Fairy In Boots

Also worth pointing out it’s old and young, or low immune systems so anyone who’s had radiotherapy for cancer etc wont be able to fight it.

Lack of restrictive legislation etc, over hear you have to go through so much red tape speak to the land owner, address the local community etc. It sounds great but they probably bulldozed 50 people’s homes to crack on zero fucks given. Plus nick knowles and Billy the sparky are flying out to film a Wuhan special

the angle on that photo is wrong, it’s the other side watch the tweet conor has Cerrone’s arm by the bicep.

Ridiculous comment. Cerrones owner arm is trapped by conor in the clinch. It’s just an enginuituve way to strike from that position. Cerrone is a game fighter but in striking Conor is elite he was always going to blow cowboy away

Yes it is it’s great

I think if you put Maddison, Mount, Barkley in our side they’re not producing as much as Jack

I know his agent your first choice was Jack, it wasn’t happening so you switched to Maddison. That’s the sum amount of your clubs scouting going for Jack first over Maddison Stan. We can argue about opinions all day, I’m just telling you what went on.

Nope Grealish was your first choice, he rejected you, Newcastle & Barca to ok the Spurs move. Your second choice was Maddison, I’d not swap you for Maddison plus £30m

Grealish’s preference is central. He’s s also better than Mount, Ali & Maddison, Barkley in fact he’s the best attacking Midfielder England have. In the worst team and leading the stats, he plays the game in slow motion with the ball on a string it’s just that type of talent that happens once in a generation. Ali, Mount, Barkley & Maddison would drown in the waters Jack swims in. If we go down he’s going to be sold but if we stay up he’s not going anywhere he’s not going to force a move to go to some club like Spurs or Chelsea. His dream is to play for Villa and win something. If we do go down I’m taking a break from it frankly watching him play for another would break my heart

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/iran-past-the-paranoia/ A 12 year old Peter Hitchens article that I read today.

If Trump bombed the ruins of Susa I’d expect strong questions from the UN and politicians across both parties domestically . Firstly because it’s wrong but also because it’s a horrific waste of resource for absolutely no strategical gain.

Well the Middle East is a Cold War Shi’a Iran axis vs Sunni Saudi Axis and the west back Saudi, Russia and China back Iran. Its why the Trump being a Russian shill is so laughable That’s in response to Iran saying 35 US targets are being targeted, he’s upping the ante. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard has its own cultural sphere of influence it has a tv network etc. Its a armed force designed to protect the political system of Iran, it does this militarily via strength of arms and interference in regional politics and internal they have their own culture network where they just pump out propeganda. I wouldn’t be surprised to see their media arm taken out to distabilse Iran. I very much doubt Trump wants to drone UNESCO world heritage sites. Honestly the hysteria of this online especially twitter is laughable

Fair enough because you posted it after your initial post of shit getting serious I’ve obviously read too much into that post. Fair enough, have you still got family out there? And what are their views on Israel? Most older Iranians I know fled the revolution are are very modern although they do play up their ethnicity when it benefits them. For example my one mate always wrangles a free kebab when he’s pissed up in the early hours from the Persian kebab place in Birmingham (by pagoda island FYI)

Well lapsed or whatever, you would still identify with it in the same way I do Irish Catholic despite me believing the Roman Catholic Church a collection of pedophiles and fraudsters

Well it is because although you may disagree that with Israeli foreign policy the fact is that opposition are all actively engaged in trying to eradicate them. Hezbollah would be next to no different from the SS given the chance. That’s the harsh reality Lol a cyber attack some attacks on consulates and contractors. If you watched Game of thrones, American capabilities are Drogon. The raising of a red flag is akin to Cersei staring menacingly from the wall. Looks good but Tehran could become a waste land, it’s not a fair fight. See above, the Iranian regime have had an international holocaust cartoon contest ffs. It’s kill or be exterminated for the Jews in the Middle East now, they’ve been exterminated before in the Middle East. They may be (the Israelis) a bit like apartheid South Africa but their alternative is eradication. I find all calls for them to just lay down and let it happen either bizarrely stupid or because of some form of hatred for them or bias. All 3 of you challenging it are Muslim after all.

Killing either is entirely dependent on wether you believe that their removal will lead to a more advantageous future I suppose. You could argue that killing Suleimani will lead to an initial spike in violence but it will lessen over time before a resolution and therefore less violence in the long run. Me or anyone being for or against removal of figures is a case by case basis. On this I’m not going to miss this guy, will it be the smart thing to have done? time will tell. Personally I’m more happy than concerned about Trump putting his foot down. America are the big dog and in any hierarchy based on strength of arms then you can’t start appeasement it ultimately weakens the leadership. America is a cunt but it’s the cunt that ultimately is the best cunt. Would you rather Putin or China was in the driving seat? No but it’s Poorly thought out from Corbyn to lament this given Suleimani’s connection with Hezbollah and his own issues with anti Semitism. Iran won’t be allowed to get nukes, you can’t have a state that is beholden to the insanity disease that is Islam with nuclear capability. I’d disagree anyway because you’re always going to be on a lose lose with invasion and nationalism. Even if the Americans would have gone in as s peacekeepers as part of the UN to stop the Iranians killing their own they would eventually become the oppressors after any kind of regime change. This is not an operation to win Iranian hearts and minds, the Yanks don’t really give a fuck about the Middle East long term now. This was far more a line in the sand to say attack our embassies we will fire back. Bo appeasement cash or talks, they’re going to take out serious targets. Why do you think we have such a drive for renewable energy? So that we’re not going to have to be involved with the sectarian clusterfuck that is the Middle East, China will move in eventually as they have in Africa. The west will leave the Middle East to its fate. We won’t get involved we want our shipping lanes open and access to the black stuff. This was happening periodically anyway, you’re just presenting it to show an escalation in the region.

Lol I’m not anti Jewish

I don’t know if he’s gone too far it’s an intangible thing so far as we’re effectively in new territory here. America was too soft under Bush and Obama on Iran and Iran continued to take the piss as both’s consolatory efforts have been a failure in the face of Iranian expansion. No think this has far more to do with this guy orchestrating attacks on American embassies, he’s responsible for American deaths. How many time do people expect the bear to keep getting poked before it bites? Suleimani has poked the US time and time again now the school yard bully isn’t afraid to chuck his weight around. As much as this demands a response from Iran this also demonstrates to North Korea/ other middle eastern characters/ China and Russia Trump will pull the trigger. Think Russia taking out people on British soil there’s a bigger game of chess here, the US administration are very much saying “fuck you we’ll hit back” it’s a significant line in the sand. Also it’s scary how when you truly think of it, how much global politics is similar to a game of civilisation on the PC

Think you misunderstood my point regarding a sympathy piece. It’s not a sympathetic article it clearly lets you know who he is and what sort of strings he was pulling. It “sympathy piece” remark was because in lieu of the events you usually get counter pieces from folk who’re more concerned with attacking Trump than giving facts. Case in point, you have #ww3 trending and people calling Trump a warmonger & posts about distractions from impeachment. That’s farcial the Americans won’t tolerate attacks on their embassies, they consider it their soil and any attack upon it gives them a green light to take “defensive” action (bit 1984). Iran will respond but that won’t be for some time the snake has had its head cut off and it’s immediate focus will be who fills the military power vacuum left within the regime. Then it’s responses will be proxy wars by sponsoring insurgents and terror offences against US interests throughout the Middle East. Pretty much the status quo as is within the Middle East anyway, US is backing the Saudis they always will There’s no threat of WW3 because militarily nobody can compete with US drone capabilities.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/the-shadow-commander great article on Suleimani from 2013 so not a sympathy piece. The Yanks have took a big scalp here, I thought of this guy as a little finger type, pulling strings without getting his own hands dirty

In a game in which we were fucked again they overruled a good goal and took 3 fucking minutes to do it. Then they never intervened when this challenge wasn’t dealt with properly, suspected ACL injury to absolute joke VAR is

The last point . Think it’s fairly obvious that you either don’t understand my point of view or you are so biased against it that you take liberty with it and start painting me as some kind of Hitler youth ffs. My opinon is fairly simple, I prefer less reliance on the state and more individual responsibility for my own life for which I’m a fan of less taxation so more cash but also less state services. Quite how that comes to praising powerful and lambasting the poor I don’t know. I actually said above that poverty or adversity drives hunger to succeed.

Yes we are all biased, the news sources we gravitate to affirm our confirmation bias. It’s why discourse has broken down on social media. I’m not pro Tory because I want to troll (although I do so here because of the bias) I vote Tory because it’s more aligned with my principles of more personal economic freedom and less reliance on the state. My family are ex civil servants I view the civil service as woefully inefficient and expensive shite by and large. That’s why I vote Tory plus I think that the various poor communities are effectively battery farmed voters in some instances. Drip fed benefits so they never have to work and a poor quality of life ensues. I’m a great believer in hunger and desire to succeed being tempered by adversity. I’ve seen too many examples of it from where I grew up to not heed its power, successful ones vote Tory those still doing nothing vote labour, funny that. Lol you changed my post awe. 11 days in we’re up to our genitalia in chlorinated chicken and the Yanks are policing the car parks of their newly privatised NHS Hospitals with drones. Except we’re not are we just fuck off with your rich vs poor shite. It’s like you’re not aware that Labour are the party that increase taxation and the Tories promised no tax hikes on Incomes, NI or VAT for the next parliament. or by working class do you mean the “none” working class so scrounging fuckers basically? Unless you’re a genuinely ill person or a direct care giver for a person like this then benefits is only to help you get back on your feet. If your income is supplemented by it it’s because your net output in life is shite and your life choices so far have been shite. Why do so many believe it’s the states role to wipe their arse? As a rule of thumb if your annual salary is lower than your age you’ve done shit so far.

Circles of friends yours based in Liverpool I’d assume? It’s hardly the most unbiased city in the UK. It will go red regardless of who represents them. Mine are spread between Stoke Hull, Bristol & Ipswich so basically the middle of the country. I’m on the road for work socially it’s midlands dominated but I have work and somewhat social relationships with people all over this part of the country. It’s tory down south, Labour up North so it’s why I feel I get a good grasp of how the winds blowing. Lol hilarious probably contemplating what the bigots have done with an expensive glass of wine while nibbling a rare cheese on an exclusive med Island. I mean why couldn’t he grasp what the working man want? It’s just baffling how he wasn’t in touch.

This and other posts like it on this thread post GE sums up most of your problem tbh. Focusing on class when in reality you should focus on basic competence. I’m working class all my social circle are, most of the people I know that voted Tory are working class why? Because of competence (or perceived competence anyway) and a plan over Brexit. Think most working class people don’t give a shit about “us” and “them” anymore think it’s tired and it doesn’t resonate anymore apart from 18-30 year olds who’re idealistic fresh out of education and haven’t spent a decade in the real world yet. Aged 30-40 you start thinking about building your life and you want opportunity so you’re not flogging yourself in your 50’s. You dont want to be welfare farming off the state hence the political pendulum swings. Those that don’t follow this trend or are detached from it (eg not in the private sector) become embittered and hateful like Corbyn/ McDonnell etc their was a blatant dislike of those they had perceived done well. The politics of envy is dead in the 21st century. Three elections on the bounce should show this but instead Labour and momentum appear to be doubling down again. Political oblivion awaits. Also I’d give Sturgeon her ref post Brexit and tell her hard border, no £ no trade deal let her try it see how she sells it to the Scots. She will be fucked and so she should I get there’s nationalistic feeling but I’d let the Scots sign their own death warrant if they like I’m tired of their sabre rattling shite.