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Politicians might be corrupt. Who'ld have reckoned it ? Do you think for one second think ours are immune ?

Not backing down at all, I stand by my posts on this subject. I simply said the Germans might have done more, as might everybody else. And as for us being in or out of the EU it really has made no difference: countries are free to make their own contributions outside of any group membership they may hold, they are not bound solely to the EU or NATO.

Buckingham Palace is property of The Crown, ie the State, and not the personal property of the Monarch.

And you are the classic example of denying everything that doesn't fit your selected narrative. How exactly is the 4 day SMO going ?

Obviously crisis actors.

That is from September 2021. This is from February 2022; https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/17/instagram-posts/fda-didnt-say-pfizer-misled-them-about-vaccine-saf/ Imagine the traction Alexei might get if he posted something recent and relevant.

The situation isn't funny.

Not at all. But they do run the NHS, and some of the rail franchises.

https://news.paddypower.com/football-news/2022/12/12/england-plan-open-top-bus-to-celebrate-fair-play-trophy-award/

If only the strikes and Government were not connected.

What happens if a keeper is sent off during a shoot out?

Scoring a hat trick in a WC final and losing. How gutting.

But could he deliver the goods at Oakwell on a freezing February evening ?

Can they ?

There are quite a few complications. One which came out when Mick Lynch appeared before a Commons Committee was a question as to why engineering staff at Euston and King's Cross could not pool equipment. The reason was that they are operated by different franchises who have bought separate maintenance systems which are incompatible.

Totally so.

Our son has just cashed out a £5 free bet on Buildabet, based on goals, yellow cards, and scorers, for £47 on his wife's advice. Edit: if he had left it on, the third yellow would have lifted it to £137.

Certainly not. Trains from Pompey are full of them.

Your point was about the DLR, which has no drivers, but does have 'passenger services assistants ' on board to check tickets, control the doors, and respond to incidents.

Would you get on a 150 mph, hundreds of tons, juggernaut knowing there was nobody in the cab ?

I don't see any benefit in an anti-European post - Brexit dick measuring contest as to who does what in support of Ukraine. What matters is that every EU and NATO member is contributing something, as are many, many, other countries around the globe. Of course Germany could do more; so could the French, the Spanish, and probably even the UK, but considering Germany's history think of the visuals of them intervening in a war that is supposedly being fought by Russia against Nazism, ( I know that assertion is bollocks but the Russians and their supporters would love it ). Also, remember that Germany was a prime mover in instigating the 1917 Russian Revolution. Politics, especially International politics, is a murky business, and even uniting, at face value, the Western nations in support of Kyiv will have involved a lot of issues being suppressed for the sake of presentation.

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Cross fertilisation from the Russia thread; Why the invasion happened With 85 genders, how do you name them once you have run out of letters ?