jimharri
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Barney proved over the last couple of days that he doesn't need any help on that score, and that he's perfectly capable of doing that all by himself.
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CelesteItis
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Naz, you are letting them bigoted trolls win. I read the vile responses to your comment. I couldn't write a response in support of you because the comments were already closed. But you are right, I used to comment more but the site has gone to the dregs. There's a dozen rags and dipper trolls, Graun sanctioned I'm afraid, that keep repeating ad nauseaum the drivel fed with racism and bile, you can either ignore them, report them or insult them cvnts back at the risk of being banned while they are free to smear and slander blues fans and the club.I comment on the Guardian's Football comment, or did.
Made my last comment on their this morning explaining my reasons. There are a lot of other City fans on there too.
The 'Guardian community' is extremely hostile to City at the moment and I quite enjoy fighting our corner but at the same time when the host is anti-City, how can I be a part of it?
bangkokblueballs
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Any word from that **** piss Morgan on twitter
Well, no, but that's not the point. He a 31 year old PhD student. Research in that area Middle East security - will always look shady.Doesn't sound like the kind of bloke you'd find in Fifth, at a student £1 a drink night
I suspect the overlap between academia and security services in this area is not as great as the overlap with the arms industry. That's also where his consultancy work seems to have been focused.
A point another academic made on the radio was that the UAE are really close allies of the UK. There is nothing that this chap could have found out that they wouldn't have told us if we had just asked.
More likely in my mind that he personally pissed off some bigwig who decided to teach him a lesson.
Well, no, but that's not the point. He a 31 year old PhD student. Research in that area Middle East security - will always look shady.
I suspect the overlap between academia and security services in this area is not as great as the overlap with the arms industry. That's also where his consultancy work seems to have been focused.
A point another academic made on the radio was that the UAE are really close allies of the UK. There is nothing that this chap could have found out that they wouldn't have told us if we had just asked.
More likely in my mind that he personally pissed off some bigwig who decided to teach him a lesson.
That other academic is very naive.
crazyg
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The name is Hedges, Matthew Hedges.
r.soleofsalford
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The name is Hedges, Matthew Hedges.
There was talk there was another man involved called Benson.
Bit of a smoke screen if you ask me.
ccr
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Bet he's shaken but not in stir.The name is Hedges, Matthew Hedges.
I don't think so. He said MI6 certainly used academics to spy, but that it didn't make sense in this caseThat other academic is very naive.
cheekybids
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Well our work is not done after reading twitter until a young lady is released from..........Iran.
I don't think so. He said MI6 certainly used academics to spy, but that it didn't make sense in this case
I'm not saying whether or not he's a spy, I'm saying that to believe UAE will just hand that type of info over to UK because of a good relationship is naive.
Well our work is not done after reading twitter until a young lady is released from..........Iran.
That's a job for the blue dippers, they have connections.
I know I was in in two minds about it.Naz, you are letting them bigoted trolls win. I read the vile responses to your comment. I couldn't write a response in support of you because the comments were already closed. But you are right, I used to comment more but the site has gone to the dregs. There's a dozen rags and dipper trolls, Graun sanctioned I'm afraid, that keep repeating ad nauseaum the drivel fed with racism and bile, you can either ignore them, report them or insult them cvnts back at the risk of being banned while they are free to smear and slander blues fans and the club.
When the Guardian started to criticise City fans I decided not to bother. I don't want the trolls to win, but at the same time I don't want to be part of an organisation that I perceive to be anti-City. I think it would be more effective if City fans just boycotted it en masse.
This article is worth reading. It's an opinion piece and makes you think. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46322425Well, no, but that's not the point. He a 31 year old PhD student. Research in that area Middle East security - will always look shady.
I suspect the overlap between academia and security services in this area is not as great as the overlap with the arms industry. That's also where his consultancy work seems to have been focused.
A point another academic made on the radio was that the UAE are really close allies of the UK. There is nothing that this chap could have found out that they wouldn't have told us if we had just asked.
More likely in my mind that he personally pissed off some bigwig who decided to teach him a lesson.
The Guardian took the side of Hedges but I think it turned out wise to retain a neutral stance on this.
George Hannah
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For the avoidance of doubt
"A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "As the Foreign Secretary has made clear, there are limits to what we can say publicly on Matthew's case due to ongoing legal proceedings....It is the longstanding policy of successive UK governments not to comment on intelligence matters."
= he's a spy
"A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "As the Foreign Secretary has made clear, there are limits to what we can say publicly on Matthew's case due to ongoing legal proceedings....It is the longstanding policy of successive UK governments not to comment on intelligence matters."
= he's a spy
For the avoidance of doubt
"A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "As the Foreign Secretary has made clear, there are limits to what we can say publicly on Matthew's case due to ongoing legal proceedings....It is the longstanding policy of successive UK governments not to comment on intelligence matters."
= he's a spy
Er no, they really don't comment. No inference is reasonable from that.
Er no, they really don't comment. No inference is reasonable from that.
If he's not a spy then it's not an intelligence matter, they've either given the game away or just worded that statement badly.
This is the UAE perspective, from The National: https://www.thenational.ae/uae/courts/the-curious-case-of-matthew-hedges-1.796251
If he's not a spy then it's not an intelligence matter, they've either given the game away or just worded that statement badly.
No, they quite literally respond to any question on the subject with that response. Always - precisely to ensure they don't give any game away.
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