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There. Resident WHO political commentators and gurus can knock yourselves out in here and conduct your endless bickering. All other threads will be locked.

I had no idea about this lamp post fatality. Is it likely to become a shrine?

Sounds like your son knocks around with rednecks
Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, eh?

I saw some of the social media posts with flag hangers saying people should show empathy for the silly old fool climbing a lamppost 
Pointed out that the bloke would have been first to celebrate people drowning in the channel 
The flag hanging isn’t patriotism it’s an attempt to intimidate anyone who doesn’t fit your idea of British ie white
Just be honest 

Yes, there is racism in Australia and a similar campaign against immigration. Lots of right wingers there as well. Probably why they are still lumbered with the medieval nonsense of the monarchy
Lots of racism in America too mostly coming from the President … notice you don’t condemn that. 
Any news on the motivation of the bloke that shot Kirk? The bloke from a staunch MAGA family 
 

Funny how Sven never addresses the rampant racism in Australia, a place which he seems to adore.  My Mrs is an Aussie and one of her sons is married to a second generation Croation. The last time we visited i paid over 2.5 k for an air b& b rather than be around when he would kick off with her. If I reeated some of the slurs I'd probably get kicked off of her.. 
I've now visited Australia 4 times and I can say in all honesty that as well as being better than us at cricket, they leave us standing when it comes to being racist. I have a son over there and all his mates are obviously Aussies or Kiwis and they cant believe how laid back he is whenever a conversation turns to foreigners/ immigration.

And yes,MA is right, I never remember seeing the right celebrate the death of a prominent lefty but that really is a one way street.
People who were born years after she left office were partying in the streets when Thatcher died. Fucking sick.

Fauxstralian wrote: ↑13 Dec 2025, 08:30

I see a man fell off a lamppost hanging up a flag in Bristol and all those foreign NHS staff weren’t able to save him 
60yo painter & decorator with a history of Bristol City violence

The stock market is riding the AI boom at the moment
Whether that turns out to be a bubble let’s wait & see
Doing great things for my pension pot at the moment and hopefully Legal & General know what they are doing 

I see a man fell off a lamppost hanging up a flag in Bristol and all those foreign NHS staff weren’t able to save him 
60yo painter & decorator with a history of Bristol City violence

MA.

I see you representation of the Palestine flag.

Your fatwa will be in the post.

This monstrosity can't be far off it with everyone chucked in to the mix (apart from those nasty far righters who get to keep their Stone Island flags)..

We’ll have a jungle union flag next. Half rainbow, half adrican and some urdu scribbles scribe. Animals

Mike Oxsaw" wrote: ↑12 Dec 2025, 15:10

Nutsin wrote: ↑12 Dec 2025, 15:03 The people are their destiny.

Are there any ex-colonies that have out-performed the world norms in any metric (except, maybe birth rate)?

Westside wrote: ↑12 Dec 2025, 16:46

Mike Oxsaw" wrote: ↑12 Dec 2025, 15:10

Nutsin wrote: ↑12 Dec 2025, 15:03 The people are their destiny.

Are there any ex-colonies that have out-performed the world norms in any metric (except, maybe birth rate)?

The affore mentioned USA, Australia and New Zealand?

Eerie Decent" wrote: ↑12 Dec 2025, 15:26

Nutsin wrote: ↑12 Dec 2025, 15:03 The people are their destiny.

But..... the food!

Yea...

I wouldn't serve again for this country and what's it's become...no chance chief.
Ask the mosques to recruit a few .
I'm done with you ...and I'm not alone

Westside wrote: ↑12 Dec 2025, 16:46

Mike Oxsaw" wrote: ↑12 Dec 2025, 15:10

Nutsin wrote: ↑12 Dec 2025, 15:03 The people are their destiny.

Are there any ex-colonies that have out-performed the world norms in any metric (except, maybe birth rate)?

The affore mentioned USA, Australia and New Zealand?

Mike Oxsaw" wrote: ↑12 Dec 2025, 15:10

Nutsin wrote: ↑12 Dec 2025, 15:03 The people are their destiny.

Are there any ex-colonies that have out-performed the world norms in any metric (except, maybe birth rate)?

Nutsin wrote: ↑12 Dec 2025, 15:03 The people are their destiny.

War mongers mongering! You ready?

Nutsin wrote: ↑12 Dec 2025, 15:03 The people are their destiny.

The people are their destiny.

it's very on trend to talk about the K shaped economy, but it its prevelant in both the UK & UK at the moment.

It’s as well to look at who is mostly affected and how rather than worrying about the respective stock markets ( whose investors make up a minority of individuals overall ).

Right now the average person is experiencing their money not going as far as it did in the past and I’m referring to Americans as well as us Brits. 

And yet the FTSE hit record highs a couple of weeks ago and is only 1 or 2% off those highs todays.
Proof that the markets are very far removed from what’s actually going on.

Nutsin wrote: ↑11 Dec 2025, 22:31 S&P at 6,900, I wonder if that breaks through 7,000 by years end?

S&P at 6,900, I wonder if that breaks through 7,000 by years end?

Dow Jones at 48,700 I wonder if it’ll hit 50,000 by years end?