Chomper Higgot

Yes, let the court decide.

Well yes they did, but it was the British Government that was governing Northern Ireland, they never repeated their earlier mistake of enacting martial law and there was no declaration of war. The province was under civil law at the time of the killings. There is no credible claim of ‘war crimes’ but likewise there is no recourse to any defense under military/martial law.

I don’t think there is any suggestion of ‘war crimes’, rather unlawful use of lethal force/unlawful killing. There was no declaration of war and civil law was in force at the time of the killings.

Which omits some facts about application for school places. The window for application is September through October of the year preceding the school year when a placement is sought. The announcement of the removal of the VAT exemption flaws made on July 6. Plenty of time for parents to submit their applications in September through October for this coming year’s placements. ““For September 2025, 664 on-time applications were received from Surrey residents with children in the independent sector, compared with 608 for September 2024, a rise of 56.” Refer link I provided above.

It’s about some ‘veterans’ facing criminal prosecution. It’s not about your issues with LBGT and immigrants. Give yourself a nudge, you’re stuck in a groove.

Except there’s the matter of tax free allowance and no VAT on the big ticket items for people on incomes of 30K: food, most rents, mortgages. You might want to go easy on teaching math.

Except there isn’t the exodus the rightwing has been claiming would be inevitable: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/10/no-exodus-to-state-sector-after-vat-added-to-private-school-fees-say-english-councils

Congratulations, you managed to vomit your both your LGBT and your immigrant fixations into a topic that isn’t about either.

How about you present some actual facts rather than your bare faced lie that Ukraine is not a country.

I don’t want any more to die. How much more encouragement to invade other countries do you wish to provided Putin, or indeed any other tyrant?

The ‘only following orders’ defense. Where have heard that before?

Counterfactual garbage.

I think not caving to Putin and providing Ukraine with the military and financial assistance they need, rather than withdrawing that assistance, is a good start.

No I’m making the factual observation that Trump is nice again doing exactly what Putin wants. I’m blaming Trump because it is Trump who is choosing to do Putin’s bidding.

But but but Obama …. Biden.

I believe the original plan was 3 days. How did that go?

Yup, Trump doing exactly what Putin wants. Again.

I’ve no idea. I’m in Thailand. What does your hunch tell you about the veterans who are planning nationwide protests for March 14?

I don’t think there’s evidence it’s ‘lefties’. But there is definitely evidence that large numbers of people are not happy with the mess Trump and Musk are making. Steve Barron, who is not a ‘leftie’ is vociferous in his criticism of Musk, DOGE and the betrayal of Trump’s election promises. He refers to Musk as ‘a parasitic illegal immigrant’. Meanwhile Veterans are planning nationwide protests for 14 March. You might need to revise your ‘blame the lefties’ thing; https://bloomingtonian.com/2025/03/06/veterans-called-to-rally-nationwide-on-march-14-2025-in-protest-of-project-2025-and-va-cuts/

Nice to get you on record that 3-10% inflation is dumb.

In the meantime not a good time to own a Tesla, certainly not a good time to park it in the street.

Here you go: https://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1415 https://www.newsweek.com/us-faces-new-axis-evil-iran-china-russia-mitch-mcconnell-1836775

Or an axis to suck up to. Forgive me, I’ a few days late. Let me be the first to welcome you to the forum, it’s always nice to at least have the possibility of hearing new points of view.

Economist Gary Stevenson provides an explanation of why and how that is happening. It has nothing to do with immigrants.

Correct. But as I stated both Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell both used the term differently. I expect it will be used again in the future.