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    The Prophet's Birthday

    The dangers of voting for nutters to become politicians, eh? Populism taken to extreme.
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    A trade deal

    You can describe it as 'being a nut job' if you like. But it doesn't really suffice as an argument. But I prefer a more intellectual discussion.
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    Knife attack in Nice

    Some posters on here are intentionally inflaming the rhetoric from both sides. I agree with Macron's position on the issue of cartoons: "Macron 'can understand' Muslims' Muhammad cartoons shock" French President Emmanuel Macron has said he can understand why Muslims were shocked by controversial...
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    Breaking news

    Depends how you wear it I suppose.
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    Manchester arena enquiry

    One poll that was slightly wrong does not invalidate all polls. "The YouGov-Cambridge Globalism Project, a survey of about 26,000 people in 25 countries...showed a more or less steep decline in populist tendencies in 2020 in all eight of the European countries also surveyed last year." Not a...
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    Are you ready for 31 October?

    It's also possible that demand keeps or pushes prices higher, demand due to uncertainty in other investment opportunities.
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    Manchester arena enquiry

    Q&A: How do opinion polls work? https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35350361
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    People smugglers

    It's good to see people ignoring the OECD Report and insisting their answer is the best.
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    Breaking news

    Wow, I've only been here a few days and I've already got a team! UP THE BOOGERMEN! COME ON THE BOOGERMEN! :rolleyes: I think Mottie is heavily into the tribal mindset, and he assumes everyone else thinks like him.
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    Manchester arena enquiry

    Where do you get your information from? "European support for populist beliefs falls, YouGov survey suggests Survey showed a decline in populist tendencies during 2020 in all eight European countries surveyed"...
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    People smugglers

    That requires the cooperation of the country you intend to send them back to. How do you prove where is the first country they entered? Simplistic sound bites don't mean a thing.
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    People smugglers

    How can you expect sensible replies when you come out with such recurrent nonsense?
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    Are you ready for 31 October?

    I'm man enough this year to admit they were wrong. :whistle:
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    People smugglers

    No, that is not what I'm saying. It is your interpretation of the OECD best practice guide. It undoubtedly states that law enforcement alone is insufficient, not working and an endless task. Raising public opposition to the refugees is also dangerous and divisive, and probably...
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    People smugglers

    The quickest and easiest way to tackle people smuggling is to make their business model unviable. If the business model cannot be undermined, in the long term, tackling people smuggling will be a never ending task. "Smuggling can be tackled: Past experience of OECD countries show that...
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    Are you ready for 31 October?

    No-one needs to excuse your fantasy. Except maybe you.
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    Another terrorist

    Correction: it's the violent extremists, which is the same in any ideological faction, whether it is religion, politics, or racism. Some western countries have honed their ideology to an extent that state sponsored terrorism is disguised as self defence, or pre-emptive strikes, etc.
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    Manchester arena enquiry

    Not according to Andy, he thinks all Muslims are overt or covert terrorists, intent on world domination. But delusion comes in many guises.
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    Breaking news

    Or facetious.
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    Hoarders

    I collect books, or maybe I'm a hoarder of books. It seems a sacrilege to throw away a book.
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