme where a charge is put on the house and its only sold to meet the costs after the death of the owner and spouse.

She can think of it as clawing back overpayments in her salary due to waste in the NHS

Agree the issues are complex. I do find the hypocrisy from some sections of the entitled middle class a bit nauseating though. You get endless resistance to paying tax for public services, especially when 'poor people who haven't contributed as much as me' are involved - but as soon as it comes down to them needing services they want someone else to pay.

Are you suggesting its fairer if other people pay extra tax so you can get free care and keep your money?

I'd really like to see proportional representation for that reason, it would encourage choice and renewal off the two parties system. You could have Corbyn and Farage leading 'extreme' parties with 10% of the seats each, Greens on around 5%, LDs probably c12% and new SDP party on around 20%, the Tories on about 35% hardcore and a fight for the floating voters in the middle.

Pretty much, unless the leavers somehow get control of the Labour name.