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Thailand might have been 1st, but the votes from all the miserable farangs held it back to 7th?

What sports are going to be hosted there?

Read my reply on your reply to fredwiggy.

My main memory is absolutely NOT this, it ranks quite low on a list of my memories of that trip - but mentioning all of those would be off-topic and there's enough facts around for people to learn for themselves. But it is a comment that adheres to the OP's title, namely "denial". Calling out some hypocrisy is all. Doesn't mean I'm anti-Israeli either. 🙄

You make a good point on men and women playing together. Hockey has plenty of mixed events, and even at least one international. The international is played with normal rules, but the selectors are sensible and won't pick idiots. A local mixed league where I live bans any player from hitting the ball to keep it more safe. This league operates year after year, so it works well!

Oh for goodness sake. I said "One thing that still stands out" not "the only thing that stands out"! Why don't you read things properly rather than defaulting to being a troll?

The old trams got ripped out in 1956. New service opened in 2014, which most folks in Edinburgh felt was not needed and a waste of money as the bus network is so good. A couple of links for you to have a look at and reminisce! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Edinburgh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Trams

Nothing but a vanity project. Nearly as bad as the Edinburgh trams.

Interesting to see how low the USA compares with other western countries, Israel not faring well too. https://rsf.org/en/index

Yeah, fully deserved. I used this terminal a few weeks ago and it truly is world class. Well done Vietnam!

Totally agree. This police visit happened due to political pressure, and happened under a Conservative Government; a government that was full of looney lefties that allowed wakers to run rampant.

Why did it need the UK Supreme Court to give this judgement for the UK sports bodies to start to see the obvious?

I went to Auschwitz about 12 years ago. A very sobering trip. I did a group guided tour, led by an Israeli lady. One thing that still stands out to me today was her admission that many Israeli schools teach their children that it was only Jews who died at Auschwitz. Obviously a historically innaccurate fact, although of course the vast, vast majority were in fact Jews. https://www.auschwitz.org/en/history/the-number-of-victims/overall-numbers-by-ethnicity-or-category-of-deportee/

Yeah, zero chance that 100% of crimes being stopped with this. But if 1% could be? Or just 1? May not be worth the money if just 1.

Hope she makes a full recovery, it sounds like she will. I wonder if she won her game of hide-and-seek?

How long in jail did there people get? 😂. And, sorry, I couldn't resist using the coffee emoji...

Oh dear Kemi & Sir Kier!! I'm sure they'll say something about it being a by-election and council elections and it's the General Election that matters, but the people are speaking; either by not turning up to vote or by voting Reform. WAKE UP!!! Still more votes to count of course... https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c39jedewxp8t

Glad that nobody is hurt, especially the firefighters.

RIP. Very sad. I'll be travelling on this highway soon.

Interesting article in light of the US tariffs. I tried to find what they are exporting (didn't spend too long though). Found a wiki article that seems to be several years out of date - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Cambodia

So very sad.

Really? I think you are comparing apples with elephants. Two wholly different statistics. Yes there were a lot of illegal entries, but they were stopped and sent back. Apart from the 9 mentioned in the OP that the immigration authorities stopped but released for the reasons given. So, different statistics. As for the mathematics? I don't expect a politician to be accurate of wholly honest on pretty much anything, so I would never bother to check their maths. Of course, that's 9 that they know about, there might have been many others who have totally evaded the authorities, we don't know that and neither would the politician; and even if they did they wouldn't likely admit to it.

Good and sensible comments from this Norwegian. Let's hope the UK Government listens and uses common sense on this matter. Second sentence hopefully conveys a feeling of irony to the readers...

This first part of the quote is laughable. That spokesman surely can't think that anyone in the planet believes him? The second part of the quote is far more positive. The media can go back to that spokesman whenever any prison officer gets hurt to remind him that the Ministry of Justice has not in fact done whatever it takes to protect their hardworking staff. Must have been a wet behind the ears junior who gave that quote.

The Rwanda deal must surely be easy to get done? Just scratch out the letters 'U' & 'K', then add USA. That way the UK will have paid for all the ground work to be done, and the USA can enjoy a bit of freeloading off of the UK for a change, rather than the other way round? 😂🤭