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The 1960s and 70s weren't violent, not compared with previous decades anyway. There were 57,400 British casualties on a single day in the Battle of the Somme. WW2 killed 60million people, Korea another 1.5 million, Pol Pot 30% of the population. My point isnt really about Islamic terrorism (average c25 deaths per year in Europe), more to do with the fact we seem to have lost sight of what is a real danger and what isnt.

Merely pointing out a bit of perspective is needed. The numbers of Europeans dying from war and terrorism are a record low. You're 20 times more likely to die falling down the stairs

Did you hit your wife? It seems to be her fault.

The Russians would have been warned in advance so that they could avoid Russian casualties - which would have complicated the politics. The target was the airfield but the objective was to send a massive warning to Russia. It seems to have worked - their spokesman said last night Assad was effectively disposable.

Its quite reassuring - that he is capable of being persuaded despite previous positions.

You don't seem to know the meaning of either hypercritical or hypocritical - you're getting it mixed up with consistency. The loony lefty snowflake libtards were the biggest critics of Britain cosying up to Gadaffi and King Abdullah.

Better than being hypocritical. Going to be seeing a lot more of that outside the EU. Probably half the world's countries are lead by ****s. Compromise our principles on child labour, death squads and export of Wahabbism for a couple of billion of trade? Sure np.

You (should) know you've lost the plot when the Daily Mail is to the left of you. "Duterte tells human rights campaigners he will KILL THEM for interfering with his bloody war on drug pushers in the Philippines" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3990768/

Good to know we've got the A Team on the job. Sucking up to those nice people leading the Philippines and Saudi Arabia is so much preferable to dealing with those despicable Germans and Swedes. "Liam Fox’s declaration of “shared values” with Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines leader whose war on drugs has killed 7,000 people, has prompted dismay about the government’s approach to human rights as it seeks post-Brexit trade deals. The international trade secretary, who will also visit Malaysia and Indonesia on his trip, said in an article published in local media that he wanted Britain to build a stronger relationship with the Philippines based on “a foundation of shared values and shared interests”. As Fox visited the Philippines, Theresa May was in Saudi Arabia as part of a wider government effort to shore up the UK’s trading position after Brexit. Speaking to the BBC, she refused to criticise the government’s bombardment of Yemen, which is estimated to have killed more than 10,000 civilians and displaced more than 3 million people. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/04/liam-fox-meets-philippine-president-rodrigo-duterte

"Mihir Sharma, senior fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, said “an absurd amount of Commonwealth nostalgia” has informed the pre- and post-Brexit referendum debate in the UK. “Using the Commonwealth to generate the kind of economic relationships that Britain would like is simply not going to happen,” he said. Kavaljit Singh, director of New Delhi’s Madhyam think-tank, added:*“It is not going to be as simple as recreating the empire. If it was, India would have signed a new bilateral investment treaty (instead of letting it lapse).” Ministers have tried for years to promote trade between India and the UK. But despite repeated visits by David Cameron, the former prime minister, and his successor Theresa May, bilateral trade has remained largely flat. During the past five years, trade between the two countries*has fallen from*$15.7bn a year to $14bn. The latest figures show just 1.7 per cent of British exports go to India, slightly less than goes to Sweden and a fraction of the 44 per cent that goes to the EU as a whole.*

So we're keeping free movement (who'd have thought?). At least we've got control and the whole thing isn't a cluster**** waste of time and credibility.

I've never said they lack inelegance

How about dumb? I had a bit of a sleepless night over that too.

Maybe we were a cross purposes. Agree its retarded - but instead of slapping down Howard No10 backed him. Just unbelievably dumb.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/downing-street-michael-howard-gibraltar-war-spain-uk-territory-brexit-eu-theresa-may-a7664246.html

Might as well threaten all 200 countries then - there are Brits in all of them.

It does. As a country we've been split personality since the bleedin referendum.

Not only incredibly dumb, but not true. It would be like France trying to hold Selsey Bill. Spain would just cut the land route and blockade Gibraltar.

Nope. The euro-sterling exchange rate is almost exactly where it was when they made their decision in 2014. In any event a strong pound would help them atm and for the next three years when they are importing parts but supplying Britain. Its only after that when they are seeking to export that weak sterling would help.

No Wes. Siemens cant be any clearer. They made the decision to invest in 2014. Not last week, not next Tuesday. The decision was based on being part of the single market and the fact they had a three year contract with the UK government to supply the North Sea offshore wind farms. However UK production costs are already too high for exports. If at the end of the North Sea run they have to battle tariffs on top of existing excessive costs then they are off.

and here is the post referendum link from Siemens: Siemens has opened a £310m wind turbine blade factory in Hull with a warning that any EU tariffs will damage its prospects. The plant will create 1,000 jobs to service offshore wind farms...Juergen Maier, Siemens UK chief executive told the FT the original investment decision was made in 2014 with exports in mind. “We have a full order book of British orders for three years. We are ready to export. We have some work to get costs down. If by that point we find that tariffs have offset the cost savings we have made it will be a problem. In a swipe at people who voted for Brexit because they opposed immigration, Mr Maier said in his speech that rather than taking jobs from British people Siemens’ German parent and Danish-based wind business had created them. “This has been . . . German and Danish people helping to create 700 jobs in the UK,” he said. “Without them it would not have been possible.” Hull voted 2:1 to leave the EU yet of the 700 people recruited so far from more than 23,000 applications, 96 per cent live within a 30-mile radius of the city. (Business Minister) Mr Clark said he was listening to Siemens. “I want this factory to expand and export. I have been very clear that the ability to trade without tariffs and bureaucratic impediments with our friends and neighbours on the continent is very important.