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And neither should it, or will it. The suggestion that they'd be selective about who they'd help is ridiculous. I'm staggered that it's even a discussion that the RNLI, or frankly anyone, should or shouldn't help certain people at sea. That they were escorted into our waters by the French is the disgrace, not that they were helped when they got there.

Ah, gotcha, my point addressed the lifeboat/ops.

If I was right leaning I'd probably say that too. Agreed re the second part.

We'll never know what happened...if it was Russia or Mossad (on the day we announced sanctions against Israel), that wouldn't be revealed.

Eh? What does this have to do with lifeboat operators being willing to assist a boat where the lives of these on board are endangered?

Nope, but I'd imagine they've learned from it. Not repeating the mistake is surely a good thing...

I'm not that any lifeboat operator would have an issue intervening to assist a boat filled with people in danger in its waters. Politics shouldn't and wouldn't come into it.

Worth a watch to see below the headline. It was never about the hostages.

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

Rise

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.