JonnyF

His surname is quite appropriate. His monologue was quite a stretch. I wonder if rants like this will become the new justification for abuses around the world. "Don't criticize us for having slaves because the West had them a few centuries ago". They seem to conveniently forget the contribution the West made to ending slavery, to advancing technology, medicine etc. Still, all these mental gymnastics are quite amusing. Champagne socialists Neville and Lineker justifying earning huge salaries for going there and covering the tournament, Southgate continuing to virtue signal meaninglessly. It's quite the show.

Should have fought on "Thai Fight". Channel 3? Didn't watch for a while. Thai TV, Thai audience, Thai matchmakers, Thai judge. Thai always win. Thai so strong. Let's see how they do at the Olympics.

Biden and Harris????? If this is the best the US has to offer, with Von Der Leyen leading the European federalist project, the West has huge problems. The East shall rise.

As long as your phone is charged up and has a 4g/5g sim card, why would a power cut affect it? But I'm with you on preferring cash, especially given that some of my spending wouldn't look too good on my monthly credit card statement.

I believe so. That's why it's fun to speculate. Aren't forums great!

Actually, the topic is Trump running in the 2024 election. Therefore, the 2024 election is also part of the thread. Trump is not the only one running in that. I know you'd like every post on this forum to be restricted to "Orange Man bad" and removed if it does not conform to that rule, but unfortunately that's not the way things work. Hope that clears things up...

I guess he could be the lesser of two evils now that he's been neutered. I just wish he'd stop embarrassing himself (and the country) on the national stage. Maybe he could just stop talking, that seems like a fair compromise.

I wasn't talking about Trump. I know you can't get him out of your head, but do try to at least read the posts before posting. Good lad.

No doubt Biden will be out soon to rebadge this result as a tremendous victory for the Dems. ???? On a more serious note, anything that can put the reigns on Biden's disastrous stint as President must be a good thing for the country. Hopefully he will do the decent thing now and step down.

It's also a pity humility cannot be bottled for those who cannot accept when they are wrong.

The other poster referenced the last year, a mature president, and the white house. Sounds like Biden to me. Who did you think he was referring to?

Yes I paraphrased his post. He said "I think the international events of the past year have demonstrated precisely why it’s important to have an experienced President in the WH." I paraphrased that his position was "the last year had shown how we needed a mature President". It was an accurate summary of what he said. I referenced Biden to contradict his position. Remind me, how is that not truthful?

Actually another poster stated how the last year had shown how we needed a mature President. Biden was the President this last year and at 79 you could be kind and call him "mature". So I refuted his assertion. Hope that's OK boss...

I was responding to Ozimoron's assertion that he wasn't at all concerned with Biden's mental capacity because he has advisors "advising" him. Maybe you should check with him.

The conversation had evolved beyond the OP. Do try to keep up. Of course, when people don't like the direction of travel and start losing the argument, they scream "off topic". It's all they've got. edit for typo.

Why would he not be concerned with his mental capacity if he thought he would consider the advice given to him carefully? That process of careful consideration requires mental capacity. Think about it for a while before replying, I prefer not to explain it a third time.

Au contraire. There is also a saying "The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend". If what you were saying were true, Ozimoron would be indeed be concerned with his mental capacity. Because he knows Biden would need the mental capacity to listen to the advice, and then weigh up the options and opinons and reach a sensible conclusion. Only if he were blindly following the advice would his mental capacity be of no concern.

Maybe we should let his advisors make all the decisions? Who voted for them? How Democratic.

It's sad isn't it. Electing someone because he isn't someone else. Hardly a ringing endorsement is it? American politics is in a sad state.

The last election proves beyond any doubt that many Americans felt the same way.

"Hey, look over there!". Trump being bad doesn't make Biden good.

FWIW I wouldn't support Trump either. But claiming Biden has shown how we need experience is a bit of a stretch given all his cringeworthy gaffes more reminiscent of a 97 year old than a 79 year old. The US needs fresh blood, not someone who asks for people who died a month ago (after issuing a statement of condolence following her death), confuses Cambodia with Columbia while opening a summit in Cambodia and tries to shake hands with invisible men. I wouldn't support either man, but for completely different reasons. Trump's time is over, he is divisive and should't run. Biden can barely function, let alone lead a country with the stature of the USA. It's sad, pathetic even, that these two seem to be the best the US has to offer.

One that doesn't know the difference between Cambodia and Columbia?

Why was it necessary to evolve from a trading block into a political, federalist project? I don't see why that was necessary. Unproven. It's pretty much impossible to say where we would have been without Covid and the war in Ukraine. It's possible there was a % or 2 drop in GDP in the first couple of years but it's way too early to say what the long term effects will be over the next decade or two. It has only been 2-3 years since we left and those 2-3 years were absolutely devastated financially by Covid lockdowns and the war. It is quite possible that the EU is heading into a long, steady decline and hindsight will show we get out at just the right time. Sometimes it is prudent to play the long game when you see an undesirable direction of travel. For example, for all the talk of the pound's demise, it's at the same level vs the Euro that is was in 2010.

But the UK is a country. So it is expected that tax is dividing up amongst the areas of that country. The EU is supposed to be a trading bloc. It is not (yet) a United States of Europe, although I am sure that is what many Euro technocrats are working towards, complete with EU Army etc. So why should richer nations within a trading bloc give aid (I actually think it's a good choice of word) to poorer nations? I want my taxes spent on my local area, not some region in Poland or shoring up the Greek economy simply because they are part of the same common trading area as us. The creeping federalism of the EU was unacceptable to many, hence the vote to leave the project.