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As I posted...I don't accept that BlackRock are influencing leaders to go to war, which seems to be his implied point. I addressed the point, if you have a different opinion, feel free to make it, but I'm not debating it with you.

...or a better time for Israel. There was always going to be a new pipeline.

The bond market is against us for all manner of reasons. Our pension costs, energy sensitivity, debt, general outlook, interest rate risk, etc. As much as I disagree with Ossie's politics re immigration etc, he's right to be concerned about how the bond markets view our outlook. Sure, Trump is fucking the world over, but it's exposing where we're at.

Our posts crossed mate. Whether it's revised, the bond markets are the fortune tellers, and they don't like the look of our tea leaves.

The pound is steady ISH against the dollar, and a wee bit up year on year against the euro. Trump will fight against US interest rate rises so I don't see the dollar strengthening. That said, and despite today's growth figures, the underlying concerns about our economy are worrying. We're ridiculously energy cost sensitive, and debt laden.

Growth better than expected. Excellent result considering the geopolitical situations beyond our control. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5xjlvn71lo

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I'll repeat what you ignored previously... Were you there? If not, all you're doing is posting your opinion. Or to put it another way, what you've convinced yourself is the reality. Please explain how nothing untoward led to injured coppers and damaged property. Or are you saying that's police lies?

The little feature on Chat GPT to turn pics into authentic 80's style pics is brilliant though. Not sure it's worth killing us off for though.

Throwing bricks at buses. Never has there been a more peaceful pastime.

Were you there? If not, all you're doing is posting your opinion. Or to put it another way, what you've convinced yourself is the reality. Re the highlighted part. Please explain how that led to injured coppers and damaged property. Or are you saying that's police lies?

Birds shitting on your car and eating into the paint. Especially on a lease car knowing they'll rinse you when you hand it back.

Indeed. I'm sure many people have had nights out, or days at football back in the day, that weren't entirely peaceful, but everyone avoided getting nicked. Calling them peaceful would be nonsense.

Arrests aren't a barometer. What takes place is.

So not described as peaceful! Notting Hill can fairly be described as mostly peaceful.

Our posts crossed mate. Yep, not as bad as it could have been, so toned down. That said, it wasn't described as peaceful, just mostly.

Yep. That was not a peaceful. I think there's a kind of "it could have been worse, so let's call it peaceful" with a PC approach being taken. Call a shovel a shovel, whoever holds it.

You can't compare a carnival with pockets of incidents with a protest which is essentially an incident in its own right. It's a false equivalence.

Comparisons and false comparisons aren't needed to view something objectively, and through the eyes of decency or common sense. A protest where public servants are hurt, and property is damaged, could only be described as "peaceful" by someone seeking to justify that kind of behaviour as acceptable.

The jump around scene in this week's Ted Lasso. Quality.

I think it's bollox. Sure, there's a war industry, but I don't accept that BlackRock are influencing leaders to go to war, which seems to be his implied point.

Irrelevant mate, no arrests, so it was basically a tea party. Or something.

Are you seriously suggesting that without an arrest, a protest where things get damaged and people hurt, must be described as "peaceful"? What makes it not peaceful, an arrest?

See the post above yours. Your moral compass is more skewed than I thought if you regard a protest where people get injured, and items damaged, as peaceful. By your metric, if you popped down the local and people come in, cause damage, and hurt people, it'd have been a nice peaceful night unless someone got arrested. By a normal person's standards, however, that ain't peaceful.

There wasn't a physical attack on the RNLI folk. Correct. However, there were threats and unnecessary comments of traitor etc. The protest was not peaceful. People do not get injured, and items damaged, in peaceful protests. Sure, it wasn't a riot, but don't kid yourself it was peaceful.