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Only 5%? Did you conduct the survey yourself or did you read this statistic in some august journal? Either way, please provide empirical evidence to this claim. Why don't I mention what I see on Russian TV? Because I don't watch it. However as Russian TV is used as a propaganda tool for the Putin regime, it can hardly be considered as objective evidence of a general sentiment. As for the rest of your incoherent and badly composed rant, it would seem that it is you who is only a few bottles away from falling off the metaphorical high horse upon which you are currently sitting.

Have you ever considered that it might be that most Russians find you objectionable?

I had the very good fortune of landing a job in Russia in the early '00s - I ended up living in the Russian far east for 8 years and loved every minute of it. I was always amazed at the level of cultural knowledge that even those did not study beyond secondary level had. You could talk to any Russian about Master and Margarita or Crime and Punishment; they would know the classics in detail, but not only Russian authors. Dickens and Shakespeare, Hemmingway were also widely read. There is an element of truth to the trope that the Russian demeanour is aloof and standoffish, but this is simply the default situation for strangers. Once you are friends with a Russian, they treat you like a brother.

No sweat for the UK's Paedo Prince though...

Read the post I responded to and then reconsider whether you were correct in stating baldly that I am lying. If you still struggle to comprehend what you have read then I don't think we have much more to discuss on this matter.

There are huge swathes of Christianity which hold similar positions. Hatred is bred into people of many backgrounds.

The facts prove that tourists will come regardless of whether we are a monarchy or a republic. So why continue with this affront to democracy that costs us hundreds of millions of pounds every year? Let's get rid of this parasitic institution and put the money it is costing us to good use.

Tourists doing routinely receive an audience with the monarch. They come for the history, palaces and photo opportunities. France is testament to that. We can have that income without having to pay an enormous sum to an already incredibly rich family. How about neither of them, but a person considered suitable by the electorate, and who can be replaced if not?

You seen unable to see options beyond the extremes. The obvious alternative to our undemocratic head of state does not have to be a polarising figure. We do not need to spend hundreds of millions of pounds annually on the cutting of ribbons - we need to spend that money on building the hospitals themselves.

Where do you see this 'debauchery' in Western society? Do you have your own personal definition of debauchery?

If this was, as I suspect, a marketing ploy designed to elevate the books profile, Kudos to whomever came up with the plan.

What is specifically wrong about supporting the emancipation of a downtrodden and abused people?

Give the poor guy a break. He can hardly be expected to clean up the EDL when he is off his face on drugs all the time, can he? "The far-right activist, who has several criminal convictions and in 2014 admitted to possessing 3.48 grams of cocaine with intent to supply, claimed: “No matter where I’ve gone in the world I score … I’ve gone to f***ing Qatar, to Doha, and scored gear on the sesh while they’re all praying. Everywhere mate, every city I’ve gone to.”" Tommy Robinson boasts about scoring drugs and proclaims himself 'king of whole Islam race', in newly emerged video

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Even Wilders himself didn't see that coming, so he can hardly be said to be riding a clear wave of sentiment. I suspect, much like brexit, it's the nutters who won it while the majority are turned off by the rantings of extremists at both ends of the spectrum. I am glad to hear that, after all these years, the objective of brexit has finally been confirmed. But can you expand it beyond nebulous, meaningless soundbites?

Even Wilders himself didn't see that coming, so he can hardly be said to be riding a clear wave of sentiment. I suspect, much like brexit, it's the nutters who won it while the majority are turned off by the rantings of extremists at both ends of the spectrum. I am glad to hear that, after all these years, the objective of brexit has finally been confirmed. But can you expand it beyond nebulous, meaningless soundbites?

The highest profile case I remember was of the South Korean business who was kidnapped by the police. It was a grim story that didn't end well for him but I recall that he was involved in some murky business himself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_and_killing_of_Jee_Ick-Joo?wprov=sfla1 Personally, I have never had and issues in the 10 years I have lived in Manila. I don't live in a gated community although I do live in BGC, probably the most modern and safest part of the metro, and I don't venture too deep into the more salubrious parts of town and I drive a Kia...

The cocaine dealing, woman beating fraudster never misses an opportunity to squeeze more money out of the hard right dullards who are more than happy to throw their cash at those who blow the racist dog whistle. All those nonentities on GBeebies can testify to their generosity.

Haha, I will tell you once I start to generate a lot of income. For now, any would-be robber would be sorely disappointed with my lack of liquidity.

I don't have experience of living or working anywhere but Manila, but in my line of business that's where we need to be. Salaries are naturally higher in Manila, and the minimum wage is also higher there than the rest of the country.

I had a further recollection on the capitalisation issue - we made a mistake in capitalising so low at the outset. When we eventually had to recapitalise, we needed to show 10M in the bank for, I think, 40 days. That was a huge sum for us which we simply didn't have so we had to borrow at an exorbitant interest rate for those 40 days. The moral of the story - don't start out cheap if you think you are going to grow.

True and they should be rightly condemned.