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The counter argument being that Iran's extremist regime can never be trusted. A regime that terrorises it's own citizens. Lifting sanctions gave the regime more funds to sponsor their proxy warfare in the region, and probably enabled them to continue the development of nukes in secret. Also the JCPOA 'sunset' clauses meant that Iran would be free to develop nukes at a later date.

Sounds like it was a lovely bunch of people who were killed at the consulate annex in Damascus. As well as the IRGC leaders who terrorise their own Iranian citizens and plotted the Oct 7th attack, there was also the quaintly named Palestinian Islamic Jihad. It must make you feel warm inside defending these pillars of the world community. According to Iranian officials, they were meeting with members from Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a militant group active in the Gaza strip. That day, the Iranian consulate annex building in the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_bombing_of_the_Iranian_embassy_in_Damascus#:~:text=According to Iranian officials%2C they,destroyed by an Israeli airstrike.

I almost spat my tea out then! Now I know you're just on a wind up 🙄

Fact is we're not facing the disaster that many predict (wish for): On 5 February, the OECD published updated forecasts for the world economy. The OECD said that global growth was resilient in 2023, with inflation falling faster than expected. Modest global growth is forecast for 2024 and 2025. The OECD forecasts UK GDP to grow by 0.7% in 2024 and by 1.2% in 2025 (unchanged from its previous forecast made in November). http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN02784/assets/39a3d50a-49be-4a0d-a804-c818cca109a6.png It won't let me paste the table!! But the UK is well positioned versus Italy, France, Germany and the Eurozone for 2024

Where did you get that 90% figure from? There are some people who might not realise that Covid and two major wars are the things causing the financial crisis, and they might be easily persuaded by remoaners to blame Brexit. But I'm sure the majority are smarter than that. 90% 🤦‍♂️

I'm also in the UK and I agree prices are much higher and people are struggling. The ONS data shows that inflation is slowing and wages are rising, but it'll take a while before the people really feel the benefit. I agree with you that the global Covid lockdowns caused massive financial damage that might take decades to recover from. It's amazing that people seem surprised about what happens when you shut down the economy for months and print loads of money.

You're thinking of Core CPI which is a different measure. Core CPI (excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco) https://cy.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/consumerpriceinflation/march2024

Here you go. Don't tell your tik tok friends, they'll be upset https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/articles/ukconsumerpriceinflationbasketofgoodsandservices/2024 CPIH weight, February 2024³ (per cent) Observed variation in price changes¹ Representative items² ³ (per cent of total) 1 Food & non-alcoholic beverages 9.1 Medium 25 2 Alcohol & tobacco 3.2 Low 4 3 Clothing & footwear 4.7 High 12 4 Housing & household services 29.9 High 4 5 Furniture & household goods 5.0 Low 10 6 Health 2.1 Low 3 7 Transport 10.9 Low 7 8 Communication 1.9 Medium 2 9 Recreation & culture 11.5 High 17 10 Education 2.4 Low 1 11 Restaurants & hotels 11.7 Low 6 12 Miscellaneous goods & services 7.5 Low 10

When will you remoaners ever learn. The massive improvement is that we're no longer answerable to a bunch of no names in Brussels. The fact that we've fared no worse than other EU countries throughout the disastrous Covid lockdowns and two major wars is a huge bonus!

They don't strip out food and energy prices. You need to come off tik tok.

BoE target inflation rate is 2%, with a 1% max divergence either side, so effectively anywhere between 1% and 3% is acceptable.

No I don't. I mean if Hamas had the means they would DELIBERATELY wipe all Jews off the map. And all other 'infidels' for that matter. That is different from Israel targeting Hamas and killing civilians in the process. Neither are good, but the Hamas' mandate and intentions (and despicable actions) should concern you at least as much as the Gaza casualties.

I understand what you're saying, and sadly it was bound to happen due to the intolerance of that other religion. It's a sad world we live in when one religion continues to use fear tactics to silence it's critics. And on that guys views about LGBT etc., I don't think an Islamist would take issue with that considering the way they would like gays to be dealt with.

"Yet billions of people are still fighting and killing each other in the name of their religions gods." One particular religion seems to be involved in every conflict / act of religious violence. Thankfully some western leaders are finally being honest about this (re the impact of the influx to their own countries). Even EU leaders are starting to take it seriously.

From what I've read the League of Nations approved the mandate for a Jewish state in the early 1920s, and when the League of Nations was dissolved in 1946 that mandate rolled over to the UN.