badgerx16

Probably that the Grauniad hasn't yet spotted it.

That you don't get it ?

Again I ask, how does REPUBLICANISM, a situation enjoyed by the majority of the world's population, and specifically endorsed by the "Land of the Free", equate to COMMUNISM ?

Maggie T reputedly remarked in an interview with Brian Walden that if the Queen was permitted to vote, she would vote for a Social Democratic party.

"We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown," Courtesy of the Declaration of Independence.

How does republicanism equate to communism ? The biggest right wing collective on earth, the US of A, is a republic - they rejected the germans in the 1770's.

wimples

"Royalty pollutes people's minds. Honest men start bowing and bobbing just because someone's grandad was a bigger murdering bastard than theirs was." Terry Pratchett sums it up perfectly.

That is when you discount all the Scottish, German, Danish, and Greek blood in his parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.

stardust

If we cannot find a way to ease them completely out of the way, I'd go with this. Chuck is a joke, and the longer Lillibet can be kept with a pulse, the better. I also hope he has better luck with his marriage than his dad, his auntie Anne, his uncle Andrew, his great aunt Margaret, etc, etc. I suppose they do truly represent modern Britain in one way, they are quite dysfunctional.

mercury

You are obviously a great intellectual.

I repeat, stop living in the past, it only makes you bitter, as it's something you cannot get back to. The world has moved on, for better or worse, and so should you. Alternatively, keep spouting your drivel - maybe I should learn my lesson and just put you on ignore. Rhodes and Smith are dead and gone, let them lie, they are yesterday's men.

As opposed to the indigenous population, whose ancestors lived on the land for hundreds of years before that despot Rhodes started building his own vision of empire. From one perspective, Mugabe is merely doing on behalf of the Kikuyu, what we did on behalf of 'settlers'. Both positions are wrong. And as for defending 'british ancestry', there are plenty of Argentinians who have Welsh blood. Which side were they on in 1982 ? Stop living in the past, it only makes you bitter, as it's something you cannot get back to. The world has moved on, for better or worse, and so should you.

As ever, the politics of greed and self interest. Capitalism shows it's true colours.

That worked out well !!!

I would accept British involvement as part of a legitimate UN intervention. Going in alone, or on the coat tails of the yanks, would only make more of a mess. In my view it's really an OAU issue, they just need to develope some balls.

miss

Would there be any economic benefit for British mining companies is we did ?

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kinder

The problem with Dune's position is that what he is espousing is that we should encourage a change to a regime that permits us to exploit the resources of Burma, to the benefit of British mining company balance sheets. What they need is a Government that itself controls the exploitation of the nation's resources, and maintains control of the economic exchange with the west such that the primary beneficiaries are the Burmese, not the FTSE100. We should also accept that the "democracy" some of the lesser nations come up with might not be entirely to our liking. The main concern is that it works for them, nor for us.

Isn't that still being ket up their sleeves by the press ? Somethng, possibly ( or possibly not ) to do with drinking, or punches being thrown, or the wrong aftershave, ......

"Always with those negative vibes, Moriarty".