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The WP are now reporting that the FBI recovered TS/SCI documents from Mar a Largo relating to nuclear weapons secrets and to the nuclear secrets and capabilities of another nation. Trump’s American supporters can now contemplate the seriousness of his crimes. Trump’s non American supporters can no contemplate the possibility that it’s their own country’s nuclear secrets Trump had stollen. The question still remains, who else got to see these TS/SCI documents?
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Enoch Powell, he wasnt wrong in his forecast !
Chomper Higgot replied to CharlieH's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
The anti immigrant camp can’t keep the British public from opening their hearts to people from different cultures. Enoch Powell’s message of hate and fear was wrong, the ‘whip hand’ he referred to turned out to be wielding a ‘cream whisk’ and the British public loved the ‘whisker’, almost 15 million following her on TV. From mum doing some home baking, to much loved TV personality. The racist Enoch Powell got it completely wrong. He, his admirers and defenders blinded by racism to the vast majority of good stories. Here’s just one example, of integration and contribution to a better UK, there are millions more. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/world/europe/muslim-winner-of-baking-contest-defies-prejudice-in-britain.html -
And she’s already on her first U-Turn. ‘No handouts to help with energy bills’ has just swung around to be ‘tax funded handouts’. It’s to be noted this ‘tax’ is going to be levied on everyone, rather than a windfall tax on the energy companies. So energy company profit is protected by handing taxes to consumers to pay high bills to energy companies. With the Tories was it ever thus.
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It’s started already.
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I started cycling proper on 10 gears, a double clanger on the front and a 5 speed block on the back. My rear block was perhaps some combination between 11~23. When I got my first team bike it had an block combination ranging from 11-25 and 42:53 front rings but that was for riding in the alps. My time trial bikes had straight through 11-17 blocks with a single 53 front ring. Of course on the track (and some restricted gear time trials) it was always fixed gear. These days I ride 11speed cassettes with a double front clanger. Over flat(tish) terrain I use an 11~25 cassette, hilly areas I use 11~29 both with a 39:53 front combination. For real mountains I use 11~32 with a 50:34 front combination. I’m a fan of the wider gear selections, especially here in the north of Thailand where roads often take the most direct route over hills. It’s an ambition of mine to go back and ride around Albertville where I used to race, I’d like to see if I can still get up those hills (albeit with 22 low gears to get me there).
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Enoch Powell, he wasnt wrong in his forecast !
Chomper Higgot replied to CharlieH's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
Which is a change I, and many others, would welcome. I believe the historical reason is the Church was marrying people before the state existed. In France they had an ‘out with the old, in with the new’ thing. -
Enoch Powell, he wasnt wrong in his forecast !
Chomper Higgot replied to CharlieH's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
That’s specifics of each, but M Mc is correct, religious laws/courts are private settlements between consenting adults, if either is not happy with the outcome they can take their case to the national courts AND the religious courts may not infringe the UK’s human rights laws/treaties. I’d personally like to see this taken a bit further, as in France, where all religious law settlements, including marriage, are permitted but only binding and legally accepted when ratified by a national law judge/magistrate. -
Enoch Powell, he wasnt wrong in his forecast !
Chomper Higgot replied to CharlieH's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
Not at all, I have up to date first hand experience of being in the UK, it’s not the kind of knowledge available from watching videos. I have explained this to you multiple times. —— From my first hand and very recent experience I do not recognize any of Enoch Powell’s racist predictions to be present in the UK. I found the UK to be peaceful, friendly and blessed with a remarkable sense of community. People from all kids of backgrounds struggling with multiple government failure but doing their best and many, from all kinds of backgrounds, taking time and making an effort to help others less fortunate than themselves. Nothing at all like Enoch Powell’s racist diatribe predicted. -
It’s not simply the size of the population, but also the age and health profile. The cost of healthcare for millions suffering diseases related to obesity and the costs of care for the elderly are outstripping the abysmal productivity that is supposed to pay for it. The NHS and social care for the elderly are in crisis, not just funding but also through the lack of staff and healthcare professionals. There is money available, but it’s currently deemed off limits.
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Enoch Powell, he wasnt wrong in his forecast !
Chomper Higgot replied to CharlieH's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
Again, I don’t watch your videos. I’ve explained this multiple times to you. -
Enoch Powell, he wasnt wrong in his forecast !
Chomper Higgot replied to CharlieH's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
Your post is still a available, and I’ve made my comment on it, you acknowledged my response. No need for you to try to keep it afloat. Now back to topic. I was in the UK this summer, never spotted a single immigrant wielding ‘the whip hand’, can’t say I recognized anything to be true in Powell’s racist diatribe. -
Enoch Powell, he wasnt wrong in his forecast !
Chomper Higgot replied to CharlieH's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
So you admit, no food banks, he never referred to them. You were off topic, and trying to keep that bitter missive of yours afloat. -
Enoch Powell, he wasnt wrong in his forecast !
Chomper Higgot replied to CharlieH's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
You made the direct assertion of views I have never expressed. You of course cannot back up those false assertions with quotes from me, because they do not exist. But you can’t bring yourself to retract your false assertions. No amount of dodging is going to get you off the hook. You have demonstrated your willingness to lie about the views others hold and refuse to withdraw those lies when challenged. Now what was it you were saying earlier about your honesty? -
Enoch Powell, he wasnt wrong in his forecast !
Chomper Higgot replied to CharlieH's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
Can you please provide a link to comments I have made to back up the assertions you have made in this post: 1. That ‘I want more [foreigners] in’? 2. That I personally have my ‘foreign types’. 3. That I ‘want more of [these foreign types] in the UK’. I’ll await your confirmation with a link to my comments, or in the absence of you being able to find such comments made by me, a retraction of your unfounded assertions. I’m not holding my breath, but I do have faith in your earlier claims to honesty. -
Enoch Powell, he wasnt wrong in his forecast !
Chomper Higgot replied to CharlieH's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
Did Enoch Powell predict that in 2022 millions of People in the UK wouldn’t be able to eat regularly? Did Enoch Powell predict that in 2022 over two million people in the UK would be relying on food banks to feed themselves and their families? Or are you wandering off topic again in an attempt to keep that bitter rant of yours afloat? Sad.