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That would be some kind of argument (a dishonest one) if any of it were true. It isn't. British companies bribe with the worst of them. So you're presumably happy, nonetheless, to see this cosy, corrupt dealmaking continue so long as it's 'good for Britain' when these UK-built weapons are turned on unarmed street demonmstrators and citizens?

Politican unhappy with BBC. What a surprise.

Horrible news. And sad to hear about the misdiagnosis. Time is precious with this disease.

Agreed. The British defence industry is deeply rooted in Whitehall and Whitehall is deeply rooted in the defence industry. The appalling terms of trade in the carriers contracts have everything to do with these cosy relationships and practically nothing to do with political parties. In a way, Labour is even more spooked by defence-industry lobbying (often done by ex-civil servants) to the effect that ' if you block deal X, it is against British national interests.' It is this unbelievably hypocritical and cynical - and quite false - equivalence between the interests of the defence industry and the national good that has led to a situation where we suddenly 'discover' that British weaponry and defence technology is turned on the citizenry of Middle Eastern dictatorships, despite cast-iron 'guarantees' (!) that they wouldn't be. And we lap this garbage up. Such is the effectiveness of the defence industry lobbyists in perpetuating this myth that we even have had threads on lowly football message boards decrying the threat of prosecution against BAe for corruption in dealing with these same (now thankfully tumbling) potentates.

It's a quick easy way to get rid of Cameron/Clegg. I presume Miliband will be installed shortly afterwards?

I'm not sure this is logically possible. But with U2, some exceptions can be made to the normal rules of turd physics.

There hasn't. But being in an active war zone isn't a lifestyle choice. And expats must be saved. They are the world's most precious commodity.

You're just wrong on this. Network is as strangely relevant today as when it was made 35 years ago, and the ending is no more crazy, in a way, than what precedes it.

Basket cases like HMV rely on the principle that there's one born every minute.

And you think that is evidence that a 'minority group' member is guaranteed an interview regardless of whether he or she is qualified?

And your evidence for this is...?

Misery

I have. Here are the results. 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% Cubed.

Like watching a slow-motion car crash between two Robin Reliants.

Yes, but when your wife overspends, you don't pay off the bill by printing money. Or do you...?

I see you and raise: Today's figures will ease fears that borrowing is in danger of overshooting forecasts set by the tax and spending watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), and could add weight to arguments against the size of the coalition's package of austerity measures, which includes £81 billion-worth of spending cuts. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britains-public-finances-eased-by-tax-haul-2222134.html

Films made by the Nazis might be quite a short thread. Not that they didn't make hundreds of them - I just don't think they played at the Odeon much. Triumph of the Will is interesting though, as an artfully composed glimpse into a mass psychosis.

Apparently Gadaffi has scarpered to Venezuela, taking his little piece of **** son with him. I wonder if that means al-Megrahi gets sent back to the UK for medical treatment?

I remember one game - a 4-4 draw at Carrow Road, I think - where Danny Wallace single-handedly ripped the opposition apart. He may even have scored all our goals - can't quite remember. Our defence was obviously not so hot.

So how do you do that without breaching copyright?

Oh I agree. I wouldn't want to get between you and your mutual fluffer dune.

Does this mean you won't be my netfriend?

My suspicion is that's the best you can do.

Nothing whatsoever. You are a void.

Well it already has of course, since most of the weapons used against protesters seem to have originated in the 'entrepreneurial' mind of some wonderkind in BAe. And the West has been heavily implicated in reinforcing the very corrupt regimes that are now crumbling. I think the question is how much the modify their interference.