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    Turkey - Setting its economy on fire

    Been going on for a while, but since the Turkish lira breached the 10 to a dollar mark, it's accelerated. Erdogan after establishing himself as de facto supreme leader keeps firing his central bankers and quoting Islamic verse rather than raise interest rates. Basically, him and most of the...
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    The RNLI

    As people are unhappy with the RNLI for *checks notes* saving people from drowning, I thought it would be useful to gauge support for the Govt proposal for making it illegal for the RNLI to *checks notes for second time* save people from drowning. First time I’ve done a Poll, so no idea if...
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    Met Police Accused of Institutional Corruption

    ‘Met Police accused of ‘institutional corruption’ in report issued by the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel. The Met Police placed its concern for its own reputation above the public interest when it concealed from the family of Daniel Morgan & from the wider public the failings in the 1st murder...
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    Commission on Race & Ethnic Disparities

    The report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities has now been published. You may be astonished to learn that the Govt did a press release prior to the publication of the report, so that the media could splash the Govt‘s opinion on the report without anyone else being able to counter...
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    I’m not a Cat

    Crying here...
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    The Population Problem

    Found this article interesting which cites the population problem to be one of depopulation rather than overpopulation. The German decision to let in nearly one million refugees in 2015 sparked widespread alarm, yet they still have a labour shortage, as do we (pandemic aside). The US has an...
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    A Rum Affair in Hungarian and Polish Politics

    József Szájer, MEP busted during a gay gangbang, is not only a close ally of PM Orbán, he personally re-wrote Hungary's constitution to include the following line: "Hungary shall protect the institution of marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Polish officials of the anti-gay ruling party...
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    A War On Three Fronts

    The Internal Market Bill triggers confrontation with the EU, reopening what everyone thought was a settled debate on the Withdrawal Agreement with a GE fought over getting the WA ratified, and making any future deal unlikely. In effect we have gone back to the autumn of 2019. The Bill also...
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    XR Rebellion

    In addition to halting newspaper production, although I have no idea how they managed this feat, there have been other demos today, including a disco dancing protest outside Buck House which is rather sweet, but then I’m a sucker for hippie chicks, yeah I know v sexist. No idea if this is...
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    Queer Eye, Jordan Peterson and Depressed Men

    Firstly, the title of the thread is pretty much the title of this article which touches on a lot of themes, the far right, BLM, toxic masculinity, how society defines you and whether it is healthy and a bit more besides. It’s a long read, but an interesting one. Needless to say I agree with a...
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    Dawn Butler statement on the Hackney Stop Incident

    I posted the Met statement in the thread that was, sadly, pulled so I think it only fair to post Ms Butler’s statement. As with the Met Statement, I will post without comment, except to say let’s give it our best shot and not get this one pulled. #givethemodsabreak
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    Hong Kong and Security Law

    The new Security Law passed yesterday in HK and as promised the Govt will open a pathway to British passport holders. Source BBC news. This is a big step and the right one. This will also antagonise China and having a bearing post Brexit and post Covid. ‘Raab tells MPs UK will offer...
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    Hong Kong and British Guarantees

    China is cracking down on HK using Covid 19 as a pretext. Given Hong Kong has approx 250,000 British Nationals living in it, and 30,000 UK born citizens, and Beijing is about to extraterritorially impose its censor and law on Hong Kong, breaking an international treaty we supposedly guarantee...
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    Turkey and Russia in Syria

    Starting to resemble a quagmire for Turkey and Russia. 29 Turkish soldiers killed by Russian forces and not Syrian regime forces as first reported. Increasing worry also feeding back into Turkish domestic politics. God knows where this will end up.
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    Bobby Duncan

    This the lad who was with us and went to Liverpool?
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    The Meritocracy Trap

    Article from a book entitled ‘The Meritocracy Trap’ on how opportunity has declined for children from lower social and income classes but also how it also entraps those at the top. An interesting read. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/09/meritocracys-miserable-winners/594760/?
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    Moscow Protests

    Been flare ups in various cities in Russia and now Moscow today. The crackdown on the media and on opposition politicians along with the struggling economy is having an increasing impact.
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    Fake Meat - The Real Deal?

    Tried the Greggs Vegan sausage roll and was impressed. Now Burger King is rolling out the Impossible Whopper in the US which is a plant based burger that looks and tastes like the real deal. So is the next big change the end of livestock farming...
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    The Rise of The Green Party

    Making big strides in Germany and now polling nationally as the second biggest party. Did well in Belgium recently as well. Thoughts on the recent rise. Anyone have any idea on what they stand for given there is zero coverage here on them? :) Rough guide. Socially liberal. Economically quite...
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    Bavarian State Elections

    For those interested... ARD exit poll from Bavaria CSU: 35.5 Greens: 18.5 FW: 11.5 AfD: 11 SPD: 10 FDP: 5 Linke: Out And some background Friendly reminder that the CSU was still at 40-42% just before Horst Seehofer presented his Masterplan for Migration to Angela Merkel and kicked off a near...

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