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We're better off with NATO which is based around mutual defence than an EU army doing things the UK could disagree with.

So your argument is something about the bird's hand being in the bush?

I dont want to see the monk pics tho

Yes probably. It would be more interesting if the general public could send in questions. They could still get avoided of course, but the PM would get more criticism for deflecting them and it might generate a bit more light.

Its more that you get pis sy when you cant grasp the issues - just as with the loss of social mobility and working class access to HE discussion. Glasgow, Barry Sanchez, Dune and Alpine can at least understand the arguments.

Amuse-bouche

Wheres the blood? Crisis actors Sickening hypocrisy https://twitter.com/papingu

Reliant

Not as far up as that. Katonah, really lovely town, leafy area on a lake but only an hour from NYC. I drove through from NYC to Ottawa a couple of years ago but would like to go back for a proper look around. Currently in Bedford PA but driving back to NYC this afternoon.

Unless he's different when his mum or other people feed him. if hes the same with everybody you just have to wait but if its just you you can put some kind of strategy in place. My oldest always played up with his mum but never me for some reason.

I spent Sunday and Monday night with friends in upstate NY. Wealthy area, liberal educated people. I stayed in their teenage sons room who was away at college. .22 bullets were lying loose on his desk mixed in with his pens and the rifle was propped in the corner. Okay that isnt the same as a loaded handgun left where kids can get it - but it is typically indicative of how casual the attitude is to weapons.

Jorja was probably seeking revenge for her name.

Okay bad choice of words! I agree with some of the points made, but for me the advantages of the EU far outweigh the disadvantages. The whole world is federalising into trade and political blocs -g ASEAN, NAFTA, Eurasian Economic Community etc. there aint no turning the clock back.

I remember hundreds of thousands of brits going abroad to work in Germany during the deep 1980s recession here when there was mass unemployment and hopelessness. Everyone thought how wonderful the EU was then. No we temporarily have a lower problem here and other Europeans want to come to the UK suddenly it's all a terrible thing.

Its cold, grey and snowing atm

They are neo nazi. They are controlled by the interior ministry instead of the defence ministry for a reason. If you go online you'll see them accusing the Ukraine government of deliberately trying to get them all killed in combat against the rebels whilst protecting the regular army. I wouldnt be surprised if that was true. My point was that yes Ukraine has neo nazis, but far fewer than Russia and they dont influence the government. The rebels in Donetsk are primarily Russian neo nazis. Its a question of degree.

He isnt stupid at all. imo given the location at the Kremlin and timing - the day before a big anti war demonstration in Moscow that Netsov was leading - it was a calculated deliberate point to the west that he doesnt care what we think and can act with impunity.

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"I'm Afraid Putin Will Kill me in the Near Future" Boris Nemtsov 10th February 2015 http://sobesednik.ru/politika/20150210-boris-nemcov-boyus-togo-chto-putin-menya-ubet Russian Politician Nemtsov Shot Dead. 15th February 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31669061

What is the point? where are the 'immense benefits' for the US? Why didn't they get an immense boost to their economy when the dollar became reserve currency in 1921? Why didnt Britain hit a brick wall when we lost those same 'immense benefits' the same year? Why are the US paying higher rates of interest than the UK or Germany if they get to set the interest rates for using dollars? What are the huge benefits of buying oil in your own currency? Quantify it - not more sweeping assertions not based in fact. If you are certain of these immense benefits you can put numbers to them.

Every country does. There are regular auctions of debt. The interest payable (yield) is determined by how long the repayment period is, how good the economic prospects are (including inflation) and the risk of default. If your notion had any credence at all the US would be paying a substantially lower rate of interest than UK, Germany etc. It isnt. Last time I looked UK two year treasuries were being bought at yields (interest rates) of around 0.5%. Thats lower than inflation and why it makes sense for established economies to borrow - its free money.

Presumably disaster befell all those other countries when they ceased to get those 'immense benefits'? No? Presumably when the US dollar became the global reserve in 1921 they got a huge boost to their economy? Err no within a couple of years the great depression had started.

The first sentence is classic Pap nonsense - a failure to understand. Do you really think there is only one place to spend US dollars? So if Russia sells China gas and gets dollars they can only buy US products with the proceeds? c'mon no-one is that thick. The dollar is frequently used as a unit of exchange because it is liquid and relatively stable - more so than the other options. No more no less than that. People can and do use other markers of exchange - including oil, gold, the euro and pound. There have been many other global reserve currencies in the past, including the pound. Its always the currency of the dominant economy of the day and changes over time. As the US has gradually lost its dominance over the past 20 years so the volume of trades denominated in dollars or reserves held by foreign banks has gradually changed. It will continue to change as national economies wax or wane. The end result will largely be zero, apart from a little loss of national prestige. Even the argument that being the reserve currency gives acccess to cheaper debt doesn't hold up. The yield on 10 year British treasuries is frequently cheaper than US. How does the dollar being the reserve currency benefit the US economy? Why is it so vital that the US invades other countries to maintain control of it?

Lets hope he doesn't get a few years knocked off for good behaviour.

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