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And if they win their national media/ propaganda crows about how great their nation and especially their President is.

From the BBC coverage of the debate about BoJo and Partygate ; "Earlier in the week, senior Tory and former Brexit minister Steve Baker said he was "deeply moved" by the PM's apology in the Commons and wanted to forgive him. He repeats that sentiment today, but says "that spirit of earnest willingness to forgive lasted about 90 seconds" into a meeting Boris Johnson held with his backbenchers later the same day. "[It was] an orgy of adulation, a great festival of bombast, and I cannot bear it," says Baker. "This level of transgression, this level of demand for forgiveness requires more than an apology drawing a line under it and moving on in the way the prime minister sought to do in his interviews." He says both Johnson and his advisers "need to understand this is a permanent stone in his shoe" and those who want to forgive him "want to see permanent contrition"."

Every time anybody posts something you disagree with it is "deeply flawed,". Have you ever thought that on occasion you might be out of touch with the general attitude, and possibly your own position is 'flawed' ? ( Cue response attempting to trigger a circular argument ).

All Russians are ( currently ) 'cunts' in the way all Germans ( between 1939 and 1945 ) were Nazis. Alternatively, the Ukrainians call the Russians 'orcs', Russia is 'Mordor', and Putin is 'Sauron'.

If it maintains a 5% growth it will take many decades. The point is that the quote about having a higher growth rate is a statistical sleight of hand and verbal dissembling.

If MLG would just park his monotonously repetitive "genocidal global flood" nonsense he wouldn't get half the grief he brings upon himself.

It is all about perspective; country #1 has a GDP of £1 per capita and is increasing at 5%, (5p per annum ), country #2 has a GDP of £3 and is growing at 3%, ( 9p per annum ,)- country #1 has a faster growing economy based on one measure, (%), and a slower growing economy by another (net growth)

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There is a sign at the side of the road where a new bypass is being built, which says "You may not see us, we are working in the field". If you are working in the field, why are there stil speed restrictions on the road ?

Christianity - 2.38 billion. Islam - 1.91 billion. Hinduism - 1.16 billion. Buddhism - 507 million. Folk Religions - 430 million. Other Religions - 61 million. Judaism - 14.6 million. MLG - 1

My moral system allows other people to formulate and hold whatever they want to beleive and subscribe to, without fear of my perpetually mocking them for it. The only exceptions I permit myself are violently extremist radical religious zealots, such as ISIS, and you.

Alternatively, because nobody else supports your position of attempting constantly to ridicule personal belief systems because you have a grossly over-inflated sense of moral superiority..

Why does Batman's mask not cover his entire face ? He needs to show the Police that he is white.

Matthew - saying 'God Bless' is a generic statement of empathy, it does not indicate in any way that the person uttering the comment has a particular belief. In similar vein, when somebody sneezes it is a common practice to respond with "Bless you". Why do you seize every opportunity to mock other people's belief systems ? Are you on some sort of crusade, or just an intolerant jerk ?

Because Johnson will not, and was never going to, lead the Tories into the next election.

MLG - for once, stop being a contrarian twat.

I never had Jonnyboy pegged as a Putin shill. Life is full of unexpected twists and turns.

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Not really, in that constituency, as with many, they invariably elect whoever, or whatever, is wearing the blue rosette - the decision is solely that of the constituency party. The same lack of imagination is true for many Labour seats.

As with many MPs it goes to show the poor quality of those being presented as candidates at the polls, and the lack of respect for the electorate that political parties demonstrate.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61134002 Speaking to Broadcasting House on BBC Radio 4, cross-bench peer Lord Hennessy said: "I think we're in the most severe constitutional crisis involving a prime minister that I can remember." He added when Mr Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak were fined on Tuesday, he wrote in his diary that "Tuesday 12 April 2022 will be forever remembered as a dark bleak day for public and political life" and the prime minister had become " great debaser in modern times of decency in public and political life, and of our constitutional conventions".... He said Mr Johnson had turned his position into "an adventure playground for his narcissistic vanity"........ Lord Hennessy said Mr Johnson's decision not to resign showed "complete and utter disdain for the decency of our constitutional conventions". "I cannot remember a day when I have been more fearful for the well-being of the constitution. "It's an assault on not just the decent state of mind which keeps our society open and clean but also on the institutions of the state. "If he's not prepared to do the decent thing... why should anybody else behave decently and properly? The whole decency of our public life turns on this question."

The potential for a referendum in Donetsk and Luhansk was actually just that, a phrase whereby Zelensky said he might not be opposed to some sort of vote to decide the area's future, possibly a national poll. This was said in an effort to revive 'peace' talks with Russia over the region -an area that Russia was deliberately de-stabilising by funding and arming an insurgency. ( Russia did not even recognise the result of the rigged votes that were gerrymandered by the self-declared republics in 2014 ).

True, but McCarthy isn't.