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I compare Trump's whirlwind of executive orders, policy announcements, and dramatic pronouncements with the UK Labour Party's apparent unpreparedness last summer. https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-labour-party-admits-its-not-ready-for-government-yet/ - December 2023 “We’d be <deleted> if there was an election tomorrow,” party officials say https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68205102 - February 2024, "shadow ministers have been told to submit ideas for the party's manifesto before the end of this week". https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/trackers/is-the-labour-party-ready-for-government https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/09/26/the-sinking-feeling-caused-by-labours-clumsy-start - Sep '24 - Sir Keir Starmer’s personal approval ratings now stand below those of Rishi Sunak. Oh, and then the crazy stuff like winter fuel allowance cuts whilst MPs kept that allowance...

Demon depression. Very sad.

Totally agree.

Then picking up the gun and putting him out of everyone else's misery.

Sad.

So it seems there's an existing agreement in place that made this decision inevitable. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-relief-for-suppliers-to-visiting-forces-notice-431 According to the info on the link this agreement was put in place by the last Conservative Government in 2016, and updated by the last Conservative Government in 2020. That said, I am not in favour of what Rachel did. One example of several I could share is a friend I have in Streatham, south London. Their local government school is close to the bottom of most league tables and is riven with gang and drug-fuelled crime. The family has struggled to send their 2 kids to a better school; they can no longer afford to do so after this tax imposition.

Th OP states that Israel paid for these. So, the USA was contractually obliged to send them? So they should send them. If there was a mistake in this, was it for the USA to accept this purchase order? Once they've taken Israel's money the USA should have honoured the contract,. Like it or not.

I doubt Johnny Walker will be there as it isn't American, but I like ur post!

I'll maybe try to come up with something for FOX & MSNBC later.😂

I thought that 'Heil' was an accolade for someone slightly right of centre? Perhaps Komrade Keir? By the way, I'm neither for nor against Starmer, not sure I'm too 'for' any politician right now.

I went to Palawan last year, El Nido. Nice place, if a little touristy, but I'd happily recommend it. I flew to there from Cebu, a much better option than going through the crazily badly organised Manila Airport. It depends where you are coming from for your international flight, I am able to fly direct to Cebu from where I am. I agree on the comments about Clark too, that's a decent airport too. I've also been to Kalibo (down the road from Boracay). Quiet but friendly. I was the only foreigner there, but I felt welcome. I found a web site that has some good info on it; a lot of it is on the girls side of Philippines, but it has some very good info on suggested places. There's a link on the page for finding girlfriends; it recommends an app called Pina Love, but has other suggestions too. https://www.philippinesredcat.com

Free? Won't someone need to pay for this? The receiver might get it for free, but someone still needs to pay the therapist or whoever is the giver. Maybe 'giver' or 'receiver' isn't the best words to use for prison inmates...

When they put them in jail, how about it being together with the cubs' mama & papa?

The office handling this is on Soi 6.

Shortly after you've been murdered for turning said aircon down to below 25?

Reminded me of a film I watched about 40 years ago.

It's not clear to me that using the US for this is the greatest piece of PR ever. Not 100% sure that anyone would be 100% suitable, but I'd start by proposing teams from the parties involved in ceasefire deal, which includes Qatar, Egypt & the US. If not the US then perhaps Germany 😂.

I wonder how she is going to fill the funding black hole caused by this screw up?

Why would he? He's the President. Only AN posters need to provide evidence!! 😆 Ahem. Apologies, can't provide evidence to support my last comment...

Kuwait. Literally the biggest 💩hole I've ever been to in the world. The rest of the ME is amazing in comparison.

Reminds me of a woman called Jo Moore in the UK Government's Transport Depart who said that 9-11 was a "good day to bury bad news" - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/oct/16/Whitehall.uk1 & http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/1823120.stm Same happened when Princess Margaret died (late UK Queen's sister) in 2002. When the US Government releases the JFK info I reckon it will be the worst day to try to bury bad news, the eyes of the world, especially AN subscribers, will be watching closely 😆.

This is likely bearing in mind the timeline that has been reported. Your other suggestion is also possible, but is not my experience of living here in Hong Kong. The HK Police is known for arresting its own for corruption, but corruption is not unheard of. Here's the original story in the local media. https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/225672/Two-men-slashed,-one-fatally,-in-Yuen-Long-knife-attack Looking at the timeline, the crime happened at about 5am. They departed on CX701 at 4pm. So, from a standing start the police assessed the crime scene, found CCTV or some other intelligence, identified the 7 or 8 suspects (6 arrested as of now), told relevant agencies such as Immigration to look out for them, found that they'd departed on CX701, informed Interpol who informed Thai Immigration. To me, that's impressive police work that many countries should be envious of. Won't mention any names of course. To your other suggestion, again, it is possible that this could happen. But to explore this a bit further, as well as the airport there are several sea and land exits from Hong Kong. All are managed by the HK Immigration Department, with entry into the mainland via Chinese Immigration (a separate entity), so these 2 suspects would have been known to have left and would have been able to track using vehicle registration scanners or facial recognition tech. The chances of successfully using a clandestine boat to leave HK and land in China are virtually zero; it was daylight and the HK seaborne police are also very good. But if the HK lot are good, the Chinese are very much better equipped and resourced; they have a massive security service, very tight control of their seas and very good radars. But it is possible. HK & China are very different countries to Thailand when it comes to this stuff, there is virtually no comparison possible.

Fact. They are separate entities. Joking? Stupid comment. Under the thumb? Yes. Of course. All of Hong Kong is.

It wouldn't be China stopping them, it'd be the Hong Kong authorities. They are separate entities.

Yeah, pretty swift by the HK Police. These 2 trying to do a 'Red Bull' and the HK Police, Interpol & Thai Immigration working together well to catch them. Here's the related story that's in the HK Press - https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/225866/Yuen-Long-knife-attackers-arrested-in-Thailand:-Thai-media