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Purdey

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  1. It is about time that countries moved away from money politics and put a cap on donations, with zero being the cap for foreigners.
  2. Go America. No need for immigrants. Asian American teens lead US to international math olympiad victory U.S. Places First at International Mathematics Competition in U.K. - News - Carnegie Mellon University https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP._HoEzDjTeglS6uqyzrM-eQHaIk?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain
  3. OK. Free school lunches expanded to seven-to-11-year-olds. Froze many transport fares for a year - for the fifth time. His environment policies were what got him the Green Party votes. Ulez is putting an end to vehicle pollution. He can justifiably claim credit for improving the capital’s air quality and reducing the amount of toxic pollutants threatening the health of Londoners Supported the planting of tens of thousands of trees Record numbers of new council homes Got The Superloop, the Night Tube and the Elizabeth Line all up and running, increasing convenience for Londoners. The highly popular Hopper bus fare. The policy allows Londoners to make unlimited journeys on buses and trams for just £1.75 within an hour of tapping in. More than 1,400 zero-emission buses on London’s roads He created a 170% increase in the number of public electric vehicle charge points. London now has more than 11,000 — a third of the UK’s total. Increased training for unemployed youths I think people who live in London, much like those who live in Bangkok, appreciate mayoral efforts to clean the place up. All these points can be googled.
  4. I understand that he wants to expel illegal migrants, starting with those who committed criminal offenses. However, he mentioned 20 million illegal migrants, a number not backed by data. He did say they can apply for entry after they are outside the borders. Trump's Agenda: Deportation - FactCheck.org He wants to use the military. Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations - ABC News But he cannot use the military against civilians on the streets, so it will be hard to achieve. What is the Insurrection Act? | CNN Politics
  5. After eight years as mayor during a period of Tory government national control, I guess he must have done something right.
  6. I guess letting the facts speak for themselves is pointless in this discussion, because, of course, they aren't facts to some.
  7. One way glass? I expect that is too expensive. Who wants to see them anyway?
  8. Use AI robots wherever possible. The radiation absorbed by humans just traveling to Mars will make them impotent. If a robot dies a fiery death, people will just shrug it off but as with the Challenger disaster, people will ask if space exploration is necessary for people. Even if we could make faster than light travel doable, the spaceships would lose contact with mission control eventually. Let AI discover aliens.
  9. I presume they were found guilty of people smuggling only, hence the three year sentences. Doesn't look like a rape sentence.
  10. I think Hamas is waiting to hear from Musk. They want the organ grinder not the monkey.
  11. Wish they would compare with statistics for the last three years on a daily basis. Then we would know if it is getting better or worse. It might help if people knew how many died from injuries later. Making the driving test harder would just result in more envelopes passed to the examiner. Sad.
  12. Drums of radioactive waste too. Never mind. You can't stop it.
  13. If Farage doesn't even want to meet those who voted for him in the last election what is he planning? He met Trump more than his voters. Once he starts meeting people who don't throw drinks at him what will they think?
  14. I expect the Canadians will burn down the White House again.
  15. "the average person ingests about 5 grams of plastic every week—about the weight of a credit card." Already shown not to be true. https://www.coastalpollutiontoolbox.org/112121/index.php.en#:~:text=Is Note that not one single sentence in Forbes says plastic causes cancer or any particular distress. It simply days that there is plastic in the body. Ask those women with enhanced breasts for instance. There are many particles in the body. Only that doesn't sell magazines. Remember "by 2030 there will be more plastic than fish in the sea"? The scientist who researched plastic entering the seas did not say it. Ellen McArthur made it up. (Ask her who counted the fish). Arsenic and cyanide can be found in the food we eat but you don't get many people who worry about it.
  16. Funny that we used to complain about PM2.5. Before that it was petrol fumes. Before that smog. When I read about asbestos I wondered why it is still being used in some countries. Plastic surgery using silicon seems ok but plastic bottles not. Most reports refuse to name the plastic found in people except to say it must be bottles. Yet fibers are much more of a problem. Wash clothes and the fibers rub off. It is all very confusing and I await scientists to say exactly which plastics are being found in the body and exactly what they cause.
  17. You have to understand. There are a lot of dogs and cats left.
  18. I heard some modern countries have home detention with ankle bracelets.
  19. I got free jabs and tested positive but felt perfectly normal. No symptoms. The vaccine may have helped. As for not getting it without jabs, I am sure not everyone used to get polio if they were not vaccinated. I wouldn't want to take the chance.
  20. Sending them home will be expensive in some cases. $354 one way from New York to New Delhi. $780 to Pretoria.
  21. No motorcycles but bicycles allowed.
  22. Conversely I would allow preteens to use bicycles on pavements/footpaths as they are too young for roads.
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