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    War declared, Israel v Palestine...

    So the the Palestinian people's continued suffering is in their long term interest?
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    All purpose football thread 2023/24 Season

    Some interesting wage bill stats here. United are averaging over 30,000 this season but are still a minnow in financial terms.
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    Whisky II

    I remember buying a few of those from the shop and very good they were too iirc. Wish i'd saved at least one, but at the time the contents and the price weren't remarkably good compared to the competition. PS The shop was remarkably "relaxed" in its approach. When we are out that way my wife...
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    Whisky II

    A few Amazon deals at the moment in their spring event. Standouts for me, that i have tried, were Naked Malt for £22 AnCnoc 12 £27 Talisker 10 for £32. Thinner field than usual and lacklustre reductions. PS Bladnoc is our "local" distillery and i've visited more than once. The shop used to do...
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    Death and more death!

    I'm a Unitarian and, whilst never seeking to proselytise, I'm thankfully not burdened by images of an afterlife or judgement.
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    All purpose football thread 2023/24 Season

    In contrast our owner has put in £8m of his own money in the last ten years and is looking to sell us for £90m. In each of our last 3 seasons in the Prem we've been the most profitable club. I'm not sure that our place in the football finance textbooks will be adequate compensation, when we are...
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    Diane Abbott

    The power and overweening arrogance of the Treasury is not going to be challenged by weakness and decay across Whitehall and the rest of the public sector. I'm not necessarily saying that the chancellor should be more than a good economist that the role's demands so much is something we should...
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    All purpose football thread 2023/24 Season

    We'll take our pleasure where we find it, if you don't mind.
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    Diane Abbott

    There's the irony. Government that is; strong, effective, disinterested, adequately resourced, genuinely accountable and subject oversight by an independent judiciary is a bulwark against the threats posed by; predatory, neo-liberal nihilism. Yet people are convinced that the "deep state" is...
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    Diane Abbott

    She needs to be an effective communicator and negotiator in cabinet and across government its not just a question of doing hard sums and saying no.
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    Diane Abbott

    The power of the Treasury is a matter of fact not faith. They'll demand an effective voice in cabinet, Reeves might be on message but that's not necessarily enough.
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    Diane Abbott

    This ought to be an important long term goal but it can't be an urgent one. The patient is just too weak to undergo major surgery.
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    Diane Abbott

    Weak minsters will found out in government. I'm not impressed with Rachel Reeves. The Treasury will already have a view on her, it is the one that matters,
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    Diane Abbott

    At least Starmer's got no lustre to loose. For me the lack of expectation is a potential asset. Much as I want change, the greatest challenge for the next 5 years is rebuilding UK government from the enfeebled mess the Tories have quite deliberately left it in. Building a cadre of able...
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    Diane Abbott

    I'm sure better memories than mine are available but that's not what I recall. When I joined the party as a union official in the early 80s the ground was moving under it. You actually needed to be a union member to join then and the focus was primarily on the interests of organised labour. 15...


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